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2. Two defeated US Senators who sought a rematch and lost were
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 09:15 PM
Oct 2017

Boschwitz(R-MN) lost to Wellstone (D-MN) in
1990 by a 2 percent margin.
1996 by a 9 percent margin.
Boschwitz-R did alot worse in the rematch race.
Feingold (D-WI) lost to Johnson (R-WI) in
2010 by a 5 percent margin.
2016 by a 3 percent margin.
Feingold-D did slightly better in the rematch race.
Defeated Senate challengers seeking a rematch
Gantt (D-NC) lost to Helms (R-NC) in
1990 by a 6 percent margin.
1996 by a 7 percent margin.
Gantt-D did slightly worse in rematch race.
Shaheen (D-NH) is the only US Senator to win a rematch in 2008 after losing the first election to Sununu-R in 2002.- Phone jamming scandal.
Democrats have plenty of better candidates in CO than Udall- Hickenlooper and/or Perlmutter.
Begich-AK is the only Democrat that could win. Another option in AK is Democrats backing Walker-I and Walker-I caucusing
with the Democrats.
In NC- Democrats could nominate Cooper


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