2006: What close races will be on your ballot?

[UrbScotty]

My members of Congress and state legislators are almost certain to be re-elected. Jennifer Granholm, OTOH, is favored, but her opponent is Amway greedmaster Dick DeVos.

[KingFlorez]

1. Governor

Arnold is sure to be given a tough race. My assembly race might be tight, but it's to early to tell.

[Upfront]

2. Voting For Granholm

will be easy. I also get to vote against the neo-con rubber stamp Camp.

[Ignacio Upton]

3. In NY, we have a Gubernatorial and Senatorial race

Current Attorney General, Elliot Spitzer, will likely be our guy. The Republican candidate may be either former Massachusetts Governor Williami Weld (the guy who Kerry defeated in his 1996 re-election campaign) or former 3rd party gadfly, Tom Golisano, who hates Pataki but has switched parties anyway. I believe that Elliot Spitzer will ultimately win, but I predict that Wall Street will dump a lot of money into this race because he is an activist Attorney General who has taken on Wall Street bullshit.

Hillary is up for re-election next year and is crushing her most likely rival, Westchester County District Attorney, Jeanine Pirro. Pirro is my DA, and I know for a fact that she is corrupt. Her husband went to jail for a year on tax evasion and they have close relations with the mafia. Jeanine Pirro is also of the patronage type. Her limo driver will be one of the highest-paid employees in our county this year including overtime pay.

[DaveinMD]

4. we have a bunch going on

We will be knocking off the incumbent Republican Governor. We have an open Senate seat to defend. The primary for State Comptroller will be interesting as a progressive Dem is running against the incumbent who might as well be a Republican.

[sandrakae]

5. I come from the state with the biggest heavy weight fight.

Santorum vs Casey. Casey currently has a double digit lead. If Diebold stays out of the picture, my state will make a lot of friends throughout 49 states

[Awsi Dooger]

6. Most likely a close gov race in Nevada

To succeed two-term Republican Kenny Guinn. The frontrunner is current GOP congressman Jim Gibbons. He's from northern Nevada and in midterms the rural counties tend to vote much more dependably in Nevada than Democratic-leaning Clark County (Las Vegas). Our potential nominees are Dina Titus and Jim Gibson, with trump card lurker Oscar Goodman, the mayor of Las Vegas, apparently still considering but probably unlikely to run.

[usregimechange]

7. US Seante here in MO will be close but we got our best recruit

[Rowdyboy]

8. One definite tight race, one possible.....My Democratic congressman,

Bennie Thompson, is being challenged in the Dem primary by St Rep Chuck Espy (nephew of Sec Agric Mike Espy). Both men are black (the district is 2/3 black majority). Thompson votes as well as could be hoped for machine politician beholden to interests. Espy is young, brihgt and seems progressive. I'll likely vote for him....

If Trent Lott retires, look for a knocked out race!

[Bluzmann57]

9. The First District of Iowa should be close

The seat is being vacated by Jim Nussle, proving that there really is a god, and there are several candidates who want the seat. Three good Democratic candidates, one semi insane Democratic candidate and at least two republicans are running for the seat. This will bne one to watch for the whole country, as the DNC is supposedly going to pour some money in here this time around. They didn't in '04 and the Democratic candidate lost. But, the rnc has said that they really want this seat as well. It should be interesting.

[CatholicEdHead]

10. Governor and Senate

Probably:

For MN Governor:
Mike Hatch (current MN AG) vs Gov Tim Pawlenty


For MN Senate Seat:

Amy Klobuchar or Patty Wetterling vs Mark Kennedy

[kevsand]

11. In Illinois, the governor's race could be tight,

depending on who the Republicans ultimately nominate to run. We will also have a number of open State Senate seats, and think we have an excellent chance to flip our local district. Our local congressional race is uphill all the way against an entrenched incumbent, but we have a pretty good challenger who's going to be making his second run. There are also a couple of congressional races in the collar counties around Chicago that could be close.

[Zynx]

12. Governor's race in WI will be close.

Doyle will face significant opposition. I am confident he will defeat it, but it will be close. Wisconsin really isn't a moderate state. It just has big liberal and conservative elements with a small moderate swing element.

[Wetzelbill]

13. if I move back home to MT it'll be Conrad Burns and whatever Dem

wins the primary. I'm hoping John Tester. For U.S. Senate, btw.