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Bob Benenson’s Jigsaw Politics: Top 5 Senate Takeover Targets — Another Democratic Field Day

By Bob Benenson and CQ Staff
Posted July 11, 2008 at 12:00am

the previous Jigsaw Politics
Virginia, where Democrat Mark Warner
James S. Gilmore III
CQ Politics rates the race
New Mexico, a swing state
New Hampshire, where first-term Republican Sen.
former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen
Colorado, where Democratic gains
former Rep. Bob Schaffer
Jack Abramoff
Mississippi, where interim Republican Sen.
former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove
the race in Minnesota
likely entry of Jesse Ventura
a dominant political figure in Alaska
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich
Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith
House Speaker Jeff Merkley
Maine’s
in conservative-leaning Louisiana
Treasurer John Kennedy
the North Carolina contest
state Sen. Kay Hagan

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