# 2022 US Senate Races **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 6, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327 "2020-10-06T10:26:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/382 "2022-01-10T23:18:12Z")
Wisconsin state legislative races will be something to watch in 2022. The anti-democracy side is 2 (of 17 up for election) senate seats and 6 (of 99) assembly seats short of a veto proof super-majority. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/383 "2022-01-11T03:04:15Z")
The Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature passed gerrymandered maps, which Evers vetoed. It looks like it’s now before the Wisconsin Supreme Court, whose conservative majority required parties to submit proposed maps that make the least changes to the existing maps necessary to account for population shifts. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/384 "2022-01-11T18:25:39Z")
I must be seeing things - the GOP trying to prop up an actual moderate / centrist / whatever-the-hell-you-call-them? > **[GOP Steps Up Bid To Persuade Hogan To Run For Senate In Maryland](https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/gop-steps-up-bid-to-persuade-hogan-to-run-for-senate-in-maryland/)** > > President Joe Biden carried Maryland by 32 percentage points in 2020 and a Republican hasn't won a statewide federal office in more than 30 years. I mean - what’s this dystopic world coming to? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/385 "2022-01-11T18:44:32Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > I must be seeing things - the GOP trying to prop up an actual moderate / centrist / whatever-the-hell-you-call-them? I was hoping that Hogan would run for president on the GOP ticket, but that will never happen. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/386 "2022-01-11T18:49:04Z")
This is just Mitch McConnel daydreaming. Hogan would have no chance – a deep blue state like Maryland may occasionally elect a moderate Republican governor, but voters tend to make a more partisan calculation when voting for Senator. I can’t see Hogan letting himself be used as essentially a diversionary tactic just to make Democrats spend at least some money on the race. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/387 "2022-01-11T19:11:39Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > While Barack Hussein Obama II did win Pennsylvania twice, Mehmet Oz’s first name is going to hurt him a bit. And the state’s leading newspaper is now starting to use it: Doubtful, those to whom it matters would just think he’s “one of the good ones”; especially if Trump endorse him. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/388 "2022-01-12T14:06:19Z")
I’m now seeing local gossip that GOP leaders are urging Larry Hogan to run against Chris Van Hollen in the Maryland US Senate election this November (Hogan is term limited as governor). This is a little concerning. Hogan has high approval ratings among Maryland Democrats (an approval I don’t share) but I’m hoping the liberal and educated electorate here will remember what they’re doing if they put another Republican in the Senate, never-Trumper or not. Hogan has failed in previous Senate runs, iirc. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/389 "2022-01-12T15:01:54Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I certainly wouldn’t put any money on it, but it’s _possible_ that Ohio elects a Democrat. > > We have one already in Sherrod Brown, and he’s won re-election fairly well, so it’s not unprecedented. > > We’ll have to see who ends up actually getting the nomination from both parties to get a better idea, but I wouldn’t count Ohio out, yet. This Congressman is likely to be the Dem nominee, and I think he’s got a decent shot, but it’s gonna be tough for him in an Ohio midterm with a Dem in the White House. I certainly expect to vote for him: [https://timforoh.com/](https://timforoh.com/) > [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > I’m now seeing local gossip that GOP leaders are urging Larry Hogan to run against Chris Van Hollen in the Maryland US Senate election this November (Hogan is term limited as governor)… > > Hogan has failed in previous Senate runs, iirc. House, quite awhile ago, but not Senate: [Larry Hogan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hogan#Electoral_history) ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/390 "2022-01-12T15:40:02Z")
@Guest-starring_Id posted an article about this four posts up. As I mentioned, while it’s not too uncommon for a deep red or blue state to elect a governor of the “wrong” party, it’s much less common for the state to subsequently elect them to Senate, particularly in the last decade or so. Examples in the last ten years of “wrong party” Governors losing Senate races include Linda Lingle in Hawaii, Phil Breseden in Tennessee and Steve Bullock in Montana. The best counterexample is Joe Manchin, who was the incumbent governor of WV when he was elected to the Senate in 2010. But as in all things, Manchin is the exception to the rule. . . ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/391 "2022-01-13T14:03:14Z")
Another candidate in the Keystone State: > **[David McCormick announces bid for US Senate in Pennsylvania | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/politics/david-mccormick-us-senate-pennsylvania/index.html)** > > David McCormick, a Republican hedge fund executive, is running for the US Senate in Pennsylvania, he formally announced Thursday morning. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/392 "2022-01-21T18:42:38Z")
Grrrrrr. > **[Republican Senate candidates echo lie that 2020 election was stolen in...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/politics/campaign-ads-2020-election-lie/index.html)** > > Three recent ads from Republican Senate candidates explicitly echo the false claim that the 2020 election was rigged or stolen, illustrating how lies from former President Donald Trump and his allies continue to drive GOP messaging ahead of the 2022... ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/393 "2022-02-08T19:39:09Z")
Larry Hogan announced today that he won’t run for the Senate this year. ---
**Author:** ![deltogre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deltogre/32/5041_2.png) [@deltogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltogre)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/394 "2022-02-10T13:42:58Z")
Moreno’s ads are bad. Gibbons’ ads are worse. Both are non-stop dog whistles to their unapologetic, racist bases. I actually shudder when they air. Gibbons adds a bit of football on top, just to round things out for the center of the state. He all but says, “O-H!” ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/395 "2022-02-10T13:50:28Z")
Moreno has dropped out. > **[Republican Bernie Moreno drops out of crowded Ohio Senate primary](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/03/bernie-moreno-ohio-senate-race-00005569)** > > Moreno said that during a private meeting with Trump Thursday afternoon, the two agreed the race was filled with too many “Trump candidates." ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/396 "2022-02-10T14:31:07Z")
Hell, _one_ is too many “Trump candidates.” ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/397 "2022-02-23T17:10:19Z")
Republican Senator Rick Scott has put out an, “11-point plan to rescue America” that would (in addition to things like abolishing the Department of Education and finishing the border wall and naming it after Trump) raise taxes on tens of millions of working Americans. That’s because it would require every American to pay federal income tax, whereas currently about half of working Americans pay no federal income tax due to low wages and credits/deductions (although they often still pay federal payroll taxes and state and local taxes). While Scott presents this as just his plan, he’s not just any Senator – he’s the Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee charged with getting Republicans elected to the Senate. All-in-all, this is a pretty dumb move. The joy of being the minority party in a midterm election is that you don’t need to have an agenda. You just shit talk everything the ruling party does and let the voters fall in your lap. Mitch understands that. But now instead of having to constantly defend what they’re doing (or not doing), Democrats can go on the attack regarding the “Republican plan” to raise taxes on millions of working Americans – including plenty of blue-collar workers who voted for Trump. > **[Rick Scott pushes own GOP agenda as McConnell holds off](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/22/rick-scott-gop-agenda-00010431)** > > The first-term senator's plan includes a mix of longtime Republican positions as well as culture war politics that define many GOP voters in Trump’s wing of the party. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/398 "2022-02-24T21:49:54Z")
Repots are that Senator Jim Inhofe will resign from the Senate effective at the end of this Congress, triggering a special election to fill the remainder of his term (he was just reelected in 2020). Of course it’s Oklahoma, so the only question is how bat-shit crazy his inevitably Republican replacement will be. > **[Inhofe to retire from Senate, teeing up special election in Oklahoma](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/24/inhofe-to-retire-from-senate-teeing-up-special-election-in-oklahoma-00011534)** > > The 87-year-old Oklahoma Republican is expected to announce his retirement, likely triggering a special election to replace him this fall. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/399 "2022-02-26T23:20:18Z")
I came here to post that. I suppose the Ukraine has me distracted from US politics. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/400 "2022-03-04T14:28:38Z")
What a maroon: [Analysis: Donald Trump cuts off his nose to spite his face in Arizona | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/politics/ducey-trump-arizona-senate/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/401 "2022-03-04T17:36:19Z")
Alaska should be interesting. Kelly Tshibaka (I swear I heard it as ‘Chewbacca’ on the radio) is a Trumpanista that caterwauled at CPAC and she is running against the moderate Lisa Murkowski. It will be a bizzare election in that the top **four** in votes in the non-partisan primary run in the general. The general election will then conducted as [ranked-choice voting](https://ballotpedia.org/Ranked-choice_voting_(RCV)). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327.md?page=21)