# 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:** 26
**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:** [April 15, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/502 "2022-04-15T18:20:26Z")
And back in the Buckeye State: > **[Ohio Republicans gang up to stop Vance endorsement](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/14/ohio-republicans-vance-endorsement-00025395)** > > Local party officials and Vance's Senate primary rivals are working hard to convince Donald Trump not to back the "Hillbilly Elegy" author. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/503 "2022-04-15T19:20:20Z")
Finkenauer back on the primary ballot in Iowa. Unanimous decision by Iowa Supreme Court. > **[Iowa Supreme Court: Finkenauer qualifies for Senate ballot](https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-abby-finkenauer-des-moines-iowa-supreme-court-342ddda6ec47402c9bae06ec7f1c09b5)** > > DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that Democratic Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer qualifies for the primary ballot, rejecting a lower court decision and allowing her to continue her campaign for the nomination and the... ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/504 "2022-04-15T19:58:49Z")
Here is the Iowa Supreme Court decision (almost all were appointed by Republican governors): [https://www.iowacourts.gov/courtcases/15606/embed/SupremeCourtOpinion](https://www.iowacourts.gov/courtcases/15606/embed/SupremeCourtOpinion) ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/505 "2022-04-16T02:22:39Z")
And all for not – Trump has officially endorsed JD Vance in Ohio. Not surprising at all, Trump is a complete starfucker so of course he was going to back the closest thing to a celebrity in the race (after Vance had made the necessary prostrations). [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-endorses-vance-in-ohio-s-republican-senate-primary/ar-AAWgIis?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=a669f588b04241478b4fe48d1af920b4](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-endorses-vance-in-ohio-s-republican-senate-primary/ar-AAWgIis?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=a669f588b04241478b4fe48d1af920b4) ---
**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:** [April 16, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/506 "2022-04-16T04:33:59Z")
President Starfucker. If that god-awfulness gets back in in '24, might go with that - nice, glammy feel. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/507 "2022-04-16T14:29:38Z")
Disgraced Trump EPA Administrator Scott Pruit is running in the OK Senate special election to fill the remainder of retiring Senator Jim Inhofe’s term. > **[Trump EPA chief Scott Pruitt files for Senate in Oklahoma](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/15/scott-pruitt-oklahoma-senate-epa-trump-00025628)** > > Pruitt is one of a number of former Trump administration officials running for Congress 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:** [April 16, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/508 "2022-04-16T15:07:45Z")
Anyone who doesn’t live in Ohio is missing a great show. Watching that shit-stain Gibbons duke it out with Mandel has to be the most insulting load of only-in-slow-motion campaign addery i have ever witnessed. And they all equate Timkin to Pelosi, which is mysogynistic, at best. Last week, my wife and I were having a lazy day, and decided to play a drinking game where we took a drink every time someone blew a dog whistle in an ad. (Including Tim Ryan and his “China, China, China” dipshittery…) I woke up two days later. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/509 "2022-04-18T13:04:48Z")
Since I’ve been accused of being “defeatist” elsewhere in regard to Democrat’s chances in the mid-terms, I’ll post some good news: the latest quarterly FEC filings show that vulnerable incumbent Democratic Senators in GA, AZ, NV and NH have built up massive campaign chests. Rafael Warnock, probably the single most endangered incumbent Senator, had $25.6M cash on hand compared to $7.4M for his likely Republican opponent. And Democratic challengers in FL and the open NC seat reported strong fundraising as well. Money isn’t everything in a campaign (just ask Jaime Harrison, Amy McGrath and Sara Gideon) but weak fundraising can become a self-perpetuating cycle as supporters flee a seemingly doomed candidate. Democrats will have the money to compete – we’ll see what they can do with it. > **[Democrats Warnock, Kelly continue to outpace GOP candidates and other...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/16/politics/senate-house-2022-first-quarter-fundraising/index.html)** > > Senate Democrats face strong political headwinds in this year's midterm elections, but they have maintained -- and in some cases, super-charged -- their fundraising in pivotal states, new campaign finance reports show. ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/510 "2022-04-19T18:23:04Z")
Hopefully Warnock gets re-elected. I think if he does he will be on the White House ticket one way or another in the next ten years. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/511 "2022-04-19T20:10:24Z")
I hope so, and could be, respectively. That said, I have to roll my eyes just a little when I see him described in his campaign literature as “Sen. Rev. Warnock.” Seems a bit much. ---
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/512 "2022-04-20T01:37:33Z")
Why don’t people protest in the streets demanding that the Senators and Representatives who were complicit in 1/6 be removed? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/513 "2022-04-22T23:13:15Z")
Wow, Fetterman had a horrible performance in the primary debate. > ‘I know it when I see it’ is worse than Elizabeth Warren’s evasive responses about paying for M4A. As well as a very bad response to the question he knew was coming about the jogger. > The only one who can win PA is Lamb. Fetterman has a stubborn commanding lead in polls, but I’m hoping he gets knocked down. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/514 "2022-04-23T00:20:39Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > The only one who can win PA is Lamb. Forgive me if I don’t take your word for it. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/515 "2022-04-27T00:10:59Z")
A new poll has J.D. Vance [taking the lead](https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-vance-moves-top-spot-ohio-gop-senate-primary) in the Ohio Republican U.S. Senate race over Josh Mandel, who as we’ve seen, is considered by Donald Trump too creepy to support. Vance would be a shoo-in for the Appalachian vote - not. I couldn’t find a recent poll on the Democratic side, so maybe Tim Ryan is still in the lead. This is probably a good thing, as his challengers have been making winceable statements, like the one who promises to help in “upskilling” workers and declares that as far as business interests go, “money is oxygen”. Too bad I don’t still live in Ohio so I could vote for the best of the worst, as in the G.O.P. Presidential primary in 2016. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/516 "2022-04-27T15:28:59Z")
> [@CastletonSnob1](#): > > Why don’t people protest in the streets demanding that the Senators and Representatives who were complicit in 1/6 be removed? My guess is that many of the conspirators represent states/districts that are red enough that their constituents actively favored the insurrection and are thrilled that their rep/senator was involved. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/517 "2022-04-28T13:18:40Z")
More on the Ohio race: > **[Trump unleashes his temper on GOP allies over Ohio Senate primary split | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/politics/trump-club-for-growth-ohio/index.html)** > > Not since Anthony Scaramucci was fired a mere 10 days into his White House gig has someone fallen out of Donald Trump's favor as quickly as David McIntosh. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/518 "2022-04-30T13:23:28Z")
Interesting polling in the Ohio Republican primary, with one poll showing state Senator Matt Dolan enjoying a late surge that puts him tied for first place with JD Vance. While just as conservative as the rest of these dolts, the things that separates Dolan is he’s the one candidate who hasn’t been willing to kowtow to Trump on the 2020 election lie. Probably still Vance’s primary to lose, but with a fractured field it could be interesting. > **[Republican who refuses to bend the knee to Trump surges in Ohio Senate race](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/29/trump-says-matt-dolan-is-not-fit-for-ohios-senate-seat-hes-gaining-ground-anyway-00028824)** > > Matt Dolan, who wants the former president to stop pushing “lies about the outcome” of the 2020 election, is showing a late burst of momentum. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/519 "2022-05-02T13:07:59Z")
Yes, indeed. It probably doesn’t help that Trump can’t quite remember who he endorsed. > **[‘JP, right?’ Donald Trump appears to forget name of candidate he endorsed](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/02/donald-trump-forget-name-jd-vance-josh-mandel)** > > Former president seemed to mix up JD Vance with his rival Josh Mandel in Republican Ohio Senate primary at rally on Sunday If I were Mandel (which, thank God, I’m not), I’d rush out an ad saying TRUMP ENDORSES MANDEL. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/520 "2022-05-02T13:19:39Z")
And for Buckeye Democrats: > **[A tough state in a tough year: Tim Ryan looks to overcome Democratic...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/30/politics/tim-ryan-ohio-senate-democratic-primary/index.html)** > > Ohio has changed since Tim Ryan first ran for Congress in 2002 -- and so have the prospects of a Democrat running in the state. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/521 "2022-05-02T19:18:19Z")
A national overview: > **[The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2022 | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/01/politics/senate-race-rankings-may-elections/index.html)** > > The month of May brought the first Senate primaries of the year. Ohio voted first, followed by a near weekly stream of contests that are shaping the midterm campaign for control of the chamber. At the close of the month, the general election matchups... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327.md?page=27)