# 2024 US Senate Elections **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 18, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149 "2022-11-18T15:41:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/201 "2024-03-09T17:19:47Z")
Makes me feel better about never giving money to politicians. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/202 "2024-03-09T18:04:28Z")
This is why you have a garbage email account. You can donate, and not ever see the follow-up emails. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/203 "2024-03-09T18:12:20Z")
The main reason is because I’m disgusted with all politicians at all levels. Make me the least disgusted and you have my vote but you’re not getting my money. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/204 "2024-03-09T19:31:43Z")
Yes, this is what I do. However they also ask for a phone number when you make a political donation so now I get endless text messages as well. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/205 "2024-03-14T14:41:27Z")
Once again, Democrats are intervening in a Republican primary by “attacking” the more extreme candidate as “too conservative for our state” – this time in the GOP Senate primary in Ohio. The goal, of course, being to actually promote that candidate with Republican primary voters so that they will choose the less electable candidate. While it’s difficult to judge the effectiveness of this tactic, Democrats feel they had great success with it last cycle in promoting MAGA-aligned Republicans in swing state races that proved to be weak general election candidates. [https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/13/dems-meddle-in-ohio-senate-race-to-boost-trump-backed-candidate-00146928](https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/13/dems-meddle-in-ohio-senate-race-to-boost-trump-backed-candidate-00146928) ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/206 "2024-03-19T02:36:18Z")
I wondered in Ohio how you think Moreno and Dolan are doing in vying for tomorrow’s Republican primary? I’ve read some news stories but it’s difficult to draw out who’s more likely to come ahead tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/207 "2024-03-20T01:47:46Z")
Trump-endorsed candidate Bernie Moreno won the Ohio Republican nomination to face Sherrod Brown for the Senate seat. With about 2/3 of votes counted, he’s easily defeating the more “establishment” candidate State Sen. Matt Dolan. This was the matchup that Democrats wanted (and, as mentioned above, spent significantly to help manufacture). Just given the nature of where Ohio is politically, this is still likely to be a tight race. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/208 "2024-03-20T02:42:04Z")
It’s my hope that Moreno will crash and burn when Trump goes fully off the rails before the election. ---
**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 20, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/209 "2024-03-20T20:07:02Z")
Agreed. And this time, at least, I don’t mind how the Dems intervened in the GOP primary. The Dem ads said Moreno is too conservative for Ohio - this will be what incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown will be arguing in the fall, anyway. A non-zero number of independents and centrist GOP voters (yes, we still have some of those here) will have seen those ads, as well as positive Brown ads which are already running, and not vote for Moreno in November. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/210 "2024-03-20T21:47:11Z")
Cornell Belcher (a Democratic political strategist with a name right out of _Li’l Abner_) on MSNBC said this is the best possible outcome for Brown. He’s always been pretty savvy. ---
**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 27, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/211 "2024-03-27T19:23:02Z")
Kari Lake cuts her losses in her latest Arizona election-denial lawsuit: [https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/kari-lake-defamation-lawsuit-richer/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/kari-lake-defamation-lawsuit-richer/index.html) ---
**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 1, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/212 "2024-04-01T14:22:21Z")
_The Hill_’s latest take on the matter: > **[Senate rankings: 5 seats most likely to flip](https://www.aol.com/news/senate-rankings-5-seats-most-100000997.html)** > > The Senate battlefield is increasingly locked in as Republicans turn their attention from the primaries to the November contests in a bid to turn the chamber red. Much has changed in the four months since The Hill last updated this space, including... ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/213 "2024-04-01T14:58:53Z")
Aside from the obvious flip in WV, I think the Dems have a reasonably good chance of holding onto all of those states. Montana’s probably the hinkiest, but Tester has always been able to greatly out-perform his party there. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/214 "2024-04-01T15:08:55Z")
It’s looking more and more like the best outcome Democrats can hope for is a 50-50 tie with the VP as the tiebreaker. I’ve still got some hope for Colin Allred in Texas, but he’s running a curiously subdued campaign. Maybe he thinks Texas has Beto fatigue. ---
**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 5, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/215 "2024-04-05T20:15:19Z")
A CNN update: [https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/politics/senate-race-rankings-april-2024/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/politics/senate-race-rankings-april-2024/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/216 "2024-04-08T13:08:11Z")
Tim Sheehy, the leading R senate candidate out of MT, lies so much he has a hard time keeping track of his own stories (guess that is why Trump supports him). He was shot lots while in the military. Or maybe it was only once from enemy fire. Oh wait, maybe it was friendly fire. Well, he has a bullet stuck in his arm from that time period. Till he slips and falls in a National Park and he has to tell the ER that bullet has always been there. Wait, no, I shot myself and I’ll pay a fine. Wait, no I didn’t…I made that up to protect my war buddies who shot me. Seems like a guy you can trust. 🙄 > **[Montana GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/apr/06/montana-gop-senate-candidate-says-he-lied-to-range/)** > > Tim Sheehy, a charismatic former Navy SEAL who is the Republican candidate in a U.S. Senate race in Montana that could determine control of the chamber, has cited a gunshot wound he received in combat that he said left a bullet in his right arm as... ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/217 "2024-04-08T13:15:25Z")
Perfectly understandable. I mean, I get shot so frequently I just can’t keep track of where and when they all happened. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/218 "2024-04-08T14:54:10Z")
That’s why I give all my lodged bullets nicknames! This over here is Fred the Friendly Fire. This over here is Derpy Dang I Shot Myself Again. ---
**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 12, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/219 "2024-04-12T21:45:18Z")
Sherlock Holmes’s friend and companion, Afghan War veteran Dr. John H. Watson, couldn’t keep track of [exactly where he was wounded](https://www.fext.eu/other/sh-watson-injuries.htm). Is it fair to ask more of Tim Sheehy? ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/220 "2024-04-17T12:45:17Z")
Early poll results in Maryland are not encouraging. Larry Hogan is leading both of the two primary Dem contenders. The number of undecided voters, however, is still large enough to swing it back. This critical election will come down to voters’ willingness to believe that Hogan will truly be an “independent” Republican in the Senate. Too many Dem voters are simply relying on name recognition and a poor understanding of the current balance of power. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149.md?page=12)