# 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:** 5
**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:** [July 12, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/81 "2023-07-12T02:43:19Z")
“Politics is show business for ugly people.” - Paul Begala (maybe) Stay in your lane Hill Harper. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/82 "2023-07-13T16:56:14Z")
Well, I’d say he’s got at least some cred as a Senate candidate: > **[Hill Harper | Writing career and political advocacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_Harper#Writing_career_and_political_advocacy)** > > Harper is the author of several books: Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny, published in 2006; Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny, published in 2008; and The Conversation: How (Black) Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships, published in 2010. His books, The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place and The Wiley Boys were both published in 2011. His book, Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones ... ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/83 "2023-07-13T17:51:47Z")
Speaking as a progressive Michigander, I’m fully behind the more-moderate Slotkin. We’ve got an amazing thing happening here, with Dems finally grabbing the governorship, AG, SoS, state house, state senate, both Senate seats and a majority of the House delegation. We’ve done this by capitalizing on the republicans running further and further right (and loony), while the dems have remained pretty vocally moderate (while often governing more to the left). I want to keep this good thing going, so I don’t want to rock the boat with a openly-progressive state-wide candidate for the Senate. I may align more with Harper’s politics, but I want to keep this blue wave going as long as possible, and not do anything, or nominate anyone with an ideology, that the loonies on the right can point to as “_bad, bad, bad._” I’m a Slotkin man, and I hate that she has to now spend money on a primary campaign. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/84 "2023-07-13T18:12:29Z")
I’m also a progressive Michigander and I think Slotkin has earned her shot. Harper should cut his teeth on something a little lower. He’d be a formidable candidate, I think he should try for a state legislator post and then governor/senator. Much of the blue gains were made by ungerrymandering the districts, but you can’t overlook the effect of abortion on the election last year. As Republicans dig further into the hole on this issue, I’m all for sitting back and watching them. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/85 "2023-07-16T03:35:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I remember him as an FBI agent on the TV series of _Unlimited_. A charismatic guy FWIW. D’oh! I meant _Limitless._ ---
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/86 "2023-07-19T15:57:15Z")
Made my day: > **[2024 election: Republican state parties in disarray ahead of crucial contests](https://www.aol.com/news/2024-election-republican-state-parties-110532290.html)** > > With big opportunities in Arizona and Michigan, the GOP is dealing with local struggles. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/87 "2023-07-24T13:57:51Z")
And see: > **[‘This Is a Really Big Deal’: How College Towns Are Decimating the GOP](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/21/gop-college-towns-00106974)** > > Growing population in America’s highly educated enclaves has led to huge gains for the Democratic Party. And Republicans are scrambling for answers. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/88 "2023-08-01T21:38:40Z")
The Lose Cruz PAC has a commercial out skewering him for his trip to Cancun while the rest of Texas was frozen and without power. I like it. [Cancún Cruz - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA5u6u8L6KY) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/89 "2023-08-02T01:00:17Z")
Oh yeah, that’s good. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/90 "2023-08-22T19:15:31Z")
Former one-term Florida Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell has announced she’s running for the Democratic nomination for Senate. The only other entrant so far is the guy who lost to Matt Gaetz by 31 points in 2020. Man, I’m gonna be so pissed if Rick Scott is able to sleepwalk his way to reelection. He should be the definition of a vulnerable incumbent. He won his last race by 0.2% and shot himself in the foot with his harebrained proposal to raise taxes and sunset Medicare and Social Security. But Florida Democrats are such a shambles and Democrats nationally are stretched so thin defending vulnerable incumbents that I fear it’s gonna be a cakewalk for him. > **[Mucarsel-Powell enters race to challenge Scott in Florida - Roll Call](https://rollcall.com/2023/08/22/mucarsel-powell-enters-race-to-challenge-scott-in-florida/)** > > Former one-term Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is running to be the Democratic challenger to Republican Sen. Rick Scott in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/91 "2023-09-22T15:36:17Z")
Democratic NJ Senator Bob Menendez has been indicted – again – on corruption charges. His seat is up next year. I dearly hope that New Jersey Democrats finally primary out this corrupt sack of shit. New Jersey is a solidly blue state, but Doug Jones in Alabama showed that the right set of circumstances can (temporarily) flip even a strongly partisan state. If Menendez is the nominee, Democrats are likely going to have to spend money on him that is desperately needed in a half dozen other endangered Senate races. > **[Sen. Bob Menendez and wife indicted on bribery charges; DOJ seizes gold bars...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/22/politics/bob-menendez-charges/index.html)** > > New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was charged on Friday with corruption-related offenses for the second time in 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/92 "2023-09-23T08:11:03Z")
A random no-name candidate got 38% against him in 2018, when the entire party establishment was behind him. Now he’s weaker and he’ll hopefully have a stronger challenger. And it’s a fairly late primary (June), so there’s still time. (I was hoping for a primary challenge even without this. He’d be one of the [worst members of the caucus](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bob-menendez-obama-admin-iran-talking-points) even if he was squeaky-clean.) ---
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/93 "2023-09-25T20:00:58Z")
Here ya go: > **[Menendez gains a primary opponent as calls for his resignation grow after...](https://apnews.com/article/menendez-bribery-senate-corruption-indictment-760ddf686941db61091ca5fd3659f040)** > > Rep. Andy Kim of New Jersey has announced that he will run against Sen. Robert Menendez in the state’s Democratic primary for Senate next year, saying he feels compelled to run against the three-term senator after he and his wife were indicted on... ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/94 "2023-09-26T18:21:04Z")
> **[Democrats plan to track and corner Republican 2024 candidates on Trump](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrats-plan-track-corner-republican-2024-candidates-trump-2023-09-26/)** > > When Republican U.S. Representative Don Bacon was asked if he supports Donald Trump's bid for the White House next year at Nebraska town hall last month, he batted away the question, saying it was too early to say, given the former president hadn't... I like this tactic - if they come out in support of Trump, rub their effing faces in it. As the article mentions, Independent voters could be swayed to vote D, and this is especially helpful in several key states. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/95 "2023-10-10T13:34:04Z")
And out west: > **[Trump ally Kari Lake to launch US Senate bid in Arizona](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-ally-kari-lake-launch-100601521.html)** > > Arizona Republican Kari Lake, a far-right ally of Donald Trump, on Tuesday is expected to announce her candidacy for her party's U.S. Senate nomination, in what could be a highly competitive three-way general election race in November 2024. Arizona... ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/96 "2023-10-10T14:10:55Z")
Yeah, right, since she won the governorship, it just makes sense that the citizenry loves her. Go Ruben Gallego! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/97 "2023-10-10T15:22:14Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > Yeah, right, since she won the governorship, it just makes sense that the citizenry loves her. She lost by 0.3% despite being an election denier and stridently anti-“McCain Republicans” who she equated with machine moderates. She’s very dangerous and not to be underestimated as an anti-democratic threat. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/98 "2023-10-10T16:43:36Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > She lost by 0.3% despite being an election denier and stridently anti-“McCain Republicans” who she equated with machine moderates. Yep, I was being sarcastic (should have done the /s thing). Generally the next move after losing a statewide election is not to pursue a different office via another statewide election. She is a dangerous loon. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/99 "2023-10-10T16:47:38Z")
I fear this will be the loony-toons playbook from now on: If you lose one election, call it stolen, then run again in another election for the same role or something else. It does not matter if you win or lose - it’s the only way to keep the grift going. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149/100 "2023-10-10T17:03:37Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > It does not matter if you win or lose The scariest part is that in places like AZ they have a very real chance of actually winning. I don’t really much care about the grift in the abstract (go ahead, fleece the rubes). But I do care about the diseased red meat they toss by the truckload to their slavering followers when they actually win. Kari Lake will likely be a genuine competitive threat to take the seat and that is depressing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149.md?page=6)