# On Election Night, which are the Senate seats to watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 1, 2006, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-night-which-are-the-senate-seats-to-watch/378700 "2006-11-01T05:45:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-night-which-are-the-senate-seats-to-watch/378700/41 "2006-11-04T22:24:43Z")
If an election can be bought ,it is Michigan. Devos has been running so long I can’t remember a half hour without one of his commercials. Why does a billionaire want to be Gov. anyway?Should say Amway. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-night-which-are-the-senate-seats-to-watch/378700/42 "2006-11-04T23:54:00Z")
Looks like Missouri is the final and most up-in-the-air of the up-for-grabs Senate seats. C’mon, McCaskill! Go Stem Cell Researchers! ---
**Author:** ![Rachm\_Qoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Rachm\_Qoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachm_Qoch)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-night-which-are-the-senate-seats-to-watch/378700/43 "2006-11-05T17:27:03Z")
This morning’s [MSNBC/McClatchy poll](http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15547023/) surprisingly has Lincoln Chafee with a slim lead in Rhode Island. If he pulls it off, the Dems would need MT, VA, MO, _and_ TN to take control of the Senate. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-night-which-are-the-senate-seats-to-watch/378700/44 "2006-11-07T01:46:56Z")
I don’t much care for Jim Pederson’s campaign, but it would be huge if he won. Jon Kyl is **very** conservative and Pederson seems to be pretty liberal. If the Dems had a better candidate, Kyl would be scared shitless right now. Even as it stands the attack ads have been pretty nasty on both sides. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-night-which-are-the-senate-seats-to-watch/378700/45 "2006-11-07T02:45:28Z")
[QUOTE=Rachm Qoch] This morning’s [MSNBC/McClatchy poll](http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15547023/) surprisingly has Lincoln Chafee with a slim lead in Rhode Island. [/QUOTE] The [trend lines](http://www.electoral-vote.com:2006/evp2006/Sen_graphs/rhode-island_regres.html) are too far apart for me to be too worried about Rhode Island based on a single poll. ---
**Author:** ![Rachm\_Qoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Rachm\_Qoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachm_Qoch)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-night-which-are-the-senate-seats-to-watch/378700/46 "2006-11-07T06:32:08Z")
[QUOTE=Patty O’Furniture] The [trend lines](http://www.electoral-vote.com:2006/evp2006/Sen_graphs/rhode-island_regres.html) are too far apart for me to be too worried about Rhode Island based on a single poll. [/QUOTE] I dont know. It could be close – [Rothenberg](http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/2006/11/2006-senate-ratings_06.html), [Election Projection](http://electionprojection.com/elections2006.html), and the [Cook Political Report](http://www.cookpolitical.com/races/report_pdfs/2006_sen_ratings_nov6.pdf) all have them lumped in with the other tight races of VA, TN, and MO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-night-which-are-the-senate-seats-to-watch/378700.md?page=2)