# What happens to Kerry and Edwards now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 3, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-kerry-and-edwards-now/272817 "2004-11-03T18:54:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-kerry-and-edwards-now/272817/21 "2004-11-05T01:23:08Z")
Just popping my head in because I was confused about how much longer Kerry’s term in the Senate would last. [This site](http://www.johnkerry.com/about/john_kerry/bio.html) indicates that he was elected to the Senate in 1984. Senate terms being six years, he must have been re-elected in 1990, 1996, and 2002. That would leave **4** more years in his Senate term, rather than 2. Am I incorrect? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-kerry-and-edwards-now/272817/22 "2004-11-05T16:20:11Z")
You’re correct. He was last elected in 2002 (he ran unopposed BTW). He will next stand for election in 2008, assuming he chooses to run for the Senate again. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-kerry-and-edwards-now/272817/23 "2004-11-05T18:56:26Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > No, it didn’t. I was just saying that early on, he was one of the favorites because the voters already knew who he was. Edwards seems to be more of a mainstream Democrat than Lieberman, who was on the right of the party. Agreed. Plus, I’m pretty sure that our first Jewish president will be Reform, not Orthodox. ---
**Author:** ![Gamaliel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gamaliel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamaliel)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-kerry-and-edwards-now/272817/24 "2004-11-05T19:05:29Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Didn’t work out all that well for Lieberman. Many Democrats disliked Lieberman for his poor showing during the VP debates and during the recount mess, where he basically conceded the whole thing to Tim Russert on Meet the Press. Edwards doesn’t have any of those types of negatives going against him. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-kerry-and-edwards-now/272817/25 "2004-11-05T20:14:48Z")
Don’t forget Stevenson. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-kerry-and-edwards-now/272817/26 "2004-11-05T20:22:31Z")
Now there’s a campaign slogan if I ever heard one. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-kerry-and-edwards-now/272817/27 "2004-11-10T04:12:58Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > In 1976, Reagan ran for the Republican nomination against the sitting President, Ford. Ford won the Republican nomination, but lost to Carter in the general election. And in 1980, Bush the Elder sought the Republican nomination. He made little impression on voters, but obviously a favorable one on Reagan; Reagan chose him as a running mate very soon after getting the nomination. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-kerry-and-edwards-now/272817.md?page=1)