Cliff Owen/AP Photo; Timothy D. Easley/AP Photo; Insider Sen. Rand Paul is running against Democrat Charles Booker to represent Kentucky in the US Senate. Booker is the first Black person to be a major party nominee for US Senate in Kentucky. Paul has an enormous fundraising edge over Booker. Republican incumbent Sen. Rand Paul faces…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Alex Brandon/AP Photo; Insider Sen. John Kennedy is running against Democrats Luke Mixon and Gary Chambers among a crowded slate of challengers to represent Louisiana in the US Senate. Kennedy, a staunch Trump ally, is endorsed by the former president. Elections in Louisiana use a majority-vote system when voting. Republican incumbent Sen. John Kennedy faces…
Charlie Riedel/AP Photo; Insider Republican state attorney general Eric Schmitt is running against Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine to represent Missouri in the US Senate. The race is pegged as “solid Republican.” If elected, Schmitt will keep a red Senate seat red. Republican Eric Schmitt faces off against Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine in Missouri to represent…
John Hoeven’s campaign; Katrina Christiansen’s campaign; Insider Sen. John Hoeven is running against Democrat Katrina Christiansen to represent North Dakota in the US Senate. Hoeven won both of his previous Senate terms with more than 76% of the vote. Hoeven has a large fundraising adventage over Christiansen and is expected to cruise to victory. Republican…
Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo; Madison Horn’s campaign; Insider Rep. James Lankford is running against Democrat Madison Horn to represent Oklahoma in the US Senate. Horn is a Cherokee Nation tribal citizen and advocates for rural communities. Lankford holds a sizable lead over Horn in recent polling. Republican incumbent James Lankford faces off against Democrat Madison Horn in Oklahoma to…
Kendra Horn’s campaign; Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo; Insider Republican Markwayne Mullin is running against Democrat Kendra Horn to represent Oklahoma in the US Senate. The special election will fill the rest of the six-year term that retiring Republican Rep. Jim Inhofe was elected to in 2020. In 2018, Horn became the first Democratic woman to represent…
Jeffrey Collins/AP Photo; Mic Smith/AP Photo; Insider Sen. Tim Scott is running against Democratic state Rep. Krystle Matthews to represent South Carolina in the US Senate. Matthews is running to oust Scott as well as defend her state House seat. Scott, the first Black senator from the South since Reconstruction, has an enormous fundraising advantage…
Susan Walsh/AP Photo; Brian Bengs’ campaign; Insider Sen. John Thune is running against Democrat Brian Bengs to represent South Dakota in the US Senate. Bengs told a local news outlet that the January 6 attack on the Capitol inspired him to run for office. Thune, who has more than $17 million in his coffers, will…
Rick Bowmer/AP Photo; Insider Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee is running for a 3rd term against independent candidate Evan McMullin. Lee has compiled a conservative voting record, which would normally be fine in the GOP-heavy state. But McMullin is criticizing Lee for what he says is the senator’s lack of independence from Donald Trump. Utah…
Kaye Aries (L) and daughter Robyn Victor, 6, look at one another as brother Kaleb Victor, 12, also participates in the Women’s March Action Rally for Reproductive Rights at Mariachi Plaza in Los Angeles, California, on October 8, 2022. DAVID MCNEW/AFP via Getty Images; Insider Proposition 1 would make abortion and contraception access a state…