United States Senate Mega-Thread

[73Seahawks]

Thursday, 27 February 2025: United States Senator Jack Reid (D-RI) announcing his reelection campaign for a sixth six-year term in 2026.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1895160303790313876

 

[YDB95]

The rumors were that Peters really wanted to run for the Governorship in 2014, but national Democrats pushed him to run for the United States Senate instead that year. Not shocked Peters called it quits after 12 years: This tells me Peters knows deep down; the Democrats will NOT regain control of the United States Senate until either 2028 or 2030 at the earliest.

Eh, if anything his retirement might shore up the Dems' hold on that seat. Peters has never been a champion vote-getter. And remember, Michigan hasn't elected a Republican senator since 1994.

BREAKING NEWS ALERT: United States Senator Tina Smith (DFL-MN) will NOT be seeking reelection to second full six-year term in 2026, which tells me the Democrats can forget about winning back control of the United States Senate next year or even 2028.

You expect the Republicans to pick up a seat in a midterm election with an unpopular Republican president in one of the bluest states in the country? Ermmmkayyyyy...

 

[73Seahawks]

Friday, 28 February 2025: United States Senator Richard Lynn Scott (R-FL) endorsing four-term incumbent United States Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) in 2026 ahead of a potential primary challenge from three-term Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1895252671067799904

 

[73Seahawks]

BREAKING NEWS ALERT:
Wednesday, 12 March 2025: Three-term incumbent United States Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announcing she will NOT be seeking reelection to fourth six-year term in 2026 after 18 years of representing the Granite State in the United States Senate.

Expect the Republicans to be aggressively pushing former New Hampshire Governor Christopher Sununu to run for the United States Senate.

 

[73Seahawks]

2026 Michigan United States Senator (OPEN): Politico reporting former US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will NOT be running for the United States Senate.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/pete-buttigieg-michigan-senate-run-00227583

 

[73Seahawks]

Tuesday, 18 March 2025: Punchbowl News reporting three-term incumbent Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton has all but declared his campaign for the United States Senate in 2026 against four-term incumbent United States Senator John Cornyn (R-TX).
https://punchbowl.news/archive/31825-am/

 

[73Seahawks]

Saturday, 29 March 2025: Wyoming PBS Live-Stream of the Funeral Service for former United States Senator Alan Kooi Simpson (R-WY) at the Arena Auditorium on the campus of the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming.

 

[73Seahawks]

BREAKING NEWS ALERT: Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton announcing his campaign for the United States Senate in 2026, setting up primary clash with four-term incumbent United States Senator John Cornyn (R-TX).

https://twitter.com/x/status/1909753107212365960

 

[73Seahawks]

Tuesday, 22 April 2025
BREAKING NEWS ALERT: US Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI 11th) officially running for the United States Senate in 2026 according to Politico.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/haley-stevens-launches-senate-bid-00301416

 

[73Seahawks]

BREAKING NEWS ALERT: United States Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announcing he will NOT be seeking reelection to sixth term in 2026 after 30 years representing the Land of Lincoln in the United States Senate.