Carte P. Goodwin served as Governor Joe Manchin’s chief counsel during his first term in office from 2005-2009 and was at one time the chairman (designated by Gov. Manchin) of the West Virginia School Building Authority. In 2009, Manchin appointed him chair of the Independent Commission on Judicial Reform, which studied the need for judicial reforms in West Virginia. In 2008, Goodwin was named one of the “Ten Most Successful Young Executives in West Virginia” by Executive magazine. Read his bio on Wikipedia
Carte Goodwin (D – WV) Senate
Senator Robert C. Byrd (D – WV)
Currently: The country is mourning the passing the late great Senator Byrd, President Obama delivered the eulogy, “As I reflect on the full sweep of his 92 years, it seems to me that his life bent toward justice…” Read more from the Washington Post.
Bio: The Late Senator Robert Carlyle Byrd from West Virginia (born Cornelius Calvin Sale, Jr. on November 20, 1917) was the longest-serving senator and the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Congress. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served as a Senator from 1959 to 2010. Read his bio on Wikipedia.
Senator Arlen Specter (D – PA) Loses Democratic Primary
Currently: On May 18, 2010, Specter was defeated by Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania’s Democratic Primary election 54% to 46% (Sestak 564,444 votes to Specter’s 481,566). His senate career is scheduled to end in January, 2011. Read more…
Previously: “I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary,” said Specter in a statement. “I am ready, willing and anxious to take on all comers and have my candidacy for re-election determined in a general election.” Read the rest of the story from The Huffington Post
Bennett, Robert F. (R – UT) Senate
Currently: The three-term incumbent failed to make it into Utah’s GOP primary ending his plans for re-election. Bennett emotionally said, “The political atmosphere obviously has been toxic, and it’s very clear that some of the votes that I have cast have added to the toxic environment…” Read more from ABC News
- United States Senator Robert F Bennett, official U.S. Senate website
- Bob Bennett for Senate official campaign website
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
- Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
- Congressional profile at GovTrack.us
- Appearances on C-SPAN programs
- Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
- Current Bills Sponsored at StateSurge.com
- Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com
- Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
- Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
- Collected news and commentary at The New York Times
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LeMieux, George- (R – FL) Senate
George S. LeMieux (born May 21, 1969) is currently the junior United States Senator from Florida. He was Chairman of the Florida-based law firm of Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. and served as Chief of Staff to Governor Charlie Crist, was former Deputy Florida Attorney General, and is credited with spearheading Crist’s successful campaign for Governor.[1] On August 28,2009, Governor Crist announced that he would appoint LeMieux as senator, to replace Senator Mel Martinez,[2] who weeks earlier announced he would resign as soon as Crist announced his successor.[3]
Read the rest of his bio from Wikipedia
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Evan Bayh – (D – IN) Senate – Not Running For Re-Election
Birch Evans “Evan” Bayh III (born December 26, 1955) is the junior U.S. Senator from Indiana since 1999. He earlier served as the 46th Governor of Indiana. On February 15, 2010, Bayh announced he would not seek reelection to the Senate in 2010. “There is too much partisanship and not enough progress — too much narrow ideology and not enough practical problem-solving…”
Scott Brown (R-MA) Takes Ted Kennedy’s Senate Seat
Currently: Brown defeated the Democrat Coakley with 1,168,107 votes (52%) versus her 1,058,682 votes (47%). The independent in the race, Joseph Kennedy, received only 22,237 votes. Republicans have not won a Senate race in Massachusetts since 1972. Read more about the upset victory at CNN or FOX News.
Bio: Brown began his political career in 1992, when he was elected to be an assessor in Wrentham, Massachusetts. In 1995, he was elected to the Wrentham Board of Selectmen, and was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 9th Norfolk District in 1998. [Read more...]
Christopher J. Dodd (D – CT) Senate – Will Not Seek Re-Election
Currently: Dodd announces retirement, “I will not be a candidate for re-election this November… my deepest gratitude to the people of Connecticut for the remarkable privilege of being elected eight times over the past four decades to our national assembly.”
Bio: Dodd was elected to the Senate in the 1980 election and was subsequently reelected in the 1986, 1992, 1998, and 2004 elections. He is the first Senator from Connecticut to serve five consecutive terms. From 1995 to 1997, he served as General Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. As General Chairman, Dodd was the DNC’s spokesman. Donald Fowler served as National Chairman, running the party’s day to day operations. Dodd has also involved himself in children’s and family issues, founding the first Senate Children’s Caucus[10] and authoring the Family and Medical Leave Act. [Read more...]
Joseph I. Lieberman (I – CT) Senate: Was Against Current Health Bill
Currently: “Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, said on Sunday that he would vote against the health care legislation in its current form.” Read more from: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/health/policy/14health.html
Bio: Lieberman remains a registered Democrat.[5] He was one of the Senate’s strongest advocates for continued prosecution of the war in Iraq. He is also an outspoken supporter of the U.S.-Israel relationship. On domestic issues, he strongly supports free trade economics while reliably voting for pro-trade unionlegislation. He has also opposed filibustering Republican judicial appointments.
Harry Reid (D – NV) Senate – Apologizes for Racist Comments About Obama
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Currently: Reid is trying to do damage control after statements he made about Obama being “light-skinned” and having no “Negro dialect” came to light in the new book “Game Change” by journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31340.html#ixzz0cKgBjO4g
Bio: Today Harry Reid is the Majority Leader in the U.S. Senate, a man who commands the respect of colleagues from both parties, and a powerful advocate for Nevada’s middle-class families. Every day Sen. Reid puts his leadership position to work to deliver meaningful results for Nevadans.
Edward “Ted” M. Kennedy- (D – MA) Passes Away
Our condolences go out to his family and friends. Here is the family statement posted on Ted’s official senate site, ““Edward M. Kennedy—the husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle we loved so deeply—died late Tuesday night at home in Hyannis Port. We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever…” [Read more...]
Jim Webb (D – VA) Senate: Secures Release of American Jailed in Burma
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Currently: American John Yettaw, 53 from Missouri, is celebrating his release from a sentence of seven years of hard labor in Burma (Myanmar) because of Jim Webb’s intervention.
Sunday (Aug. 16, 2009) Webb secured the release of Yettaw who was imprisoned for visiting Aung San Suu Kyi, the democratic opposition leader recently sentenced to house arrest.
Currently: American John Yettaw, 53 from Missouri, is celebrating his release from a sentence of seven years of hard labor in Burma (Myanmar) because of Jim Webb’s intervention Sunday (Aug. 16, 2009). Yettaw was imprisoned for visiting Aung San Suu Kyi, the democratic opposition leader sentenced to house arrest.
Al Franken (D-MN)
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Currently: “Franken’s victory gives Democrats control of 60 Senate seats – the number they need to overcome Republican filibusters.
When Franken is seated, which could be as early as next week, his party will have a majority not reached on either side of the aisle in three decades. It was last reached by the Democrats in the late 1970s when their party held the White House under Jimmy Carter.”
Bio: “Al founded a political action committee, Midwest Values PAC, which raised over $1.1 million for Democrats across Minnesota and around the country. He made more than 50 appearances on behalf of DFLers and local party units in the state in 2006 alone. He was especially inspired by two candidates he met on the campaign trail: Tim Walz, a high school geography teacher whose relentless energy propelled him to an upset victory over a Republican incumbent in the 1st Congressional District (Al stole his “boots” line from Tim); and Amy Klobuchar, whose strong positive message of change helped her follow in the footsteps of Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, and Paul Wellstone as she was elected to the United States Senate.” [Read more...]
Ensign, John- (R – NV)
Currently: Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) “…defended payments from his political and taxpayer-funded accounts to the woman he had an eight-month affair with, as well as the salaries of her husband and their 19-year-old son. [Read more...]
Merkley, Jeff – (D – OR)
As Oregon’s House Speaker, Merkley emphasized replacing bitter partisan warfare with a culture of bipartisan problem solving. The result was what many termed the most successful session in decades. The legislature increased education funding, expanded access to affordable prescription drugs, passed landmark environmental and energy legislation, established domestic partnerships, cracked down on predatory payday and title lending, and created Oregon’s first ever Rainy Day fund. Read more…
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Shaheen, Jeanne – (D – NH)
The first woman in history to be elected a Governor and a United States Senator, Jeanne Shaheen has been involved in all levels of New Hampshire life. She taught in a New Hampshire high school, chaired the Town of Madbury’s zoning board and served three terms in the State Senate. Shaheen became the first woman elected Governor of New Hampshire, serving three terms from 1997-2003. In 2008 Shaheen became the first woman elected to the United States Senate from New Hampshire. Read more…
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Johanns, Mike – (R – NE)
Johanns became the 28th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in January 2005. For nearly three years he worked to expand foreign market access for U.S. producers, promoted the growth of the renewable fuels industry and advanced cooperative conservation. Additionally, Johanns developed an in-depth farm bill proposal, which became the foundation for improvements and reforms adopted in the final 2008 farm bill. Read more…
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Hagan, Kay R. – (D – NC)
A champion of education throughout her career in public service, Senator Hagan has supported the expansion of high-quality early childhood education; innovative learning programs like North Carolina’s “Learn and Earn” program; and dropout prevention measures. She also wrote the law that requires all high school students in North Carolina to complete a course on financial literacy before graduating from high school. Appointed to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Hagan will continue working to make education more accessible and affordable. Read more…
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Risch, James E. – (R – ID)
During his service as Idaho’s 31st Governor, Risch lowered property taxes by 20% providing much needed tax relief to Idaho taxpayers, while setting aside $100 million in a rainy day fund for schools. He also designed a plan to manage Idaho’s Roadless Areas and supervised the adoption of a rule that effectively prohibits the construction of traditional mercury-releasing pulverized coal power plants. Both measures earned Risch bipartisan acclaim for his pragmatic approach to natural resource issues and land management. Read more…
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Kaufman, Edward E. – (D – DE)
From 1995 until 2008, Ted was a Board member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which is the independent, autonomous, federal entity responsible for all U.S. government and government sponsored non-military international broadcasting. One of Ted’s primary interests while on the BBG was expanding the freedom of the press around the world, a battle he will continue in the Senate. He was appointed to the BBG by the Presidents Clinton and Bush and was confirmed by the US Senate for four terms. Read more…
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Udall, Mark – (D – CO)
Mark Udall was elected to the U.S. Senate by the people of Colorado on Nov. 4, 2008, after representing the state’s second Congressional District for five terms (from 1999-2008). Prior to that, Udall served in the Colorado State Legislature as a Member of the General Assembly for one term (1997-99), representing the 13th District, which encompassed the community of Longmont and parts of southern Boulder County. Read more…
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Bennet, Michael F. – (D – CO)
Michael Bennet, the junior Senator from Colorado, has served most recently as the Superintendent of the Denver Public Schools. As a dedicated public servant with comprehensive experience as a businessman, Michael has a proven record of facing tough tasks at critical times. As Superintendent, Michael worked to improve student achievement and classroom performance, while also overseeing a halt to years of budgetary cuts in the Denver Public Schools. Read more…
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Pryor, Mark L. – (D – AR)
Pryor was first elected to public office in 1990 as a member of the Arkansas State House of Representatives. In 1998 he was elected Arkansas’ Attorney General where he toughened laws against drunk drivers, enacted legislation to protect children on the Internet, prohibited unwanted telemarketing calls, and helped establish the Morgan Nick Alert System to locate missing and exploited children. In 2008, Pryor was elected to serve a second term in the U.S. Senate where he received more votes than any statewide elected official in Arkansas history. Read the rest of his bio…
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Begich, Mark – (D – AK)
Senator Mark Begich was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2008 after serving as the Mayor of Anchorage since April 2003. Born and raised in Anchorage, Senator Begich’s priorities include focusing on a national energy policy that includes Alaska’s oil and gas resources, an Alaska natural gas pipeline and the many renewable resources in Alaska. He is equally committed to improving the service and benefits for our nation’s veterans who have served our country so honorably. Read the rest of his bio here…
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Lincoln, Blanche L. – (D – AR)
Having established her leadership on issues affecting working families and veterans, particularly those living in rural areas, she was named by Majority Leader Harry Reid as Democratic Caucus Chair of Rural Outreach. In that role, she is helping frame the majority party’s initiatives to revitalize rural America, including new investments in biofuels development, farm programs, and education. Read the rest of her bio…
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McCain, John- (R – AZ) Senate
McCain was born in Coco Solo in the Panama Canal Zone which was under American control at the time. His father and grandfather were admirals in the U.S. Navy who, like McCain, graduated from the United States Naval Academy. In 1965, McCain married model Carol Shepp. Read the rest of his bio from The PoliticalBase
- John McCain On the issues: ontheissues.org
- John McCain 2008: exploremccain.com
- Sen. John McCain: mccain.senate.gov
- Sen. McCain’s Voting Record
- 2007 Congressional Financial Disclosure: washingtonpost.com
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New York’s New US Senator is Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
In her first term in office, Congresswoman Gillibrand established herself as an independent leader in Congress. She was the lead sponsor of legislation that would implement the bipartisan 9/11 Commission Recommendations, which will help protect our borders and keep America safe. She has been an advocate for decreased federal spending, and introduced legislation that would require the federal government – just as all New York families do – to balance their budget every year. Finally, she has made tax cuts for Upstate and North Country families, one of her highest priorities. She has authored legislation that would double the tax credit for child care expenses and make up to $10,000 in college tuition tax deductible. Read more…
Where she stands on the issues
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Burris, Roland (D – IL) Takes Senate Seat Vacated by Obama
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Roland Burris will not likely take Barack Obama‘s Senate seat until a court in Illinois rules on a dispute surrounding his appointment.
While Reid embraced Burris, he said the Senate is awaiting a court ruling in a case that tests whether the signature of the Illinois secretary of state is needed for Burris to take the seat. He suggested that would be a step toward seating Burris. Read more…
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McConnell, Mitch- (R – KY) Senate
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McConnell was first elected to the Senate in 1984. That year, he was the only Republican challenger in the country to defeat a Democrat incumbent, and the first Republican to win a statewide race in Kentucky since 1968. McConnell’s landslide victory in 2002 is also one for the record books: On November 5, he won a fourth term with 65 percent of the vote, the largest margin of victory for a Republican in Kentucky history. The previous record was held by the legendary Senator John Sherman Cooper. On June 27, 2005, McConnell became the longest-serving Republican Senator from Kentucky, again breaking a record previously held by Cooper.
- Voting Record from Project Vote Smart
- Where he stands on the issues from OnTheIssues.com
- Official Senate site – Senator Addison Mitchell “Mitch” McConnell, Jr.
- Wikipedia: Mitch McConnell
- WashingtonPost.com: Mitch McConnell Votes Database
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Udall, Tom (D-NM) Senate
Tom Udall became New Mexico’s 17th United States Senator on January 6, 2009 after two decades of public service as U.S. Representative and state Attorney General. Throughout his career, Tom has earned a reputation as a principled leader who has the integrity to do what is right for New Mexico and our nation.
Born to Stewart and the late Lee Udall in Tucson, Arizona on May 18, 1948, Tom’s roots in New Mexico are deep. His grandmother Louise Lee was born in Luna, NM during territorial days and was part of a ranching family in what is now Catron County. Her family used to drive cattle down the White Mountains to the railroad in Magdalena. Read more…
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