2010 U.S. Senate Races - Who's Winning, Who's Not

Believe it or not, the Congressional mid-term elections for 2010 are just around the political corner, and will consume much of Washington D.C.'s energy in a couple months.

I've taken a hard first look at every one of the 2010 U.S. Senate Races , and prospects appear bleak for Democrats to turn a few more Republican-red seats into additional Democratic-blue senators.

Fact is that of the 37 senatorial seats up for election in 2010, 18 incumbents face no serious opposition in their reelection bids.

The bad news for liberals is that of those 18 Senate seats, 11 are Republicans, and only seven (Inouye of Hawaii, Mikulski of Maryland, Schumer of New York, Dorgan of North Dakota, Wyden of Oregon, Feingold of Wisconsin, Leahy of Vermont) are Democrats.

Admittedly, odds are excellent that Barbara Boxer of California will be reelected to a fourth term, but times are tough economically in the Golden State, and Republicans are fielding some intriguing possibilities. Sen. Boxer has already begun to push aggressively for reelection.

And one year before November 2, 2010, several Democratic Senate stalwarts, including Harry Reid of Nevada and Chris Dodd of Connecticut, are facing formidable challenges to their reelection chances.

Democrats could conceivably turn a few red seats blue in 2010, including in Florida, Louisiana, and surprisingly, Kentucky, which already has three interesting Democratic candidates vying for the nomination.

Take a first gander at Democratic prospects in 2010 at my new article, 2010 U.S. Senate Races - Who's Winning, Who's Not, which features quick summaries of all 37 races.

I'll be continually monitoring the Congressional 2010 midterms, so check back often for updates and for my tabulation of Who's Winning, Who's Not.