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Senators and would be senators gearing for 2006
The Federal Election Commission says that 85 Candidates for the US Senate in the 2006 election cycle have already raised 84.8M and spend have already spent 20.2M with Election Day still a year and a half out. The last time these particular seats were up for grabs, the mid-point of 1999 heading into 2000, there were 73 candidates with 50M raised and 12.2M spent. The numbers rose during each of the other two campaigns after the Class of 2000 was seated. At mid-point 2001 heading into 2002, 56 candidates pulled in 43M and spent 9.3M, and at mid-point 2003 heading into 2004, 63 candidates had raised 75.6M and spent 18.4M. Following are cash on hand totals for announced candidates.
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State
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Candidate
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Party
|
Status
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Cash on hand
|
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AZ
|
John Kyl
|
R
|
Inc
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3,604,693
|
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CA
|
Dianne Feinstein
|
D
|
Inc
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4,413,807
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CT
|
Joseph Lieberman
|
D
|
Inc
|
2,729,467
|
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DE
|
Thomas Carper
|
D
|
Inc
|
1,740,471
|
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FL
|
Bill Nelson
|
D
|
Inc
|
4,970,200
|
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FL
|
Katherine Harris
|
R
|
Chl
|
813,616
|
|
HI
|
Daniel Akaka
|
D
|
Inc
|
502,361
|
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IN
|
Richard Lugar
|
R
|
Inc
|
3,067,361
|
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ME
|
Olympia Snowe
|
R
|
Inc
|
1,237,445
|
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MD
|
Benjamin Cardin
|
D
|
Open
|
922,586
|
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MD
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Kweise Mfume
|
D
|
Open
|
118,921
|
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MA
|
Edward Kennedy
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D
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Inc
|
7,546,260
|
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MI
|
Debbie Stabenow
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D
|
Inc
|
3,866,436
|
|
MI
|
Keith Butler
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R
|
Chl
|
403,946
|
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MI
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Gerald A Zandstra
|
R
|
Chl
|
48,728
|
|
MN
|
Ford Bell
|
D
|
Open
|
77,443
|
|
MN
|
Kelly Doran
|
D
|
Open
|
22,374
|
|
MN
|
Amy Klobuchar
|
D
|
Open
|
1,112,405
|
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MN
|
Patty Wetterling
|
D
|
Open
|
354,411
|
|
MN
|
Mark Kennedy
|
R
|
Open
|
965,312
|
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MS
|
Trent Lott
|
R
|
Inc
|
1,246,693
|
|
MO
|
James Talent
|
R
|
Inc
|
3,400,989
|
|
MT
|
Conrad Burns
|
R
|
Inc
|
2,311,666
|
|
MT
|
John Morrison
|
D
|
Chl
|
373,698
|
|
MT
|
Jon Tester
|
D
|
Chl
|
39,431
|
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NE
|
Ben Nelson
|
D
|
Inc
|
2,349,453
|
|
NE
|
Donald Stenberg
|
R
|
Chl
|
27,572
|
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NV
|
John Ensign
|
R
|
Inc
|
1,827,546
|
|
NJ
|
Thomas Kean Jr.
|
R
|
Open
|
642,566
|
|
NJ
|
Frank Pallone Jr.
|
D
|
Open
|
507,006
|
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NM
|
Jiff Bingaman
|
D
|
Inc
|
1,032,957
|
|
NY
|
Hillary Rodham Clinton
|
D
|
Inc
|
12,574,172
|
|
NY
|
Edward Cox
|
R
|
Chl
|
129,379
|
|
ND
|
Kent Conrad
|
D
|
Inc
|
2,694,494
|
|
OH
|
Mike DeWine
|
R
|
Inc
|
2,963,568
|
|
PA
|
Richard Santorum
|
R
|
Inc
|
5,655,179
|
|
PA
|
Robert Casey
|
D
|
Chl
|
1,575,551
|
|
RI
|
Lincoln Chaffee
|
R
|
Inc
|
1,112,311
|
|
RI
|
Matthew Brown
|
D
|
Chl
|
467,381
|
|
RI
|
Sheldon Whitehouse
|
D
|
Chl
|
1,028,696
|
|
TN
|
Harold Ford Jr.
|
D
|
Open
|
1,793,909
|
|
TN
|
Rosalind Kurita
|
D
|
Open
|
221,133
|
|
TN
|
Edward Bryant
|
R
|
Open
|
596,947
|
|
TN
|
Robert Corker
|
R
|
Open
|
2,905,854
|
|
TN
|
William V. Hilleary
|
R
|
Open
|
674,571
|
|
TX
|
Kay Bailey Hutchison
|
R
|
Inc
|
7,407,943
|
|
TX
|
Barbara Radnofsky
|
D
|
Chl
|
348,737
|
|
UT
|
Orrin Harch
|
R
|
Inc
|
1,720,476
|
|
VT
|
Bernard Sanders
|
I
|
Open
|
849,235
|
|
VA
|
George Allen
|
R
|
Inc
|
5,019,322
|
|
WA
|
Maria Cantwell
|
D
|
Inc
|
3,015,695
|
|
WV
|
Robert Byrd
|
D
|
Inc
|
1,744,066
|
|
WV
|
Hiram Lewis
|
R
|
Chl
|
82,653
|
|
WI
|
Herbert Kohl
|
D
|
Inc
|
1,896,447
|
|
WY
|
Craig Thomas
|
R
|
Inc
|
790,917
|
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Source: FEC
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