Senate Seats up for Grabs in 2012 Information Thread

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Senate Seats up for Grabs in 2012 Information Thread posted by my friend April on another site.

Please post articles and information on those running for the 2012  Senate Seats so we can all be well informed. 2012 Senate Seats up for Grabs: 4.1 Democrats/Independents retiring (7 seats) 4.1.1 Joe Lieberman of Connecticut (Independent) 4.1.2 Daniel Akaka of Hawaii 4.1.3 Ben Nelson of Nebraska 4.1.4 Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico 4.1.5 Kent Conrad of North Dakota 4.1.6 Jim Webb of Virginia 4.1.7 Herb Kohl of Wisconsin 4.2 Democrats/Independents seeking re-election (16 seats) 4.2.1 Dianne Feinstein of California 4.2.2 Tom Carper of Delaware 4.2.3 Bill Nelson of Florida 4.2.4 Ben Cardin of Maryland 4.2.5 Debbie Stabenow of Michigan 4.2.6 Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota 4.2.7 Claire McCaskill of Missouri 4.2.8 Jon Tester of Montana 4.2.9 Bob Menendez of New Jersey 4.2.10 Kirsten Gillibrand of New York 4.2.11 Sherrod Brown of Ohio 4.2.12 Bob Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania 4.2.13 Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island 4.2.14 Bernie Sanders of Vermont (Independent) 4.2.15 Maria Cantwell of Washington 4.2.16 Joe Manchin of West Virginia 4.3 Republicans retiring (3 seats) 4.3.1 Jon Kyl of Arizona 4.3.2 Olympia Snowe of Maine 4.3.3 Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas 4.4 Republicans seeking re-election (7 seats) 4.4.1 Richard Lugar of Indiana 4.4.2 Scott Brown of Massachusetts 4.4.3 Roger Wicker of Mississippi 4.4.4 Dean Heller of Nevada 4.4.5 Bob Corker of Tennessee 4.4.6 Orrin Hatch of Utah 4.4.7 John Barrasso of Wyoming

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Politicians are like diapers, they both need changing often and for the same reason.
Mark Twain