Representative Jim Banks . Senators seeking reelection include Kaine (VA), Brown (OH) and Gillibrand (NY): Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown. Even as the caucus pushes to expand a 50-50 majority this fall, it's bracing for a fight to defend 23 seats to the GOPs 10 in the next election cycle many of them in red and purple territory. Democrats had 23 seats up for election, additionally 2 independents who caucused with the Democrats faced the end of their current term. [5], The map for these elections, like in the previous Class 1 Senate election in 2018, is considered by elections analysts to be unfavorable to Democrats, who will be defending 23 of the 33 seats of Class 1. Mitt Romney is up in 2024, will be 77 on election day, and doesn't really need donor support. nearly 6 percentage points in 2012 and more than 10 points in 2018. Class 1 senators, who were last elected in 2018, will be up for election again in 2024. Three other remarkable potential candidates include Beto O'Rourke, 2018 Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Julin Castro, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, former Mayor of San Antonio, and candidate for President in 2020, and Representative Joaquin Castro (TX-13). .split-cols-c-list { Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) announced this week that she would not run for reelection in 2024, confirming months of speculation that she will retire at the end of her term. Alex Wong/Getty Images, The real question is, is what do we wake up to on November 9, or 10th? [66], Two-term Democrat Mazie Hirono was re-elected in 2018 with 71.2% of the vote. On July 13, 2021, The New Jersey Globe stated that Menendez plans to run for a fourth term. There are no incumbents in this race. [55][56], 2022 gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake and 2022 Senate nominee Blake Masters are considering running for the Republican nomination. A 50-50 Senate means control is on the line, and eight seats evenly split between Democrats and Republicans are considered competitive in 2022. . Most notably, 2022 Republican nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania, cardiologist, and former host of The Dr. Oz Show, Mehmet Oz, is considered a potential Republican challenger for the Senate, since he lives in New Jersey. Now, the news of the day is that Romney may be facing a primary challenger. He intends to run for a third-term despite previously hinting that he may retire. If some things are not yet settled, and then who wins or loses in Nevada. [115], Two-term Democrat Tammy Baldwin was re-elected in 2018 with 55.4% of the vote. Three United States Senators are not seeking re-election to their U.S. Senate seats (not including those who left office early): !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r