This has probably been asked before: Who is running for Jeffords' seat?

[elperromagico]

Are there viable Democratic candidates?

Furthermore: Who on our side is retiring? Who on the Republican side? What seats are most at risk in '06? Who's being targeted by the GOP? Who should the DNC be targeting?

[Zan_of_Texas]

1. I'm not in Vermont, but I heard Bernie Sanders.

[iwantmycountryback]

2. Yep, Bernie Sanders

And he will win easily.

[elperromagico]

4. Considering that he's VT's at large Representative,

I guess running for the Senate wouldn't be much of a leap for him.

[JohnKleeb]

3. Sanders is gonna seek the seat

One indy to another, he should be a great senator and Vermont will rival Massachuetts, Maryland, Illinois, and Jersey for best senate delegations, it already does on some levels but Sanders will seal that deal.

[Armstead]

5. If Bernie gets in that would be AWESOME

He'd help to fill the "Wellstone Gap" of an unvarnished progressive truthteller in the Senate

[Zan_of_Texas]

6. The real question is, who will replace Sanders.

[Zan_of_Texas]

7. duplicate, self-delete

[leyton]

8. Some people are retiring...

On our side, Paul Sarbanes (MD), Minnesota guy (can't remember his name!), and Jim Jeffords (VT). We are targeting Santorum in Pennsylvania for sure, also the open seat in Tennessee I would hope. Vermont is almost a sure bet, I think.

On the other side, I know that Frist is retiring; hopefully Harold Ford will pick that seat up. Kay Bailey Hutchinson may try to run for governor, which would leave her Texas seat open. The GOP is anxious to knock out Nelson in Florida, and may try to put up Gov. Hoeven against Kent Conrad in North Dakota; that would be quite a fight, seeing as both politicians are quite popular.

[elperromagico]

9. Mark Dayton is the retiring Senator from MN. n/t

[snowbear]

10. Is this the Bernie?

~~~ :)

[elperromagico]

11. That's the Bernie, all right.

As the House race in Vermont is a statewide race anyway, I guess Representative Sanders wouldn't have much of a struggle.

Besides, he would caucus with/vote with the Democrats in most cases... so I'm fine with having him in the Senate.

[burrowowl]

12. BERNIE!

And if I lived in Vermont, I would vote for him!
It's a no-brainer!