2022 U.S. Senate Races — Spring/Summer Edition

In the primaries, there are hundreds of candidates running for governor in races around the country from safe incumbents to little-known, underfunded longshots.  Along the way there are candidates who fail to qualify for the ballot or drop out, candidates who run for several years and those who enter at the last minute, and candidates whose fortunes rise and fall; in a number of states the contest may even go to a runoff to determine the nominee.  The small sample below will hopefully give a sense of some of the candidates, themes and issues in 2022 primary races for governor. 
 

Democrats Republicans Third Party/Independent
Alabama
open - Shelby (R)





Alaska
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R)






Arizona
Sen. Mark Kelly (D)





Arkansas
Sen. John Boozman (R)






California
Sen. Alex Padilla (D)






Colorado
Sen. Michael Bennet (D)






Connecticut
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D)






Florida
Sen. Marco Rubio (R)






Georgia
Sen. Raphael Warnock (R)






Hawaii
Sen. Brian Schatz (D)






Idaho
Sen. Mike Crapo (R)






Illinois
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D)






Indiana
Sen. Todd Young (R)






Iowa
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R)






Kansas
Sen. Jerry Moran (R)





Kentucky
Sen. Rand Paul (R)





Louisiana
Sen. John Kennedy (R)






Maryland
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D)





Missouri
open - Blunt (R)





Nevada
Sen. C. Cortez Masto (D)






New Hampshire
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D)






New York
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D)





North Carolina
open - Burr (R)






North Dakota
Sen. John Hoeven (R)






Ohio
open - Portman (R)
see Ohio page




Oklahoma
Sen. James Lankford (R)





Oklahoma
open - Inhofe (R)






Oregon
Sen. Ron Wyden (D)






Pennsylvania
open - Toomey (R)
 see
 Pennsylvania page




South Carolina
Sen. Tim Scott (R)






South Dakota
Sen. John Thune (R)





Utah
Sen. Mike Lee (R)






Vermont
open - Leahy (D)






Washington
Sen. Patty Murray (D)






Wisconsin
Sen. Ron Johnson (R)
 see Wisconsin page



former candidate



On March 4 the Alabama Democratic Party disqualified Williams from appearing on the ballot. 
See Paul Gattis.  "Alabama Democrats remove Trump-supporter from primary ballot,"  al.com, Mar. 4, 2022.

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