Governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House Races, 2011-12
Plus Redistricting

Governors   See also: NGA  |  DGA  |  RGA.
2011

	Primary	DEMOCRATIC	REPUBLICAN
KY	May 17	Steve Beshear
WV	June 20	[Earl Ray Tomblin (acting)]
MS	Aug. 2		[Haley Barbour (term limited)]
LA	Oct. 22		Bobby Jindal

2012
Elections will be held in 11 states.  Democrats hold 8 (1 term limited) and Republicans 3 (1 term limited).  There are also elections in PR and AS.

	Primary	DEMOCRATIC	REPUBLICAN
DE		Jack Markell
IN			[Mitch Daniels (term limited)]
MO		Jay Nixon
MT		[Brian Schweitzer (term limited)]
NH		John Lynch
NC		Beverly Purdue
ND			Jack Dalrymple
VT		Peter Shumlin
WA		Christine Gregoire
WV				tbd Oct. 4, 2011 special election
UT			Gary Herbert
PR			Luis Fortuño
AS		Togiola Tulafono

U.S. Senate    See also: DSCC  |  NRSC.
Democrats are defending 21 seats, compared to just 10 for the Republicans; additionally the two Independents tend to align with the Democrats.

	Primary	DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS		INDEPENDENT INCUMBENTS
CA		Dianne Feinstein
DE		Tom Carper
FL		Bill Nelson
HI		Daniel Akaka
MD		Ben Cardin
MI		Debbie Stabenow
MN		Amy Klobuchar
MO		Claire McCaskill
MT		Jon Tester	Rep. Denny Rehberg
NE		Ben Nelson
NJ		Bob Menendez
NM		Jeff Bingaman
NY		Kirsten Gillibrand
ND		[Kent Conrad announced retirement on Jan. 18, 2011]
OH		Sherrod Brown
PA		Bob Casey, Jr.
RI		Sheldon Whitehouse
VA		Jim Webb
WA		Maria Cantwell
WV		Joe Manchin
WI		Herb Kohl
CT				[Joe Lieberman announced retirement on Jan. 19, 2011]
VT				Bernie Sanders

	Primary		REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS
AZ			John Kyl
IN			Richard Lugar
ME			Olympia Snowe
MA			Scott Brown
MS			Roger Wicker
NV			John Ensign
TN			Bob Corker
TX			[Kay Bailey Hutchison announced retirement on Jan. 13, 2011]
UT			Orrin Hatch
WY			John Barrasso

Retirements

K.Conrad	J.Lieberman	K.Hutchison

U.S. House    See also: DCCC  |  NRCC.
Some of the 85 freshmen Republicans elected in the Nov. 2010 mid-term elections will no doubt be targeted.  The states affected by reapportionment could also see interesting races.  Ten states are losing seats which could result in incumbents facing each other: OH and NY are losing two seats and IL, IA, LA, MA, MI, MO, NJ and PA one each.  TX gains four seats, FL two, and AZ, GA, NV, SC, UT and WA one each.

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• Redistricting
• In some states there is a non-partisan process and in others the legislature plays a key role in redistricting. Republicans are hoping that their historic gains of nearly 700 legislative seats on Election Day, November 2010 will give them an advantage in drawing the new lines (>). Republicans control both chambers in 25 states and 55 chambers overall, to 40 for the Democrats, two divided chambers (OR House, AK Senate) and the unicameral Nebraska.
  
• Republicans - RNC-Redistricting; RSLC-The Redistricting Majority Project (REDMAP); Making America's Promise Secure
  
• Democrats - DLCC-Redistricting Updates; National Democratic Redistricting Trust; The Foundation for the Future
  
• Americans for Redistricting Reform
• Brookings Institution: Principles for Transparency and Public Participation in Redistricting
  
• USC Annenberg Center: The ReDistricting Game
• Brennan Center for Justice: Redistricting
• Public Mapping Project
• National Conference of State Legislatures: Redistricting
• Rose Institute of State and Local Government: "Redistricting in America: A State-by-State Analysis" [April 2010].

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Retirements

D-Jane Harman (CA-36) expected to announce Feb. 8, 2010 she is resigning to become director of the Woodrow Wilson Center.  There will be a special election.

R-Denny Rehberg (MT) [first elected Nov. 2000] announced Feb. 5, 2010 running for U.S. Senate.