Utah.  An interview with the Independent candidate, Then, as Democrat Scott Howell has taken jabs at Republican incumbent Orrin Hatch, independent Senate candidate Bill Barron has been on a 1,200 mile campaign tour of Utah… on his bicycle. The candidate’s campaign is driven by his experience in renewable energy and desire to reduce climate change by putting a fee on carbon.
Would have my vote.  Just because he’s not playing the “Orrin Hatch will die” card…

Texas.  There are 33 Senate contests this year, although voters in some of the states may not have noticed them. In Texas, for instance, Democrat Paul Sadler has had a tough time getting any attention in his battle against Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz. Except, perhaps, when he called Mr. Cruz a “troll” in their first debate.
And we get this from the opponent…
Ted Cruz says Paul Sadler more liberal than President Obama.
This for a sensible “Revoke Bush Tax Cuts” proposals.  Deficit and all.  Or you can go the Romney rout and cut PBS to the tune of a penny, you know.

Nebraska
In the Maine and Nebraska Senate races, the independent and Democratic candidates, respectively, have focused in on their opponents’ position, that man has little to no role in climate change, to argue that they are too far outside of the mainstream for voters in their states.
Note:  Not a tactic used in Missouri or West Virginia.  Also a tactic used by a Democratic candidate in Nebraska which is tending to the “Since I’m 20 points down in the polls, I’m going the Hard Truth route route” candidate.

Rhode Island.
“The Most Interesting Politician in the World”?  Barry Hinkley?  Who is spinning a 30 point poll deficit by pointing to his Incumbent opponent’s high disapproval numbers?  No, I like some other candidates for the title.  If you give me an hour, I can come up with a long list of wacky candidates running down ticket far more interesting than Hinkley.

Minnesota.  This is a race to watch, basically because the Republican opponent is going to be moving into this rhetoric.  Over the past few days, the Bills campaign has started using more aggressive language to criticize Klobuchar. In one example, Bills’ campaign manager Mike Osskopp accused Klobuchar of running a “Mafia-style protection racket” during the government-led bailout of the auto industry in 2008 and 2009.  And also moving into this flight of fantasy.  “Minnesota is known for late-breaking races, too,” Bills said. “I think there’s a little bit of a history there. So we don’t get discouraged.”
I would love to have him as a teacher.  I think?  Bills has also continued to work at his day job, teaching a high school class in the morning before heading out on the trail.  If nothing else, um… I can sit in the back of the room and be a wise-ass by quoting his campaign copy at him?  Would likely get Detention, but it’d be worth it.

Maryland.

Following a surprisingly strong showing by independent U.S. Senate candidate Rob Sobhani in a recent poll, Republican Daniel Bongino is questioning the “real motives” behind Sobhani’s entry into the race.
In the poll conducted late last month by Gonzales Research & Marketing Strategies of Annapolis, Bongino had the support of 22 percent of registered voters while Sobhani, who has blitzed the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., television markets with ads, garnered 21 percent.
Incumbent Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D) leads both candidates at 50 percent in the heavily Democratic state. The poll had a margin of error of 3.5 percent.
“Why has he been in only such a short time?” Bongino said of Sobhani. “At this point, there is really no math for him to win, but there is math for him to be a spoiler.”

The obvious response from an Independent candidate one point behind the Major Party candidate is to go the “I know you are but what am I?” route and call the Major Party candidate the Spoiler.  I’ve seen it done from candidates with less than one percent of the vote, and if they can do it… certainly candidates one point off can!

Delaware.
The Ron Paul Revolution!  Ron Paul endorses Kevin Wade!
Wait.  10 debates???  Uh.  No one needs 10 debates.

West Virginia.
John Raese, West Virginia GOP Senate Candidate, Built Golf Club Without Permits.
I think all golf courses built in West Virginia should be built against coal.
Curiously enough, he’s apparently already the Republican nominee for Senate in 2014.  Well, the Democratic Incumbent appears to be bowing out — said some mean things about the Coal Industry — and whatever number of time is the charm, I guess.

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