Your Taxes, Your Vote: Wealth of Open Senate Seats Make For Midterm Drama

For voters in more than the usual number of states, this is one election where you may need a scorecard because of the wealth of open seats.

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A dozen Senate seats are up for grabs because the incumbent either retired or was defeated at the primary level. In the House, there's almost four dozen such seats.

Here's a snapshot of the candidates and the current seat holder, who's not on the ballot this year.

Senate

Alaska

Current: Lisa Murkowski—Republican (defeated)

Candidates:
Scott McAdams (D)
Joe Miller (R)
Lisa Murkowski—(Write-in candidate)

Connecticut

Current: Chris Dodd—Democrat (retiring)