Talk:2020 United States Senate elections/Archive 1

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Archive 1

Error in map file

Hawaii is shown as being blue even though it did not have a regular election in 2014, only a special election to fill an unexpired term. --Bigpoliticsfan (talk) 11:36, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

I will fix asap- in about a couple of days. Macraesam17 (talk) 00:50, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

Problem: the map file does have hawaii as grey, but the display image shows it as blue. Macraesam17 (talk) 00:55, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

Minnesota

Minnesota should be colored dark grey, as we don't yet know the winner of the United States Senate special election in Minnesota, 2018. -- GoodDay (talk) 20:27, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Good point, GoodDay. I'll look into changing it.—GoldRingChip 20:34, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
Done—GoldRingChip 20:44, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Legend

I changed the color of "Democratic incumbent retiring" in the legend to match the color used in the map. Rickmbari (talk) 02:02, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Senator ages

Why do we have to add the ages of the incumbent senators in 2020? Macraesam17 (talk) 00:51, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

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Texas

I've read that businesswoman MJ Hegar, who is listed in wikipedia, is thinking of running for the U.S. Senate. But the edit section has been removed, so I'll post it here. Here is a reliable source confirming her possible candidacy.

https://www.texastribune.org/2019/02/12/mj-hegar-senate-john-cornyn-texas/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FCC8:AD08:EC00:9D0:54FD:CB96:AC17 (talk) 22:27, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Image??????

A new image is badly needed for the infobox. Udall is retiring, so New Mexico should be made light blue. I apologize for my current lack of visual editing skills, but anybody with a spare couple minutes could replace the image that would be great. Just a reminder, no demands. Same goes for the 2020 House Elections' page with Serrano retiring; that tiny dot should be made dark blue. PerhapsXarb (talk) 04:32, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Texas, continued

I've read that Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards is thinking of running against John Cornyn.

https://www.texastribune.org/theblast/2019/03/08/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FCC8:AD08:EC00:914B:897F:E46D:D18D (talk) 22:26, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Ben Sasse

While it isn't him confirming he's running for a second term, there is this article: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/20/sasse-2020-1336482 Should we wait for him to make an announcement for it, or is this good enough for this page? JoeyRuss (talk) 20:47, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Iowa Senate race

It looks like Theresa Greenfield will be the nominee. The Democratic Establishment is rallying around her candidacy.

https://www.rollcall.com/news/campaigns/national-democrats-take-sides-in-iowa-senate-primary

It is unlikely that the other listed candidates are going to run now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FCC8:AD08:EC00:31A7:AA94:FD84:1395 (talk) 19:32, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Amy McGrath article is not objective

The Kentucky listing of Amy McGrath's candidacy is plugging her candidacy, not merely reporting it. Someone needs to edit it to make it more neutral. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FCC8:AD08:EC00:3D2D:E55A:D8FA:5816 (talk) 03:29, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Agreed.Dogru144 (talk) 02:48, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

It didn't look that bad to me, but I tweaked it to remove any hint of POV. SunCrow (talk) 15:26, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

New Mexico

The second sentence is not a full sentence. It names two people but doesn't say anything about them. I think it's supposed to say they are seeking the Democratic nomination to replace the retiring Tom Udall. Rickmbari (talk) 01:30, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Regarding coloration of the Georgia Special Election

I just added the special election to the image, and already I'm wondering if I should have changed the coloration to reflect that the incumbent is undetermined, not Republican. It's all but a certainty that Kemp is going to appoint a Republican, so it seems like intentional confusion to color something gray just to recolor it red come next year when the appointment happens. Thoughts? The Savage Norwegian 21:13, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Well I changed it to dark grey for "undetermined incumbent". Seems as though it's the right thing to do for now till January hits. The Savage Norwegian 04:12, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

I agree. Noncommittalp (talk) 09:56, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

Could you elaborate on how the partisan affiliation of the incumbent for the Georgia seat is in question? This seems to be an absolute given: "It's all but a certainty that Kemp is going to appoint a Republican." Is it an issue of avoiding a conjectural conclusion?Dogru144 (talk) 02:47, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Georgia's senate seat is technically undetermined, as we do not know the apointee's party affiliation, or whether they'll be a placeholder senator or one that runs again as an incumbent in 2020. Because of this ambiguity I've colored the box grey for undetermined incumbent, in keeping with the style used during the 2018 MN Senate special election before there was an appointment. Once an appointment happens we'll be able to color the box to some shade of red. I might be persuaded to change the box right now to a third shade of red, "undetermined Republican", but that seems like the most confusing of all options, and again, we're not technically sure that a Republican will be appointed. The Savage Norwegian 18:46, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Democratic Senators Running and Intent Unknown- Inconsistent

The table says the Democrats have 9 running, 2 intent unknown, and 1 retiring. The "Before the elections" grid shows 10 running, 1 intent unknown, and 1 retiring. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EvanJ35 (talk • contribs) 22:13, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Map update needed

Somebody seriously needs to update the map! It’s been the same for the past year even though several retirements have been announced! There’s no split for Georgia her either. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.203.72.146 (talk) 23:26, 13 December 2019 (UTC)