According to politics1.com, Senators Ted Stevens (R-AK) and Pete Domenici (R-NM) will run for reelection in 2008.
Stevens, who will be 86, will be running for his seventh full term in the Senate. Having been appointed in 1968, he's the most senior Republican in the Senate. Domenici, first elected in 1972, will also be running for his seventh term. Domenici will be 76 in 2008.
Domenici's decision to run for reelection likely takes one potential pickup off the table for 2008. With Domenici out, Democrats would have had a legitimate shot at taking a Senate seat in a true bellwether state (since statehood in 1912, New Mexico has voted for every Presidential popular vote winner except Jimmy Carter in 1976.) While we wouldn't have a great chance of winning an open seat in Alaska, it's a better shot than we have against Stevens, who is as safe as they come.
So write off Alaska and New Mexico -- but we should still be good to hold the Senate.
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