Despite the real anger, disgust, really, with those 45 Senators who voted against gun safety legislation on Wednesday (contact info for them is here), the real fallout could come at re-election time, as both the president and Gabby Giffords have said. So here’s a handy-dandy guide to the U.S. Senators who made a difference, for better or worse, on gun safety / reform, and when they’re up for re-election. Note, OFA and Mike Bloomberg I’m certain already have this list…
First, the good guys:
Here are the four Republicans who crossed the aisle to support background checks and anti-trafficking legislation, and their re-election schedules:
McCain (R-AZ) – 2016
Kirk (R-IL) – 2016
Toomey (R-PA) – 2016
Collins (R-ME) – 2014
Here are the Democrats who probably took the biggest electoral risk by voting for background checks, because they will probably be heavily targeted by the NRA:
Mary Landrieu (D-LA) – 2014
Mark Warner (D-VA) – 2014
Mark Udall (D-CO) – 2014
Chris Coons (D-DE) – 2014
Jean Shaheen (D-NH) – 2014
Kay Hagan (D-NC) – 2014
Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) – 2014
Tim Johnson (D-SD) – 2014
Joe Manchin (D-WV) – (less risky because he’s not up until 2018)
(Tom Udall is also up in New Mexico in 2014 but he won handily in 2008)
Here are some Democrats who voted for background checks whose seats are up or open in the next cycle, so there’s an open primary:
Carl Levin (D-MI) – Retiring in 2014
Al Franken (D-MN) – Up for re-election in 2014
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) – Retiring in 2014
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) – Retiring in 2014
And here are the 45 NRA Senators who voted against background checks, and for easing the path to getting guns for domestic violence offenders, rapists, terrorists, the criminally insane, and of course, mass murderers, along with their re-election schedules:
Alabama: Sessions – 2014 ; Shelby – 2016
Alaska: Begich (D) – 2014 ; Murkowski – 2016
Arizona: Flake – 2018
Arkansas: Boozman – 2016 ; Pryor (D) – 2014
Florida: Rubio – 2016
Georgia: Chambliss – Retiring 2014 ; Isakson – 2016
Idaho: Crapo – 2016 ; Risch – 2014
Indiana: Coats – 2016
Iowa: Grassley – 2016
Kansas: Moran – 2016 ; Roberts – 2014
Kentucky: McConnell – 2014 ; Paul – 2016 (probably running for president)
Louisiana: Vitter – 2016
Mississippi: Cochran – 2014 ; Wicker – 2018
Missouri: Blunt – 2016
Montana: Baucus – 2014
Nebraska: Fischer – 2018 ; Johanns – 2014
Nevada: Heller 2018 ; Reid (procedural vote against bills to be able to reintroduce. Up in 2016)
New Hampshire: Ayotte – 2016
North Carolina: Burr – 2016
North Dakota: Heitkamp – 2018 ; Hoeven – 2016
Ohio: Portman – 2016
Oklahoma: Coburn – 2016 ; Inhofe – 2014
South Carolina: Graham – 2016 ; Scott – special election for final years of Jim DeMint’s term in 2014
South Dakota: Thune – 2016
Tennessee: Alexander – 2014 ; Corker – 2018
Texas: Cornyn – 2014 ; Cruz – 2016
Utah: Hatch – 2018 ; Lee – 2016
Wisconsin: Johnson – 2016
Wyoming: Barrasso – 2018 ; Enzi – 2014
