In that, I included a list of democratic senators who were up for re-election this year, their position on gun control, and how "at risk" their seat was:
Stupidity, Politics, and Electoral Math
So, now that we have the results of all of their elections, let's see what the last two years hath wrought among them:
XX = Unelected (or resigned and replaced by Republican)
- XX - Alaska - Mark Begich - Very Pro Gun - very unsafe seat
- XX - Arkansas - Mark Pryor - neutral - very unsafe seat
- XX - Colorado - Mark Udall - neutral - not a safe seat
- Delaware - Chris Coons - Very anti-gun - safe seat
- Hawaii - UNKNOWN (special election to replace Daniel Inouye) - safe seat
- Illinois - Dick Durbin - Very anti-gun - safe seat
- XX - Iowa - Tom Harkin - Very anti-gun - iffy, can't afford to screw up
- XX - Louisiana - Mary Landrieu - neutral - very unsafe seat
- Massachusetts - UNKNOWN (special election to replace John Kerry) - safe seat
- Michigan - Carl Levin - very anti-gun - safe seat
- Minnesota - Al Franken - very anti-gun - not a safe seat
- XX - Montana - Max Baucus - very pro-gun - iffy, can't afford to screw up
- New Hampshire - Jeanne Shaheen - very anti-gun - not a safe seat
- New Jersey - Frank Lautenberg - very anti-gun - safe seat
- New Mexico - Tom Udall - slightly anti-gun - safe seat
- XX - North Carolina - Kay Hagan - very anti-gun - not a safe seat
- Oregon - Jeff Merkley - very anti-gun - safe seat
- Rhode Island - Jack Reed - very anti-gun - safe seat
- XX - South Dakota - Tim Johnson - very pro-gun - very unsafe seat
- Virginia - Mark Warner - very pro-gun - not a safe seat
- XX - West Virginia - Jay Rockefeller - moderately anti-gun - very unsafe seat
Lotta XX's there... 9 actually, out of 21 (10 of those 21 were considered safe seats, barely challenged by Republicans). Pretty much every anti-gun democrat that wasn't in a safe seat, except Shaheen and Franken.
And THAT folks, is why we will not have any significant gun control on the national level any time soon.
