The senior senator from Wyoming was a state legislator and working in the energy industry before his time in the Senate. Senate // Wikimedia Commons, Rebecca Hammel/ U.S. Senate // Wikimedia Commons, United States Congress // Wikimedia Commons, Office of Senator Sherrod Brown // Wikimedia Commons, U.S. Customs and Border Protection // Flickr, Joy Holder/U.S. - State: Massachusetts Jim Inhofe's political experience includes acting as the mayor of Tulsa and as a U.S. Risch was one of several senators to introduce a bill proposing sanctions against Syria. - Never heard of: 31% - Disapproval rating: 33% Brian Schatz was appointed to the Senate after the death of long-serving Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii. - Disapproval rating: 27% According to a, As hate crimes against Asian Americans have, Billionaire Elon Musks quest to buy Twitter isnt yet official, but if he is successful, he said this week he will. But less than two years out from a potential 2024 re-election campaign, surveys conducted after she announced her decision to become an independent reveal a coalitional shift thats made her more popular with Arizonas unaffiliated and Republican voters but hastened her descent with the states Democrats. With no limits for how many terms they can serve, some senators have been in the chamber for an entire lifetimewhile some are simply serving to fill a short vacancy. - Never heard of: 22% Surveys conducted Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 2022, among representative samples of registered voters in each state, with margins of error of +/-1 to 5 percentage points. Toward the bottom of the list are five governors running for reelection whose approval ratings dont look as strong as they seem after taking partisan lean into account. The former attorney general of Connecticut has been vocal in pushing forward legislation for gun control: One of his most recently cosponsored bills proposed banning gun silencers. - Never heard of: 29% - Party: Republican. These days, the 100 senators comprising the upper house of the United States Congress are arguably under more scrutiny by American citizens and the press since the nation's founding. - Party: Republican. - State: Florida - Never heard of: 34% - Never heard of: 21% - Party: Democrat. After serving on the New Hampshire State Senate and as governor, Maggie Hassan defeated the Republican incumbent to become a U.S. senator. - Party: Democrat. - Never heard of: 21% @baseballot, 2022 Election (348 posts) - Approval rating: 42% - Disapproval rating: 32% - Approval rating: 35% - Approval rating: 39% Graham is up for reelection in 2020. Partisan Lean (5). 2022 Governors Elections (39) restrictions, which you can review below. Martha McSally's ascension to the Senate is a strange case. *Denotes senator has retired. - Disapproval rating: 31% Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is America's most unpopular senator, according to a Morning Consult poll released Monday. and more. Pat Toomey narrowly defeated then-fellow Congressman Joe Sestak in 2010, succeeding Arlen Specter, who switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party, and lost to Sestak in a primary. - State: Oregon - Approval rating: 46% Missouri. Succeeding Harry Reid from Nevada, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York is currently the Senate Minority Leader and the top-ranking Democrat in the Senate. Neither came to pass. - Disapproval rating: 21% - Never heard of: 24% - Disapproval rating: 23% Bill Cassidy won his election in 2014 during a Republican sweep that made him the first Republican senator from Louisiana since Reconstruction. Each state in the union has two senators with six-year terms and no term limits. In a March 2019 vote, Sinema voted against the Green New Deal. - State: Wisconsin Most and least popular senators in America, Jeff McEvoy/U.S. Only one-third of Kentuckians approve of - Party: Democrat. - Disapproval rating: 35% - Approval rating: 62% - Approval rating: 38% - Never heard of: 20% - Disapproval rating: 23% - Party: Republican. If the same state had a Republican governor with the same approval rating, his PARS would be -5 (2-7 = -5). - State: Montana Previously having conservative views for a Democrat while in the House, Gillibrand has moved toward more progressive and liberal policies in the Senate. In the Senate, Johnson has been active and vocal about illegal crossings through the southern border. - Approval rating: 35% Everss PARG is just +1, suggesting perceptions of him are strongly dependent on partisanship. The Senate is one of the key instruments of the checks and balances that serve as the function of the federal government. At this time last month, voters preferred Republicans by 2.2 points (44.7 percent to 42.5 percent). Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is arguably the most well-known senator in the country, given his status as the Senate Majority Leader and as one of the most controversial (and least popular) legislators currently serving. - Party: Republican, Kevin Cramer has chaired North Dakota Republican Party and served as House Representative for the state before his election to the Senate. - Never heard of: 20% The latest quarterly rankings, based on surveys conducted Oct. 1-Dec. 31 in each state, show Sinema as one of the five most unpopular senators, along with another chief liberal agitator, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who is also up for re-election next year. - Disapproval rating: 21% And you might expect Democratic Gov. - Disapproval rating: 27% - State: North Dakota - State: Wyoming Holding the Senate seat that former Vice President Joe Biden once held, Chris Coons defeated Christine O'Donnell in a highly publicized special election. And hes not the only Democrat with a lot of cross-party appeal; in fact, the 16 senators with the highest PARS scores all caucus with the Democratic Party. - Disapproval rating: 29% Sinema succeeded retiring Republican Sen. Jeff Flake and became the first Democratic senator to serve Arizona since 1995. He was elected to the Senate in 2010. - Approval rating: 55% Cornyn was instrumental in blocking President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay woman to serve in Congress when she was elected in 2012. During the confirmation hearings of Brett Kavanaugh, Hirono was an outspoken supporter of Kavanaugh's accuser Christine Blasey Ford. - Never heard of: 24% Sen. Amy Klobuchar is now known around the country after launching her 2020 bid for the presidency. - Party: Democrat. - Approval rating: 50% Their four most vulnerable incumbents this fall Sens. Sen. Jerry Moran entered the Senate in 2010 as the successor to Sam Brownback, who was elected governor of Kansas. Unrelated to the Kennedy political family, John Kennedy of Louisiana is a former Democrat-turned-Republican. - Party: Democrat. Sen. Chris Van Hollen has been active in Democratic Congressional leadership, serving as the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee during his time in the House and later the chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee after getting elected to the Senate. Surveys conducted Oct 1-Dec. 8, 2022, and Dec. 9-31, 2022, among representative samples of 5,041 and 1,414 Arizona registered voters, respectively, with margins of error of +/-1 to 5 percentage points for responses shown. Graham loudly condemned Democrats during the hearings for Brett Kavanaugh and received scrutiny for encouraging Donald Trump Jr. to ignore a subpoena from the Senate Intelligence Committee. - State: Tennessee - Never heard of: 19% Some Republicans in Arizona see Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb or 2022 Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters as potential contenders to appeal next year to the GOPs rightward flank, while Karrin Taylor Robson, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2022, and state Treasurer Kimberly Yee are being eyed by those looking for a candidate with broader appeal. Raphael Warnock, Mark Kelly, Maggie Hassan and Catherine Cortez Masto all have PARS scores of at - Approval rating: 40% Michael Castle (a Republican) swapped roles after winning their respective elections. - State: Louisiana - Party: Democrat. - Party: Republican. Bolded rows denote senators running for reelection in 2022. While presiding over the Senate floor, Daines censured fellow Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who was reading a letter from Coretta Scott King thought to be impugning Sen. Jeff Sessions during his hearings to become attorney general. In 2018, Cruz narrowly defeated Democratic rising star Beto O'Rourke for reelection. - Party: Democrat. - Approval rating: 40% - Disapproval rating: 32% - Disapproval rating: 33% - Disapproval rating: 29% Despite being long-tenured on Congress, Bob Menendez of New Jersey went through some legal trouble in 2015 when he was indicted for corruption charges. After serving one term as Montana's congressman, Steve Daines won a Senate race in 2014. He's voted with and against both Democrats and Republicans on issues such as gun control and health care, leading to criticism from both sides. Eli Yokley is a senior data reporter at Morning Consult covering politics and campaigns. - Never heard of: 21% Kennedy mulled a run for governor of Louisiana, but ultimately decided to stay in the Senate. Testers Approval Rating Outshines 2024s Other Vulnerable Senators. Appointed by then-New York Gov. - Approval rating: 45% She served just one term in the House before being elected to the Senate, signaling her political career may well be on track to continue gaining. - Approval rating: 43% - Disapproval rating: 26% 2022 Senate Elections (51) - Disapproval rating: 32% Since the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, Casey has been more outspoken on social media. the White Housesenators are responsible for passing laws, treaties, and nominations put forward by the president of the United States. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is a former law school professor who defeated Scott Brown in 2012. This includes Sens. - Disapproval rating: 34% - Never heard of: 20% Manchins unpopularity at home is only eclipsed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the ubiquitous holder of the title of Americas most unpopular senator who clocked a 64% disapproval rating in the fourth quarter of 2022. Scott has objected to some of Trump's judicial appointments, one case being for racist statements. Bolded rows denote governors running for reelection in 2022. Here's the calendar of primary elections Unlike in the House, when all 435 seats come up for election every two years, only a third Sen. Debbie Stabenow was one of several senators who opposed Donald Trump's aid cuts to Central America. - Party: Democrat. - Disapproval rating: 32% Before her election to the Senate in 2000, Cantwell served in the Washington House of Representatives and the U.S. House of Representatives. Reed has been in the Senate since 1997, and during the Obama administration rejected multiple offers to serve as the president's defense secretary. - Disapproval rating: 22% - Never heard of: 20% - Disapproval rating: 29% As a result, more governors than senators have PARGs at the extreme ends of the spectrum, as you can see in the table below. As he weighs a re-election campaign, that leaves Romney only slightly more popular than he was in the wake of Trumps second impeachment trial in the first quarter of 2021. - State: New York She and former Congressman Paul Ryan in 2013 negotiated to create the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. - Party: Democrat Figures may not add up to 100% due to rounding. - State: New Mexico In our average of polls of the generic congressional ballot,6 Republicans currently lead by 2.6 percentage points (45.5 percent to 42.9 percent). - Approval rating: 35% The most consistent thing about CNNs rankings, dating back to 2021, has been Pennsylvanias spot in first place. - Disapproval rating: 28% - Party: Republican. - State: Nebraska - Approval rating: 52% Should Sinema seek re-election as an independent next year, political strategists in the state believe the weight of her new standing among Arizona Republicans and independents a handy asset will likely come down to whether the state GOP elevates a candidate with broader appeal or reaches for the extreme as it did with nominees for statewide offices such as governor and Senate in 2022. Sen. Jeff Merkley is a leading progressive in the Senate who was the only senator to endorse his colleague Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination. - State: Rhode Island Angus King and Bernie Sanders are considered Democrats for the purposes of these calculations. - Never heard of: 29% Since then, Sen. Thune has risen in the ranks among Senate Republicans. Jared Polis to be vulnerable in a Republican-leaning midterm in D+6 Colorado, but his net approval rating is 16 points higher than that, giving him a nice cushion in case the national environment puts his state in play. Cantwell is a strong advocate for reproductive rights and environmental protection. The former banker also held the office of governor. - Never heard of: 23% - Approval rating: 48% - Party: Republican, Prior to his congressional career, James Lankford worked as the program director of Falls Creek, which is the largest Christian camp in the country. - State: South Dakota - State: West Virginia Bush. - Party: Republican. The former governor of Massachusetts ran for president twice, losing to John McCain in the Republican primaries of 2008 and President Barack Obama in the 2012 general election. Ron Wyden has been a senator for Oregon since 1996 and previously served on the House of Representatives since 1981. - State: Alabama - Disapproval rating: 24% Former Congressman John Boozman was the first Republican elected to the Senate for Arkansas since the Reconstruction era. - Approval rating: 38% The M Logo and MORNING CONSULT are registered trademarks of Morning Consult Holdings, Inc. - Approval rating: 41% - State: Utah Democratic Sen. Jon Tester has not yet said whether hell run next year, but with a 60% approval rating, he is the most popular incumbent who would face a tough 2024 contest if he decides to mount another campaign. - Disapproval rating: 35% - Party: Republican. An independent member of the Senate and self-identified Democratic Socialist, Sanders is once again running for president for the 2020 election. - Disapproval rating: 29% In doing so, youre agreeing to the below guidelines. Previously serving with Barbara Boxer and now Kamala Harris, Feinstein's only Senate colleagues from the California delegation have been women. As a supporter of Donald Trump, her 2018 campaign was arguably mobilized by the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, despite an endorsement from pop star Taylor Swift for her Democratic opponent. Sen. John Hoeven is one of the wealthiest senators currently serving the U.S. Senate, yet does not falter in connecting with the public he represents. - Never heard of: 17% - State: Indiana - Party: Republican. A Democratic governor with a net approval of +2 in an R+7 state has a PARG of +9 (2+7 = 9). - Approval rating: 48% She was recognized in June for her contributions to Nevada politics by Emerge Nevada, a group that grooms Democratic women for public office. Dan McKees mediocre +2 net approval rating, the fact that he is running for the office for the first time (he became governor only because he was the lieutenant governor when the old governor resigned), the pro-Republican national mood and Rhode Islands elasticity. - Approval rating: 50% Ben Cardin served as a Maryland congressman for two decades before comfortably winning three straight elections for senator, most recently in 2018. - State: Maine Grassley oversaw the controversial confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and made divisive statements suggesting the workload of the Senate Judiciary Committee was too much for women. - Approval rating: 52% [emailprotected]. - Never heard of: 28% David Paterson to replace Hillary Clinton, who left the White House to become secretary of state under Barack Obama, Kirsten Gillibrand was part of a highly publicized period in which the media speculated on who would take the seat. Former Virginia Gov. Portman has throughout his senatorial tenure been speculated as a potential vice presidential pick in 2012 and a presidential contender in 2016. Eli Yokley is a senior data reporter at Morning Consult covering politics and campaigns. He will be retiring from the Senate and will not seek reelection in 2020. - Approval rating: 39% She was the first elected female senator for Minnesota, previously having served as a county lawyer. - Party: Democrat. Sanders was the 37th mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. - Disapproval rating: 29% He was one of the 11 Republican senators to vote against Trump's intent to lift sanctions against Russian companies. - State: North Carolina Booker is one of several Democratic senators running in the crowded race to unseat President Trump. Like his father before him, Paul ran for the presidency in 2016, ultimately dropping out after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses. Colorado has been reliably blue in recent years, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will take comfort in at least John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) As the most senior member of the Republican delegation to Congress, Chuck Grassley is the president pro tempore of the Senatea mostly ceremonial position, but one that puts Grassley in the presidential line of succession. Having conservative and libertarian views, Mike Lee was supported by the Tea Party in unseating the incumbent senator from Utah, a fellow Republican. your CMS. 60% of Montana voters approve of Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, making him the most popular incumbent expected to face a competitive 2024 contest. Similar to a senators PARS score, a governors PARG score can also help us get a better sense of which governors running for reelection in 2022 are best equipped to swim against the partisan tide of their states. - Approval rating: 47% - Never heard of: 28% faces a fierce reelection battle in 2020. encouraging Donald Trump Jr. to ignore a subpoena from the Senate Intelligence Committee. - Approval rating: 39% Advertisement - story continues below McConnell is the most Susan Collins - ME, 52% Disapproval Their actions, words, and legislative records matter more and can represent serious advantages or disadvantages to them in an election yearthe next of which will take place in 2020. - Approval rating: 47% - Disapproval rating: 28% Cramer has been a supporter of Donald Trump's agenda and called Christine Blasey Ford's allegations against Brett Kavanaugh absurd., - Approval rating: 43% - Party: Democrat. Only Sen. 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