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KEY: Party: R = Republican, D = Democrat, I = Independent Seat: I = Incumbent, C = Challenger, O = Open Shaded row: candidate was defeated Listed alphabetically by state: SENATE State Candidate Party Seat CO Tom Strickland D Challenger DE Joe Biden D Incumbent GA Max Cleland D Incumbent IA Tom Harkin D Incumbent IL Richard Durbin D Incumbent KY Lois Combs Weinberg D Challenger MN Walter Mondale D Open MO Jean Carnahan D Incumbent NC Erskine Bowles D Open NH Jeanne Shaheen D Open NJ Frank Lautenberg D Open NM Gloria Tristani D Challenger OK David Walters D Challenger OR Bill Bradbury D Challenger RI Jack Reed D Incumbent SC Alex Sanders D Open SD Tim Johnson D Incumbent TN Bob Clement D Open WV John Rockefeller IV D Incumbent HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A-D | E-G | H-L | M | N | O-P | R-Z (state) State District Candidate Party Seat AL 03 Joe Turnham D Open AR 02 Vic Snyder D Incumbent AZ 04 Ed Pastor D Incumbent AZ 07 Raśl M. Grijalva D Open CA 01 Mike Thompson D Incumbent CA 06 Lynn Woolsey D Incumbent CA 07 George Miller D Incumbent CA 08 Nancy Pelosi D Incumbent CA 09 Barbara Lee D Incumbent CA 10 Ellen Tauscher D Incumbent CA 11 Elaine Shaw D Challenger CA 13 Pete Stark D Incumbent CA 14 Anna Eshoo D Incumbent CA 15 Mike Honda D Incumbent CA 16 Zoe Lofgren D Incumbent CA 17 Sam Farr D Incumbent CA 23 Lois Capps D Incumbent CA 27 Brad Sherman D Incumbent CA 28 Howard Berman D Incumbent CA 29 Adam Schiff D Incumbent CA 30 Henry Waxman D Incumbent CA 31 Xavier Becerra D Incumbent CA 32 Hilda Solis D Incumbent CA 33 Diane Watson D Incumbent CA 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard D Incumbent CA 35 Maxine Waters D Incumbent CA 36 Jane Harman D Incumbent CA 37 Juanita Millender-McDonald D Incumbent CA 38 Grace Napolitano D Incumbent CA 39 Linda Sanchez D Open CA 47 Loretta Sanchez D Incumbent CA 53 Susan Davis D Incumbent CA 51 Bob Filner D Incumbent CT 01 John Larson D Incumbent CT 03 Rosa DeLauro D Incumbent CT 04 Christopher Shays R Incumbent CT 05 James Maloney D Incumbent CT 05 Nancy Johnson R Incumbent CO 01 Diana DeGette D Incumbent CO 02 Mark Udall D Incumbent CO 04 Stan Matsunaka D Open CO 07 Mike Feeley D Open DE AL Mike Castle R Incumbent FL 03 Corrine Brown D Incumbent FL 05 Karen Thurman D Incumbent FL 13 Jan Schneider D Challenger FL 19 Robert Wexler D Incumbent FL 20 Peter Deutsch D Incumbent FL 23 Alcee Hastings D Incumbent FL 24 Harry Jacobs D Open GA 03 Jim Marshall D Open GA 04 Denise Majette D Open GA 05 John Lewis D Incumbent GA 12 Charles Walker D Open GA 13 David Scott D Open HI 01 Neil Abercrombie D Incumbent HI 02 Patsy Mink D Incumbent IA 01 Ann Hutchinson D Challenger IA 03 Leonard Boswell D Incumbent IA 04 John Norris D Challenger ID 01 Betty Richardson D Challenger IL 04 Luis Gutierrez D Incumbent IL 05 Rahm Emanuel D Open IL 07 Danny Davis D Incumbent IL 08 Melissa Bean D Challenger IL 09 Janice Schakowsky D Incumbent IL 10 Mark Kirk R Incumbent IL 15 Tim Johnson R Incumbent IL 17 Lane Evans D Incumbent IN 01 Peter Visclosky D Incumbent IN 02 Jill Long Thompson D Open IN 07 Julia Carson D Incumbent KS 03 Dennis Moore D Incumbent KS 04 Carlos Nolla D Open KY 03 Jack Conway D Challenger MA 01 John Olver D Incumbent MA 02 Richard Neal D Incumbent MA 03 James McGovern D Incumbent MA 06 John Tierney D Incumbent MA 08 Michael Capuano D Incumbent MA 09 Stephen Lynch D Incumbent MA 10 William Delahunt D Incumbent MD 02 Dutch Ruppersberger D Open MD 03 Ben Cardin D Incumbent MD 06 Don Dearmon D Challenger MD 07 Elijah Cummings D Incumbent MD 08 Connie Morella R Incumbent ME 01 Tom Allen D Incumbent MI 03 Vern Ehlers R Incumbent MI 05 Dale Kildee D Incumbent MI 10 Carl Marlinga D Open MI 14 John Conyers, Jr. D Incumbent MN 02 Bill Luther D Incumbent MN 03 Jim Ramstad R Incumbent MN 04 Betty McCollum D Incumbent MN 05 Martin Olav Sabo D Incumbent MN 06 Janet Robert D Challenger MO 01 William Clay, Jr. D Incumbent MO 05 Karen McCarthy D Incumbent NE 02 Jim Simon D Incumbent NV 01 Shelley Berkley D Incumbent NV 03 Dario Herrera D Open NH 01 Martha Fuller Clark D Open NH 02 Katrina Swett D Challenger NJ 01 Tom Andrews D Incumbent NJ 02 Frank LoBiondo R Incumbent NJ 03 Jim Saxton R Incumbent NJ 05 Anne Sumers D Open NJ 06 Frank Pallone, Jr. D Incumbent NJ 08 William Pascrell, Jr. D Incumbent NJ 09 Steve Rothman D Incumbent NJ 10 Donald Payne D Incumbent NJ 12 Rush Holt D Incumbent NJ 13 Robert Menendez D Incumbent NM 01 Richard Romero D Challenger NM 03 Tom Udall D Incumbent NY 01 Timothy Bishop D Challenger NY 02 Steve Israel D Incumbent NY 04 Carolyn McCarthy D Incumbent NY 05 Gary Ackerman D Incumbent NY 06 Gregory Meeks D Incumbent NY 07 Joseph Crowley D Incumbent NY 08 Jerrold Nadler D Incumbent NY 09 Anthony Weiner D Incumbent NY 11 Major Owens D Incumbent NY 12 Nydia Velazquez D Incumbent NY 14 Carolyn Maloney D Incumbent NY 15 Charles Rangel D Incumbent NY 21 Michael McNulty D Incumbent NY 22 Maurice Hinchey D Incumbent NY 24 Sherwood Boehlert R Incumbent NC 01 Frank Ballance D Open NC 04 David Price D Incumbent NC 08 Chris Kouri D Challenger NC 12 Mel Watt D Incumbent NC 13 Brad Miller D Open OH 01 Greg Harris D Challenger OH 03 Rick Carne D Open OH 06 Ted Strickland D Incumbent OH 09 Marcy Kaptur D Incumbent OH 10 Dennis Kucinich D Incumbent OH 11 Stephanie Tubbs Jones D Incumbent OH 13 Sherrod Brown D Incumbent OH 17 Tim Ryan D Challenger OK 04 Darryl Roberts D Open OR 01 David Wu D Incumbent OR 03 Earl Blumenauer D Incumbent OR 04 Peter DeFazio D Incumbent OR 05 Darlene Hooley D Incumbent PA 02 Chaka Fattah D Incumbent PA 06 Dan Wofford D Open PA 13 James M. Hoeffel III D Incumbent PA 15 Ed O'Brien D Challenger PA 17 Tim Holden D Incumbent RI 01 Patrick Kennedy D Incumbent RI 02 James Langevin D Incumbent TN 04 Lincoln Davis D Incumbent TN 05 Jim Cooper D Open TN 06 Bart Gordon D Incumbent TN 09 Harold Ford, Jr. D Incumbent TX 05 Ron Chapman D Open TX 10 Lloyd Doggett D Incumbent TX 18 Shelia Jackson Lee D Incumbent TX 20 Charles Gonzales D Incumbent TX 28 Ciro Rodriguez D Incumbent VA 03 Bobby Scott D Incumbent VA 09 Rick Boucher D Incumbent WA 01 Jay Inslee D Incumbent WA 02 Rick Larsen D Incumbent WA 03 Brian Baird D Incumbent WA 07 Jim McDermott D Incumbent WA 09 Adam Smith D Incumbent WI 02 Tammy Baldwin D Incumbent WI 03 Ron Kind D Incumbent WI 04 Jerry Kleczka D Incumbent WI 07 David Obey D Incumbent WV 03 Nick Rahall D Incumbent A listing on the Sierra Club endorsement page is an in-kind Political Action Committee contribution from the Sierra Club to the endorsed candidate. 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