As some of you may know, conservative hero and Senator Jim DeMint (SC) recently started the Senate Conservatives’ Fund. You can read my earlier write-up on the new group and how it fits into the growing list of movement conservative institutions here.

Senator DeMint is soliciting conservatives’ advice as to what races the SCF should support; obviously the candidates should be truly conservative ones, not simply anyone with an “R” next to their name.

I have already emailed them with my recommendations at this time. I need to do a bit more research before I make any further ones; I sent them the names of three candidates that jumped out at me immediately as conservatives from my knowledge of them - they are Sens. Inhofe, Cornyn, and Rep. Pearce (running for NM - SEN). I know several others are pretty reliably conservative, but I wanted to send them my initial thoughts immediately and hem and haw a bit about other races. I’m sure other conservatives have sent them the most pressing names as well, meaning hopefully they can get a sense for the highest-priority races in the conservative sense.  And, some of these guys are pretty good conservative votes but will not need the help (see Saxby Chambliss in Georgia).

The following is a list of Senate races this November:

ALABAMA: Jeff Sessions (R)* vs. Vivian Davis Figures (D)

ALASKA: Ted Stevens (R)* vs. Mark Begich (D)

COLORADO: Bob Schaffer (R) vs. Mark Udall (D)

GEORGIA: Saxby Chambliss (R)* vs. Vernon Jones (D)

IDAHO: James Risch (R) vs. Larry LaRocco (D)

KENTUCKY: Mitch McConnell (R)* vs. Bruce Lunsford (D)

LOUISIANA: John Kennedy (R) vs. Mary Landrieu (D)*

MAINE: Susan Collins (R)* vs. Tom Allen (D)

MINNESOTA: Norm Coleman (R)* vs. Al Franken (DFL)

MISSISSIPPI: Roger Wicker (R)* vs. Ronnie Musgrove (D

NEBRASKA: Mike Johanns (R) vs. Scott Kleeb (D)

NEW HAMPSHIRE: John Sununu (R)* vs. Jeanne Shaheen (D

NEW JERSEY: Dick Zimmer (R) vs. Frank Lautenberg (D)*

NEW MEXICO: Steve Pearce (R) vs. Tom Udall (D)

NORTH CAROLINA: Elizabeth Dole (R)* vs. Kay Hagan (D)

OKLAHOMA: Jim Inhofe (R)* vs. Andrew Rice (D)

OREGON: Gordon Smith (R)* vs. Jeff Merkley (D)

SOUTH DAKOTA: Joel Dykstra (R) vs. Tim Johnson (D)*

TEXAS: John Cornyn (R)* vs. Rick Noriega (D)

VIRGINIA: Jim Gilmore (R) vs. Mark Warner (D)

* Incumbent

You can email the SCF with recommendations at: info@senateconservatives.com .