Dole Reign Ends in North Carolina

Steve Sauerberg (R): The Republican physician reportedly spent $1.3 million of his own money on his race, during which he suggested Durbin is a "career politician" who should be "thrown out of Washington," according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Christopher Reed (R): Reed is a former wrestler who spent five years in the Navy before opening a telephone answering business that he's run the last 10 years.

Pat Roberts (R): Roberts was elected in 1980 to the House of Representatives and in 1996 to the Senate, where he was served as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Mitch McConnell (R): McConnell, the Senate Minority leader, is well organized in the state and a face of leadership in the Senate.

John Kennedy (R): Kennedy is the state treasurer who switched parties last year and won re-election as a Republican, setting up his challenge to Landrieu.

Susan Collins (R): The incumbent Republican senator was a heavy favorite in Maine, thanks to her bipartisan image. Collins joined Democrats in opposing the partial-birth abortion ban in 2003 and in 2004 she co-authored a bill to overhaul of the nation's intelligence community with Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut.

Jeff Beatty (R): Beatty, a counterterrorism consultant and former CIA agent, is tried to oust Kerry by painting him as a candidate who continually puts his personal agenda before that of the state.

Jack Hoogendyk (R): Hoogendyk has been a state representative since 2002 and has won re-election twice. He was considered unlikely to prevail in the traditionally blue state.

Thad Cochran (R): Cochran is a ranking Republican member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and was expected to win his sixth term.

Roger Wicker (R): Barbour chose Wicker, a Republican House member, to fill the seat vacated by Trent Lott's retirement in Deccember 2004. Some said Wicker may have been at a disadvantage because special election candidates are not identified by party, depriving the GOP candidate of a party-ID advantage.

Bob Kelleher (R): The 85-year-old Republican nominee and perennial candidate advocated a switch to a federal parliamentary government, according to Real Clear Politics, and did not fundraise during his campaign.

Mike Johanns (R): Johanns has served as Nebraska's governor for six years and has been the U.S. agriculture secretary for three.

John Sununu (R) : While remaining a popular senator during his tenure, Sununu trailed throughout the campaign and was another senator to suffer from the GOP's poor reputation.

Dick Zimmer (R): Zimmer has served in both houses of the New Jersey legislature and in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Steve Pearce (R) : Pearce is serving his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Elizabeth Dole (R): Dole lost the fight for her political life after getting hammered as a Washington insider during the campaign.

James Inhofe (R): Inhofe, the incumbent, had a comfortable lead in early polling on the way to winning his third term in the Senate, according to the Wulsa World.

Bob Tingle (R): Tingle, who works as a pit boss in the Foxwoods Resort and Casino, campaigned on a message that Reed has become too much of a Washington insider during his 12 years in office.

Lindsey Graham (R): The incumbent is a close ally of Sen. John McCain and was favored for re-election to his second term throughout the campaign.