From 1998 onward, Senate nominees are elected for six year terms as a protest to push for senate reform.

"I would hope your objective will not be to send the Senate nominees so polarizing that their confirmations are eked out in narrow margins."

This week, 1.4 million ballots were sent out to registered Republicans and Democrats to decide their Senate nominees, by return mail.

By November, the candidate's campaign committee expects to spend $8 million, more than almost any other Senate nominee in the country.

The main problem is Alan Schlesinger, its Senate nominee.

Certainly none were much worse than Mr. Abrams, the eventual 1992 Senate nominee.

Even more unusual is the possibility of two women Senate nominees in the same party in the same year.

In Arkansas, Democrats will hold a primary runoff to elect a Senate nominee.

Six months before the June primary, the Democrats planned a statewide tour for the party's eventual Senate nominees.

The Democrats literally spotlighted six female Senate nominees at the National Convention last night.