He was the Democratic nominee for one of the state's two U.S. Senate seats.

Neither U.S. Senate seat was up for a vote in 2006.

At the federal level, Democrats hold one of the U.S. Senate seats.

They also hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats.

The following year, he was a candidate for the same U.S. Senate seat in the regularly scheduled election.

That same year, he campaigned for one of the state's U.S. Senate seats, but lost.

The highest offices its candidates would have sought were governor and a U.S. Senate seat.

Democrats hold just five of the state's U.S. Senate seats.

It also holds one of the state's U.S. Senate seats.

The same year, after his defeat, he was nominated for a U.S. Senate seat, again without his knowledge.