Tuesday's Senate Primaries

There are a number of Senate primaries next Tuesday, which will officially give a number of incumbents opponents for November's election. Most of them aren't that exciting, and I don't have that much to say about them for now. For your edification, here they are, with the incumbent listed first:

California
Dianne Feinstein (D) faces two underwhelming challengers
Dick Mountjoy (R) is without a major challenger for the nomination

Mississippi
Trent Lott (R) is unopposed
Four Democrats, none of whom I know anything about, are fighting it out

Montana
Conrad Burns (R) faces three opponents, but should be re-nominated
John Morrison (D), state Auditor, faces four opponents for the nomination

New Jersey
Robert Menendez (D) faces off against one little known opponent
Thomas Kean, Jr. (R) also has one challenger for the nomination

New Mexico
Jeff Bingaman (D) is unopposed
Allen McCulloch (R) has two opponents

Incidentally, the Democratic party in Indiana will be selecting an opponent for Richard Lugar on Saturday. Or at least, they are supposed to; of course, there is no chance that Lugar will lose this race, so it really is an exercise in futility.

If there is anything interesting to discuss with these races over the next week, I will mention it. I don't expect it to happen, however, so expect the next discussion of these races to be on Tuesday night or Wednesday next after the returns are in and the races are set.