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Office

Associate Justice

Type

Confirmation

Filing Deadline

June 01, 2009 - 12:00pm

Polls Open

August 06, 2009 - 02:00pm

Polls Close

August 06, 2009 - 01:15pm

Term Start

August 08, 2009 - 02:00pm

Term End

January 01, 2151 - 12:00pm

Contributor

J.R.

Last Modified

WSNJ March 20, 2020 11:49am

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Description

Nominee: Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States, vice David H. Souter, retiring.

Confirmation hearings are scheduled for July 13.

Nomination placed on the Senate Calendar on July 28, 2009.

Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA)supported the nominee, but was absent from voting due to illness.

KEY RACE? 8.7500000000 Average

MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

07/21/2009	07/22/2009

CANDIDATES

Photo

Name

Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor

Attorney General Reject

Party

Nonpartisan

No Party Affiliation

Votes

68 (68.69%)

31 (31.31%)

Margin

0 (0.00%)

-37 (-37.37%)

Predict Avg.

63.67%

35.67%

Finances

$0.00

MATCHUP POLLS

Opinion Dynamics (FOX)
07/21-07/22

53.00% (+0.0)

29.00% (+0.0)

ENDORSEMENTS

Endorsements

D	ZT08
D	NCdem
LBR	Old LW
SNP	Progressive Scot
LBT	NJLBT
R	Kyle
R	TurnerforCongress
R	Laura Welch Bush [L]
RTH	e. dantes
R	Kelly A. Ayotte [L]
D	Ron Wyden [L]
D	Sheldon Whitehouse [L]
D	Jim Webb [L]
D	Mark Warner [L]
D	Tom Udall [L]
D	Mark Udall [L]
D	Jon Tester [L]
D	Debbie Stabenow [L]
D	Arlen Specter [L]
D	Jeanne Shaheen [L]
D	Charles E. "Chuck" Schumer [L]
I	Bernie Sanders [L]
D	Jay Rockefeller [L]
D	Harry M. Reid [L]
D	Jack Reed [L]
D	Bill Nelson [L]
D	Patty Murray [L]
D	Barbara Mikulski [L]
D	Jeff Merkley [L]
D	Robert "Bob" Menendez [L]
D	Carl Levin [L]
D	Patrick J. Leahy [L]
D	Frank Lautenberg [L]
D	Herb Kohl [L]
D	Amy Klobuchar [L]
D	John F. Kerry [L]
D	Ted Kaufman [L]
D	Tim Johnson [L]
D	Daniel K. Inouye [L]
D	Tom Harkin [L]
D	Kay Hagan [L]
D	Kirsten Gillibrand [L]
D	Al Franken [L]
D	Dianne Feinstein [L]
D	Russ Feingold [L]
D	Dick Durbin [L]
D	Byron Dorgan [L]
D	Chris Dodd [L]
D	Kent Conrad [L]
D	Bob Casey Jr. [L]
D	Thomas R. Carper [L]
D	Benjamin L. Cardin [L]
D	Maria Cantwell [L]
D	Robert C. Byrd [L]
D	Roland Burris [L]
D	Sherrod Brown [L]
D	Barbara Boxer [L]
D	Jeff Bingaman [L]
D	Michael Bennet [L]
D	Daniel Akaka [L]
D	John
D	Mark Pryor
D	Blanche Lincoln [L]
D	Mark Begich [L]
R	George V. Voinovich
R	Judd A. Gregg [L]
R	Christopher S. "Kit" Bond [L]
REFS	Servo
R	Pat Toomey [L]
D	Ben Nelson [L]
D	Max Baucus [L]
D	Evan Bayh [L]
D	Dustin B. McDaniel [L]
D	Claire McCaskill [L]
D	Mary Landrieu [L]
R	Lamar Alexander [L]
I	lucky
D	GavinBrown
R	Lindsey Graham [L]
R	Susan Collins [L]
D	Brandonius Maximus
I	Joseph I. "Joe" Lieberman [L]
R	Mel Martinez [L]
R	Olympia Snowe [L]
R	Richard Lugar [L]
N	Louis J. Freeh [L]
R	Kenneth Starr [L]
D	6 KM
R	CincinnatiReds1990
G	BR_Green
D	Homegrown Democrat
D	Palm Beach Democrat
GN	nystate63
D	TEXAN FOR HILLARY
LIB	BJOJ
I	M@
D	COSDem
I	smm
D	Sarnstrom
D	Ashley
IND	Monsieur
I	J.R.
I	WA Indy
D	NYDem Junior

S Tax	Suchart
BEER	WSNJ
LBT	Smart
AnFed	Patient Grasshopper
AENM	Angry Russian
R	John E. Ensign [L]
R	Jim DeMint [L]
R	Thomas A. "Tom" Coburn [L]
R	Rob Simmons [L]
R	John Barrasso [L]
R	Michael B. "Mike" Enzi [L]
R	Lisa Murkowski [L]
R	John McCain [L]
R	Saxby Chambliss [L]
R	Johnny Isakson [L]
R	Bob Corker [L]
R	Richard Burr [L]
R	Richard Shelby [L]
R	Mike Crapo [L]
R	James E. "Jim" Risch [L]
R	Kay Bailey Hutchison
R	David Vitter
R	Chuck Grassley [L]
R	Mike Johanns [L]
R	John Cornyn [L]
R	Orrin G. Hatch [L]
R	Roger Wicker [L]
R	John Thune [L]
R	Thad Cochran [L]
D	Charlie Crist [L]
R	Jon Kyl
R	Jeff Sessions [L]
R	Mitch McConnell [L]
R	Robert F. "Bob" Bennett [L]
	National Rifle Association (NRA)
R	Jim Bunning [L]
R	Sam Brownback [L]
R	CAGOP
R	James M. "Jim" Inhofe
RTL	Norma McCorvey [L]
R	Pat Roberts [L]
R	the wanderer
R	...
D	Jason
R	CAGOP
R	SC-Conservative

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