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Members
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Places
United States Capitol Senate office buildings (Dirksen · Hart · Russell)

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is the Democratic Hill committee for the United States Senate. It is the only organization solely dedicated to electing more Democrats to the United States Senate. The DSCC's current chairman is Sen. Robert Menendez, who succeeded Sen. Charles Schumer following the 2008 elections. The DSCC's current Executive Director is J.B. Poersch.

List of Chairs

Chuck Schumer, flanked by Democratic Senate challengers, speaks during the third day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, in his capacity as chair of the DSCC.

Name	State	Term of Service
J. Bennett Johnston	LA	1976-1977
Wendell Ford	KY	1977-1983
Lloyd Bentsen	TX	1983-1985
George Mitchell	ME	1985-1987
John Kerry	MA	1987-1989
John Breaux	LA	1989-1991
Charles S. Robb	VA	1991-1993
Bob Graham	FL	1993-1995
Bob Kerrey	NE	1995-1999
Robert G. Torricelli	NJ	1999-2001
Patty Murray	WA	2001-2003
Jon S. Corzine	NJ	2003-2005
Charles Schumer	NY	2005-2009
Robert Menendez	NJ	2009-

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v • d • e Chairmen of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

Johnston • Ford • Bentsen • Mitchell • Kerry • Breaux • Robb • Graham • Kerrey • Torricelli • Murray • Corzine • Schumer • Menendez

Democratic Party

Chairmen
of the DNC

Hallett • McLane • Smalley • Belmont • Schell • Hewitt • Barnum • Brice • Harrity • Jones • Taggart • Mack • McCombs • Cummings • McCormick • White • Hull • Shaver • Raskob • Farley • Flynn • Walker • Hannegan • McGrath • Boyle • McKinney • Mitchell • Butler • Jackson • Bailey • O'Brien • Harris • O'Brien • Westwood • Strauss • Curtis • White • Manatt • Kirk • Brown • Wilhelm • DeLee • Dodd/Fowler • Romer/Grossman • Rendell/Andrew • McAuliffe • Dean • Kaine

Presidential
tickets

Jackson/Calhoun • Jackson/Van Buren • Van Buren/R.M. Johnson • Polk/Dallas • Cass/Butler • Pierce/King • Buchanan/Breckenridge • Douglas/H.V. Johnson (Breckenridge/Lane, SD) • McClellan/Pendleton • Seymour/Blair • Greeley/Brown • Tilden/Hendricks • Hancock/English • Cleveland/Hendricks • Cleveland/Thurman ·
Cleveland/Stevenson I • W. J. Bryan/Sewall • W. J. Bryan/Stevenson I • Parker/H. G. Davis • W. J. Bryan/Kern • Wilson/Marshall • Cox/Roosevelt • J. W. Davis/C. W. Bryan • Smith/Robinson • Roosevelt/Garner • Roosevelt/Wallace • Roosevelt/Truman • Truman/Barkley • Stevenson II/Sparkman • Stevenson II/Kefauver • Kennedy/L. B. Johnson • L. B. Johnson/Humphrey • Humphrey/Muskie • McGovern/(Eagleton, Shriver) • Carter/Mondale • Mondale/Ferraro • Dukakis/Bentsen • Clinton/Gore • Gore/Lieberman ·
Kerry/Edwards • Obama/Biden

Parties by
State and
territory

State	Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming

Territory	District of Columbia • Puerto Rico

Democratic
National
Conventions
(List)

1832 (Baltimore) • 1835 (Baltimore) • 1840 (Baltimore) • 1844 (Baltimore) • 1848 (Baltimore) • 1852 (Baltimore) • 1856 (Cincinnati) • 1860 (Baltimore) • 1864 (Chicago) • 1868 (New York) • 1872 (Baltimore) • 1876 (Saint Louis) • 1880 (Cincinnati) • 1884 (Chicago) • 1888 (Saint Louis) • 1892 (Chicago) • 1896 (Chicago) • 1900 (Kansas City) • 1904 (Saint Louis) • 1908 (Denver) • 1912 (Baltimore) • 1916 (Saint Louis) • 1920 (San Francisco) • 1924 (New York) • 1928 (Houston) • 1932 (Chicago) • 1936 (Philadelphia) • 1940 (Chicago) • 1944 (Chicago) • 1948 (Philadelphia) • 1952 (Chicago) • 1956 (Chicago) • 1960 (Los Angeles) • 1964 (Atlantic City) • 1968 (Chicago) • 1972 (Miami Beach) • 1976 (New York) • 1980 (New York) • 1984 (San Francisco) • 1988 (Atlanta) • 1992 (New York) • 1996 (Chicago) • 2000 (Los Angeles) • 2004 (Boston) • 2008 (Denver)

Affiliated
organizations

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee • Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee • Democratic Governors Association • Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee • National Conference of Democratic Mayors • College Democrats of America • Young Democrats of America • Young Democrats of America High School Caucus • Democratic Leadership Council • 21st Century Democrats • America Votes • Blue Dog Democrats • Center for American Progress • Democrats Abroad • National Federation of Democratic Women • National Stonewall Democrats

History • Superdelegate

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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

List of Chairs

See also

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