Andrew Rice—Oklahoma

Oklahoma is the state that gave us Woodie Guthrie, Will Rogers and Bill Moyers. It's also the state that gave us Jim Inhofe, who is quite possibly the most reactionary right-wing senator in recorded history. (And that's really saying something -- Inhofe makes McCarthy look mellow and Cheney seem reasonable by comparison.) The OK state is a deep, deep red state, and it's been hard in the past for the Democrats to come up with someone who was willing and able to run against the likes of Inhofe there. But Andrew Rice isn't just someone. He's someone special.