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From the diaries -- kos)
This Roundup Diary covers the period from 1:00 PM Wednesday, 9/20 to 1:00 PM EDT Thursday, 9/21.
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Today's Menu Includes:
90 Diaries Overall
- 38 On House races
- With 29 covering individual Districts in 18 states
- 27 On Senate races
- Representing 8 different states
- 17 On Various election races
- Encompassing Governor, Secretary of State, Local, and more
- 8 General election-related diaries
Over 1,900 diaries served to date!!!
This is an attempt to compile a fairly comprehensive listing of election-related diaries that have recently been posted. Most of them are House or Senate races but there are also some local ones, as well as the occasional 'general info' diary.
Reminder - If you are doing a diary on a specific race, particularly a House or Senate race, PLEASE, put the race number (or XX-Sen) at the beginning of the diary header. More diarists are now doing this and it is immensely helpful.
For all the introductory stuff and previous diaries in this series, please see:
Election Race Roundup (9/2 - 66 Days to Daylight) (with links to first 10 diaries in series, covering 8/22-9/1).
Election Race Roundup (9/12 - EIGHT WEEKS TO GO!) (with links to second 10 diaries in series, covering 9/2-9/11).
Election Race Roundup (9/13 - 55 Days to Daylight)
Election Race Roundup (9/14 - 54 Days to Daylight)
Election Race Roundup (9/15 - 53 Days to Daylight)
Election Race Roundup (9/16 - 52 Days to Daylight)
Election Race Roundup (9/17 - 51 Days to Daylight)
Election Race Roundup (9/18 - 50 Days to Daylight)
Election Race Roundup (9/19 - AHOY! THAR BE SEVEN WEEKS TO GO!)
Election Race Roundup (9/20 - 48 Days to Daylight)
(1:00 PM, Wednesday, 9/20 to 1:00 PM, Thursday, 9/21): (90 diaries)
(Alphabetical, starting from K)
House (38)
(KY-04) A Glimpse Into the Black Heart of the GOP by lapin - Incumbent Rep. Geoff Davis (R) tries to gut legislation ending the usuary practices of so-called "pay day" lenders to members of the US armed forces, hopefully setting up his fall to challenger Ken Lucas (D) in November.
(MD-04) (UPDATED) MD-04: Edwards/Wynn Election still in Question; Ehrlich wants to scrap Diebold by Sharon in MD - More on the continued vote counting problems in Maryland in the race between Donna Edwards (D) and Albert Wynn (D) in the Democratic primary last week.
(MI-02) MI-02 Constitution Day by kotos - Candidate Kimon Kotos (D) running against incumbent Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R) makes a clear contrast with his opponent, who he finds one of the biggest enablers of the Bush Administration, with "no respect for the Constitution, The Bill of Rights or the rule of law."
(MI-07) Interview with Sharon Renier by whogotthegravy - Here's a good introduction to Democrat Sharon Renier, running to unseat Tim Walberg (R).
(MN-02) Coleen Rowley - John Kline races heating up by georeeve - Lots of links to spicy news coverage of the race between Coleen Rowley (D) and John Kline (R).
(MN-02) What COLEEN ROWLEY MN-2 Did Fighting Organized Crime by vets74 - Diarist lauds Collen Rowley's record on fighting organized crime.
(MN-02& 05) MN-02, MN-05 -- Memo to Self: Do Not Anger Coleen Rowley. by Phoenix Woman - Coleen Rowley, the DFL candidate for Congress in Minnesota's Second District, issued a sharp denunciation of recent GOP smears directed toward Keith Ellison, DFL candidate in Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District.
(MN-06) GOP Dirty Tricks and MN Polling by guyermo - GOP distorts Patty Wetterling's record of participation in the Democratic process.
(NC-03) NC-03 - Walter B. Jones, Jr. - Only a Chosen Few Should Vote by Thomas Brock - Incumbent Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr. (R) voted to require proof of citizenship and identity as conditions for voting, which creates obstacles for poor and elderly voters. Jones is running against Dem Craig Weber.
(NE-01) Help a brotha out (turning a red state to blue) by phatass - It's not easy asking for money but this brotha does it any way - so help this Kossak brotha out, for Nebraska.
(NY-19) NY-19: John Hall Issues Debate Challenge to Sue Kelly Today by bobswern - News and updates from the race between John Hall (D) and Sue Kelly (R).
(NY-19) NY-19: Poll Shows Statistical DEAD HEAT!!! by bobswern - Internal polling from the Democratic candidate, John Hall, in a very tight contest with 6 term Republican incumbent Jill Kelly.
(NY-19) NY-19: Politics and Disabled Vets by danwalter - Borrowing a page from the Rove playbook, incumbent Rep. Sue Kelly (R) sponsors feel-good resolution praising vets wounded in the line of duty, while actually voting against their interest when it really matters - slashing funding for services to disabled vets.
(NY-23) Going after McHugh: Help Us Choose How by DrBob - Bob Johnson (D) ask for help in evaluating ads to be run against his opponent John McHugh (R) and requests donations and volunteer help for his campaign.
(NY-25) Time To Step up for Dan Maffei by SoBeDem - The NY-25 has finally reached the DCCC's "Red to Blue" list.
(NY-29) NY-29: Cheney's Tax Cuts, Deficit Enforcement by mikepridmore - Part of the "10 days of Cheney" series, this talks about Cheney's record and provides a link to donate to Eric Massa (D), who is working to raise money in response to Cheny's fundraising visit for Randy Kuhl (R).
(OH-02) OH-02: Independent Poll Shows Wulsin - Schmidt Tied! by Vic Wulsin - A poll by SurveyUSA shows that Victoria Wulsin (D) is in a statistical dead heat with Jean Schmidt (R).
(OH-02) OH-02, Schmidt is so Screwed by oaksmarts - This is another diary about the recent poll showing Victoria Wulsin (D) and Jean Schmidt (R) is an almost dead heat.
(OH-02) My Daily Donation | E-47 | $25 to Victoria Wulsin by cmanaster - Victoria Wulsin (D) is the beneficiary of today's donation from blog philanthropist cmanaster in her race against Jean Schmidt (R).
(OH-15) A Tale of Two Fund-Raisers by daulton - When Bush flies in to Columbus, OH next Thursday to help rake in gazillions for incumbent Rep. Debra Pryce (R), progressive groups will hold their own party for candidate Mary Jo Kilroy (D) who is, btw, in a dead heat with rolling-in-dough Pryce.
(OH-18) OH-18 Ney Should Go NOW by ca democrat - Bob Ney should resign: ad story board 45 seconds.
(PA-07) Joe Sestak PA-7 contender, live blogs 2nite @ Wes Clark's place by velvetdays - Joe Sestak (Democratic candidate for PA-7) joins the Clark Community Network on Thursday, September 21 at 7:00 PM EDT/ 6:00PM CDT as a guest blogger. Leave questions here if you can't login to the session later.
(PA-10) "Holy Dumba$$ commercials RNC-Man" by TeresaInPa - Diarist reports on the latest ads in the PA contest between Chris Carney (D) and Don Sherwood (R).
(SC-05) Blantant Racism in SC House Race? by Maaarrrk - Links to a racist ad run by Ralph Norman (R) against John Spratt (D).
(TX-23) TX-23 (Texas 23rd Congressional district race) by plainspeaker - With 5 Democrats and 1 Independent running to unseat Republican Henry Bonilla, Ciro Rodriequez (D) is asking for contributions to put him over the top in fund-raising to best the field in the ultimate December run-off.
(VA-05) VA-05: Al Weed Leads Veterans At D-Day Memorial; Fighting For Our Rights by Dems2004 - This diary describes a news conference at the D-Day memorial given by Al Weed (D) who is running against Virgil Goode (R).
(VA-11) VA-11: Tom Davis quotes a Crooked Crony in the debate with Andy Hurst by achamblee - After Davis quoted liberally (snark) from an article in one of Washington's free newspapers The Examiner, let's take a look at the owner of the paper reknown ultra-conservative Philip Anschutz, and how his company Qwest has benefited from its contributions to Davis over the years.
(VA-11) Tom Davis (VA-11) Supports the Hate Amendment but Takes Gay Money by Pitin - Apparently, Rep. Tom Davis (R) sees no irony in supporting an anti-gay marriage amendment to the state constitution and taking money from the homosexual advocacy group, Log Cabin Republicans.
(CA-04) CA-04 Charlie Brown's TV ad, and am I an idiot? by LindaR - Diary is a rant about Not Including DEMOCRAT in his ad!
(CA-11) CA-11: Pombo desperate, takes the Bush bait by m3 - Pombo is looking to George to help him out of his hole he's dug! Kossack should help bury him!!
(CA-41, CA-50) Congressional 'favor factory' turns receptionist into lobbyist by DCreformer - The People's Court, featuring Rep. Jerry Lewis' (R), his former receptionist Letitia White as the corrupt lobbyist, and Rep. Brian Bilbray (R) as the witting accomplice.
(CA-52) Duncan Hunter Panders to Evangelicals by Hannibal - Chairman of the House Armed Forces Committee, Duncan Hunter (R) slips a provision into the Defense appropriations bill that would allow military chaplains to hold sectarian prayers at official gatherings.
(DE-AL) Who is Castle (R-DE) Really Working for? Part IV by Delawareliberal - In this variation of the Potomac Two-Step, incumbent Rep. Mike Castle introduces 29 bills calling for temporary suspension of tariffs on certain chemicals, which cost the US Treasury more than $21 million in lost revenue. In return, the companies that were spared the tariffs donated $109,000 to Castle's campaign.
(FL-09) FL-09: The President vs. Phyllis Busansky by jpfdeuce - President goes to Florida to raise money for Gus Bilirakis (R), and Phyllis Busansky (D) responds.
(GA-12-8) GA 12,8: keep the homefires burning. by scronk - John Barrow (D) & Jim Marshall (D) are both victims of Georgia Republicans' recent Texas-style redistricting.
(HI-02) HI-02: primary is Saturday - support Mazie Hirono's message of peace! by raatz - Diarist provides links to ads and press coverage and urges support of Mazie Hirono in the democratic primary.
(IA-02) Can Leach Be Beaten In Iowa? Call for Help!! by chemsmith - Highlights Dave Loebsack's (D) efforts to unseat "moderate" Rep. Jim Leach (R) in this swing Iowa district that includes liberal university town Iowa City.
(IL-06) Roskam Campaign of Lies by curmudgiana - The Diarist urges a stronger response from the campaign of Democrat Tammy Duckworth's to the distortions being spewed by Republican Peter Roskam.
Senate (27)
(MD-Sen) GOP airing ads: "Dems are the KKK party" by zenbowl - Black Republican groups in Maryland are airing ads trying to convince African American voters to vote for Lt Gov Michael Steele (R) in his race against Benjamin Cardin (D).
(MD-Sen)MD Sen Steele leading Cardin SUSA Poll by baltimoremom - SUSA poll shows the candidates even.
(MO-Sen) Desperate measures: GOP drops cash on MO-SEN by Waveflux - Diarist reports large GOP ad buy shows Jim Talent (R) is vulnerable to Claire McCaskill (D).
(MO-Sen) MO Sen: McGaskill Needs Our Help by St Louis Woman - Reiteration of Sheryl Crow's challenge to raise money for Claire McCaskill's campaign to help get the word out in Missouri's less urban media markets.
(NE-Sen) Nebraska Republican Nears $10 MILLION in Self-funded Senate Campaign by Skylewalker - With estimates now topping $12 million from his own wealth, it appears that Pete Ricketts (R) doesn't need other supporters in his race against incumbent Ben Nelson (D).
(PA-Sen) Santorum Ad Criticized by truthbetold - A reporter from a local TV station says on air that an ad for Rick Santorum (R) attacking his opponent Bob Casey (D) is false.
(PA-Sen) PA Sen: The Year of Living Politically Dangerously by Richard Cranium - The diarist believes that the Bob Casey (D) campaign has been taking the liberal/progressive wing of the democratic party for granted at their peril. Casey is running against Rick Santorum (R)
(VA-Sen) George Allen Not Kosher by Avenging Angel - Diary is on Allen (R) digging himself a deeper hole over his Jewish roots.
(VA-Sen) VA-Sen "I Was Defending My Mother" by Alegra - He was just defending his mother against... what?
(VA-Sen) Jim Webb, Warrior by icdrrek - A retired naval officer talks about Jim Webb (D) and his hopes that Webb will beat incumbent Rick Santorum (R).
(VA-Sen) Etty Allen: Keeping Jewish Roots Secret Was My Fault by Leaves on the Current - The Washington Post reveals in a front page article that George Allen's mother asked him to keep their Jewish heritage a secret, and the diarist questions whether this should now be dropped from the public discourse.
(VA-Sen) Etty Allen, Mother of George: a spousal disagreement by teacherken - The diarist disagrees with his wife's earlier diary (see Etty Allen: Keeping Jewish Roots Secret Was My Fault by Leaves on the Current above), and argues that this subject is still ripe, with commentors continuing the discussion in depth.
(VA-Sen) George Allen Knew about His Mother's Jewish Upbringing When He LIED about It at the Debate by ChicagoSwan - Sen. George Felix Allen Jr.'s (R) mother informed him over a month ago that her parents were Jewish.
(VA-Sen) Dick, Virginia is not South Dakota by djm4america - A Kossack educates Sen. George Felix Allen Jr. (R) campaign manager, Dick Wadhams, on the differences bewteen South Dakota - where he ran the campaign for Rick Thune (R) that unseated Senate Minorty Leader Tom Daschle (D).
(VA-Sen) Still lying? Sen. Allen Doth Protest Too Much by FischFry - Details some of the mental gymnastics necessary to conclude that Sen. George Felix Allen Jr. DIDN'T know his mother was Jewish.
(VA-Sen) Best Speech Jim Webb's Ever Given? by lowkell - Jim Webb (D) really hitting his stride, nails a speech in Old Town Alexandria.
(VA-Sen) Obama / Moran Show Up for Webb by demdiva - NYT and WaPo articles on Congressman Moran and Senator Obama appearance at a rally for Jim Webb (D).
(VA-Sen) VA-SEN: Allen Hits New Low--Makes Wild Accusation of Anti-Semitism by Red Sox - Dick Wadhams, George Allen's(R) campaign manager accuses Jim Webb's (D) campaign and the pro web blogosphere of being anti-semitic.
(VA-Sen) George Allen's maternal grandmother is the issue by Msanger - The diarist's first diary here about the issue of George Allen's (R) mother's Jewish heritage. Allen is running against Jim Webb (D).
(VA-Sen) The George and Cody Show by Dave the Rave - Satirical view of the campaign of Sen. George Felix Allen Jr. (R).
(AZ-Sen) AZ-Sen: Support My Fucking Candidate, Kos! by smokeymonkey - Diarist outlines why Jim Pederson (D) is gaining in his race against Jon Kyl, and urges netroots support for Pederson.
(CT-Sen) CT-SEN: From Joementum to Joenertia to Joemeltdown by davidsirota - Documents of panic of Sen. Joe Lieberman (CFL) in changing topic of telephone conference call after seeing poll with him holding only a 2 point lead over Ned Lamont (D).
(CT-Sen) Joe Lieberman Using Anti-Semitism As A Red Herring by goldrick - Re-post of an article in the Greenwich Times accuses Lieberman of labeling all his political opponents "anti-Semitic."
(CT-Sen) CT-Sen: New Poll by DemUnity - Various polls of the Connecticut senatorial race, including one poll showing Ned Lamont (D) only down two points to Sen. Joe Lieberman (CFL).
(CT-Sen) Lieberman's press secretary trolls pro-Lamont blogs by Sprinkles - A diary about Scott Overland, Joe Lieberman's (CFL) deputy press secretary posting under an assumed name on blogs favorable to Ned Lamont (D).
(HI-Sen) HI-Sen: Ed Case to give televised "Talk Story" Thursday night! by MelUH - Hawaii Democrats will have a chance to hear from challenger Ed Case (D) who is running against 14 year incumbent Dan Akaka (D).
(HI-Sen) HI-SEN: Akaka & Case on Iraq by schultzy - The latest installment in the diary-a-day series leading up to the Hawaii Senate primary between incumbent Sen. Dan Akaka and kool-aid drinker Rep. Ed Case (DINO).
Various (17)
(MA-Gov) MA Gov: Patrick's Big Win Augers Big Changes by Frederick Clarkson - This diary talks about about the implications for grassroots and netroots politics of Deval Patrick's (D) win in the primary.
(MD-Var) MD: More Election Insanity (Updated) by jorndorff - Informative and linky diary documenting even more election irregularities in Maryland - it's not over yet!
(MI-Gov) MI-Gov: DeVos Lies About Creationism & How We Could "YouTube" This Race by Interrobanger - Republican candidate for governor Dick DeVos objects to a quote in an AP article, claiming he said something about "intelligent people" not "intelligent design." DeVos is running against Jennifer Granholm (D)
(MI-Gov) MI-Gov: DeVos (R-Amway) wants intelligent design taught by kidbury - How Dick DeVos (R) is in cahoots with members of the Republican-controlled legislature to get intelligent design into schools over the objections of teachers.
(MI-Gov) Intelligent design OK for science class, DeVos says by edicius - Republican candidate for governor Dick DeVos wants science standards to include discussion of (non)intelligent design.
(MN-All) Minnesota Republicans' Non-Existent Ground Game by Mark27 - Diarist notes the GOP's organizing in MN seems to be lagging.
(MN-All) Taking Back the House State-by-State - MINNESOTA! by ultrageek - The latest in the series, with links to other race coverage in this project.
(OH-Gov) Strickland Crushes Blackwell in Debate by Public Servant - News and bits from the debate where Strickland (D) shows he is bound for the Governor's mansion, not Ken Blackwell (R).
(OR-HD49) Oregonian at Canvass for Rob Brading this Sat. 9/23 by PacNW BlueBerry Girl - Calling all volunteers for Rob Brading (D)! Canvass this Saturday, 9/23/06.
(TX-Gov) TX-Gov: Kinky Context by RMGoodland - An update in the scandal caused by racist remarks from Kinky Friedman.
(UT-Var) The Big Red Whistle Stop Tour by emswebs - Be part of a Democratic counter-demonstration in southern Utah.
(WI-AG) More on the WI Democratic AG Primary by russw - An analysis of the Wisconsin Democratic AG primary race, with district map and poll.
(WI-Var) WI-St. Sen. (23rd Dist): 1st Negative Anti-Kreitlow Ad by alphaaqua - Analysis of the first negative ad in the race for Wisconsin's 23rd state Senate race between incumbent Dave Zien (R) and Pat Kreitlow (D).
(GA-State) Dead People Can Legally Vote In Georgia! by gttim - A diary about the potential for voter fraud in Georgia but in an unusual way.
(IL-SS27) (Il State Senate 27) The War Against Women by lubarsh - Analysis of relative abortion and anti-abortion stances of Republican candidates for state senate as well as examination of stances on stem cell research and other issues.
(IN-HD30) IN-HD-30 Dem candidate injured, needs help by Christopher Walker - The author makes a plea to the netroots to help former state rep Ron Herrell (D), campaigning to regain the state legislative seat he lost in 2004. Mr. Herrell was in a car accident yesterday and broke a rib and suffered other injuries to his head and face, so his ability to campaign has been affected.
(Var) Polls: Pennsylvania senate race and more by Paleo - Excerpts from announcements regarding polls on the PA-Sen, VT-AL, and MN-Gov races.
General (8)
Clean Elections in California! To the Barricades! by danwalter - Diary is about the battle in California over public fiancing of state elections.
Race Ratings Updated: And the Bush Bounce is... Where??? by Steve Singiser - This diary gives updates to various races direct from Larry Sabato's crystal ball.
Running for office by steelwheel - This diarist is running for Precinct Committee Officer, will try to put up a real fight despite the wannabe Texan lame duck pretender (George Bush) in office.
20 most corrupt Congresspersons (and 5 to watch) by pierredude - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics have released their annual list of the most corrupt Congresspersons; many of the usual suspects are on the list.
Refutation of FactCheck's BS about the VoteVets ad by Mike McL - Inspired by a previously noted diary, Mike McL sets out the facts refuting the charge that the VoteVets ad is untrue.
Political Haiku Contest: $50 ActBlue contribution at stake! by Iowa Boy - The title of this diary speaks for itself.
Stop Crying and Grab a Shovel! by pontificator - Calls out Kossacks to change the world, with step-by-step instructions, courtesy of the DNC.
H.R.4844: A 21st Century Poll Tax by Congressman Xavier Becerra - HR4844 creates unnecessary obstacles to voting, which Congressman Becerra reminds us is "a right and a privilege - for everybody, not just the fortunate or the affluent." Well said, sir!