With candidate filing now closed in 28 states (as per the SSP election calender)it is time to pause, take a deep breath, and have a look at how both parties are traveling vis a vis candidate recruitment for the House of Representatives.
Below the fold for all the details and hey go check out the 2010 Race Tracker Wiki over at Open Congress for all your House, Senate and Gubernatorial needs.
State No of CD's D R
Alabama 7CD 4 7
Arkansas 4CD 4 4
California 53CD 51 52
Idaho 2CD 2 2
Illinois 19CD 19 18
Indiana 9CD 9 9
Iowa 5CD 5 5
Kentucky 6CD 6 6
Maine 2CD 2 2
Mississippi 4CD 4 4
Missouri 9CD 8 9
Montana 1CD 1 1
Nebraska 3CD 3 3
Nevada 3CD 3 3
New Jersey 13CD 13 13
New Mexico 3CD 3 3
North Carolina 13CD 13 13
North Dakota 1CD 1 1
Ohio 18CD 18 18
Oregon 5CD 5 5
Pennsylvania 19CD 18 18
South Carolina 6CD 6 6
South Dakota 1CD 1 1
Tennessee 9CD 9 9
Texas 32CD 26 32
Utah 3CD 3 3
Virginia 11CD Parties can nominate candidates until May 15th
West Virginia 3CD 3 3
TOTAL 316 302 313
So the GOP are contesting 11 more House districts than us.
In 2006 we contested 425 and in 2008 421. This year we will be lucky to get to 410. As for the GOP they are well on the way to contesting 430 or so; which would be a record.
What a shame.