As we move further and further into the filing season for this years midterms it seems that interest is continuing to rise in seeing Democrats running in as many House districts as possible.
The gang over at Barry Welsh's campaign - IN 6 have updated their "50 State" page: http://www.barrywelsh.org/... - 54 districts left to fill according to their strict criteria.
But join me below the fold as we get to 47 districts remaining............
As well as the Welsh Campaign the guru's of house races have been blogging away too.
RBH:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://mydd.com/...
Nathaniel Ament Stone:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://www.dailykos.com/...
and Superribbie:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://www.dailykos.com/...
And an honourable mention must go to David Kowalski who has been merrily trawling the internet to scour out candidates too:
http://david_kowalski.mydd.com/...
http://david_kowalski.mydd.com/...
The Welsh team take some convincing as to candidate nominations, the others less so. For what it's worth I reckon that we can count these following candidates in as well. Despite no candidate web site or State SOS filing that I can find online (I have included links to supporting evidence) they are IMHO obviously planning to run:
CA 25
ROBERTO RODRIQUEZ
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://dccc.org/...
http://www.dailykos.com/... (scroll down below the fold for a mention)
D AL
Dennis Spivack:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://www.delawaregrapevine.com/...
http://delawareliberal.blogspot.com/...
Add to that these links:
http://www.delawarestonewall.com/(scroll down a bit)
http://kyw.com/... (ditto)
and his under construction web site:
www.spivackforcongress.org/
FL 7
JOHN CHAGNON
http://www.dccc.org/...
http://www.bandofbrothers2006.org/...
GA 3
PATRICK PILLION
http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com/...
http://www.cowetademocrat.org/
http://www.democraticwinners.com/...
http://www.uselections.com/...
including a parked website:
www.patrickpillion.com/
KS 2 - NANCY BOYDA
http://firekansasdemocrats.blogspot.com/...
http://cjonline.com/...
http://cjonline.com/...
NY 13 - STEVE HARRISON
http://www.silive.com/...
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://ny13.blogspot.com/
PA 9
PAUL POLITIS
http://www.dccpac.com/...
http://philosopheforum.blogspot.com/...
Which leaves us at 47 to go! How do I differ from RBH's list?
1) CA 44 - Where Louis Vandenberg is having another run: http://www.vandenbergforcongress.com/
2) PA 9 - As per above if Paul Politis is attending candidate forums he is running IMHO, RBH is not so sure.
3) OK 3 - RBH Thinks John Harris is in I am not convinced. (see below)
4) TN 7 - Where Kossack Jeff Greer is having a go: http://www.commonfsense.org/...
5) UT 1 - RBH Thinks Craig Axford is in I am not convinced. (see below)
There is also 3 potentially emerging candidates as well. If these guys are in your state then contact and encourage them to run.
LA 7
HUNTER LUNDY
http://www.politicsfodder.com/...
http://dcpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/...
NY 3
DAVE MEJIAS
http://www.newsday.com/...
http://kingwatch.blogspot.com/
This link tells me he hasn't made his mind up yet.
OR 2
SCOTT SILVER
http://loadedorygun.blogspot.com/...
And whilst at the races these three candidates have been suggested based on less reliable tips/links as follows:
AR 3
NORMAN "BILL" WILLIAMS
http://www.actblue.com/...
OK 3 - JOHN HARRIS
http://dccc.org/...
UT 1 - CRAIG AXFORD
http://dccc.org/...
So which are the terrible 47 districts remaining unopposed?
AL 1 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
AL 2 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
AL 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
AL 4 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
AL 6 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
AZ 6 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
AR 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
CA 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
CA 21 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
CA 22 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
FL 10 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
FL 12 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
GA 9 -
GA 10 -
GA 11 -
For all of these see: http://www.cviog.uga.edu/...
IA 4 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
LA 4 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
LA 5 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
LA 6 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
LA 7 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
MI 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
MS 1 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
MS 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
MO 7 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
MO 8 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
NJ 4 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
NJ 11 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
NY 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
NC 5 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
NC 6 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
OH 8 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
OK 1 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
OK 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
OK 4 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
OR 2 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
SC 2 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
SC 4 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
TN 1 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
TN 2 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
UT 1 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
UT 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
VA 4 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
VA 6 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
VA 7 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
WA 5 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
WI 6 - http://nationalatlas.gov/...
Some of these might have been competitive had decent candidates declared by now eg NY 3, FL 10, IA 4 so in these and other races there IS STILL TIME FOR A GOOD CANDIDATE TO BE COMPETITIVE.
If one of these districts is in your state hassle the state party to see who might be thinking of filing or FILE yourself. At least 8 of these uncontested races could well have competitive senate races and 6 or 7 may have competitive governor races. It is unthinkable to allow up ticket candidates to suffer the loss of votes that inevitably goes with an uncontested house race.
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