Retiring Republicans

This is a list of House seats that are open due to retirement, promotion or death, or else due to an incumbent losing a primary challenge. For each I am tracking the Democrats who have stepped up to take the seats, as well as links to their FEC filings and ActBlue contribution page.

This is my first diary, and I hope to keep updating it as additional candidates and information come along. If you have any suggestions or additional information, please pass them along and I'll update it.

I originally grabbed this table from a comment posted by Crisitunity on mcjoan's diary AZ-03: And then there were 29, and modified it. This page has also benefited from suggestions by wuod kwatch and AdmiralNaismith. Thanks!

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• the district name to search Daily Kos for that district;
• the candidate name to go to the candidate's web site;
• "Search" to search Daily Kos for that candidate;
• "FEC Filings" to examine the candidate's FEC filings;
• "Contribute" to go to the candidate's TrueBlue contributions page.

District	Outgoing	CPVI	Democratic Candidate	Primary
CA-12	Lantos (D)	D+22	Jason Lee Jones (Contribute) Jackie Speier (Search, Contribute)
NY-21	McNulty (D)	D+9	Tracey Brooks (Search, Contribute) Phil Steck (Search, Contribute)
CO-2	M. Udall (D)	D+8	Joan Fitz-Gerald (Search, Contribute) Jared Polis (Search, Contribute) Will Shafroth (Search, Contribute)
ME-01	Allen (D)	D+6	Michael Brennan (Search, Contribute) Adam Cote (Search, Contribute) Mark Lawrence (Search, Contribute) Stephen J. Meister MD  (Contribute) Chellie Pingree (Search, Contribute) Ethan Strimling (Search, Contribute)
NM-03	T. Udall (D)	D+6	Rudy Martin (Contribute) Jon Adams (Search, Contribute) Ben Ray Lujan (Contribute) Benny Shendo Jr. (Search, Contribute) Don Wiviott (Search, Contribute)	June 3
NJ-03	Saxton (R)	D+3	John Adler (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute)
NY-25	Walsh (R)	D+3	Dan Maffei (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute)
NM-01	Wilson (R)	D+2	Matrin Heinrich (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute) Jessica Wolfe (Contribute) Michelle Lujan Grisham (FEC Filings, Contribute) Rebecca Vigil-Giron (Contribute)	June 3
OR-05	Hooley (D)	D+1	None (Contribute)
MN-03	Ramstad (R)	R+0	Terri Bonoff (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute) Jim Hovland (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute) Ashwin Madia (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute)	June 3
IL-11	Weller (R)	R+1	Debbie Halvorson (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute)
NJ-07	Ferguson (R)	R+1	Linda Stender (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute)
OH-15	Pryce (R)	R+1	Mary Jo Kilroy (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute)
VA-11	Davis (R)	R+1	Doug Denneny (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute) Leslie L. Byrne (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute) Lori Alexander (Contribute)
AZ-01	Renzi (R)	R+2	Jeffrey Brown (Contribute) Jeff Riley (Contribute) Ann Kirkpatrick (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute) Howard Shanker (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute)
OH-16	Regala (R)	R+3	John Boccieri (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute)
FL-15	Weldon (R)	R+4	Stephen Blythe (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute)
IL-14	Hastert (R)	R+5	Bill Foster (Search, Contribute)	March 8
IL-18	LaHood (R)	R+5	None (Contribute)
AZ-03	Shadegg (R)	R+6	Bob Lord (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute)
NM-02	Pearce (R)	R+6	Al Kissling (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute) Bill McCamley (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute)
OH-07	Hobson (R)	R+6	Bill Conner (FEC Filings, Contribute) Richard J. Wyderski, MD (FEC Filings, Contribute) Sharen Swartz Neuhardt (Contribute) Dave Woolever (FEC Filings, Contribute)
LA-04	McCrery (R)	R+7	None (Contribute)
LA-06	Baker (R)	R+7	Andy Kopplin (Contribute) Don Cazayoux (Search, Contribute)
MO-09	Hulshof (R)	R+7	Judy Baker (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute) Lyndon Bode (FEC Filings, Contribute)
CA-52	Hunter (R)	R+9	Mike Lumpkin (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute)
CO-06	Tancredo (R)	R+10	None (Contribute)
MS-01	Wicker (R)	R+10	Travis W. Childers (Contribute) Steve Holland (Contribute)
PA-05	Peterson (R)	R+10	Bill Cahir (Search, Contribute) Mark McCracken (Search, Contribute) Richard Vilello (Search, Contribute)	April 22
CA-04	Doolittle (R)	R+11	Charlie Brown (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute)
AL-02	Everett (R)	R+13	None (Contribute)
KY-02	Lewis (R)	R+13	None (Contribute)
MS-03	Pickering (R)	R+14	None (Contribute)
LA-01	Jindal (R)	R+18	Gilda Reed (Search, Contribute)
WY-AL	Cubin (R)	R+19	Gary Trauner (Search, FEC Filings, Contribute)

•  GREAT SUMMARY

  6 Dem seats are open due to various reasons including the late Lantos's seat in Cali.

  by wuod kwatch on Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 08:10:10 PM PDT

  •  Yes, I will add them soon. Maybe later tonight :)

    by EquationDoc on Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 08:13:22 PM PDT

    •  I added them BTW. n/t

      by EquationDoc on Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 10:11:47 PM PDT

      •  No one's announced for Darlene Hooley's seat yet

        but conjecture here in Oregon is that she waited this long to make it harder for some other Dem to explore who'd back them, thus giving her Chief Of Staff a better shot at it.

        Overall, her motive is fairly good.  If she quits now, it's definitely a good year for a Dem to be running in a swing district and if she waits until 2010 as she originally planned, who knows how that race would shape up.

        I'm just not thrilled with her gaming the system for her CoS.

        by watercarrier4diogenes on Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 10:24:01 PM PDT

  •  Fully half of those 6 are going for the senate.

    At least two of them with excellent chances of winning, too - the Udall cousins - and thus improving the Democratic majority.  Thus rendering Lieberman largely irrelevant - YAY!  Maine might be tougher.  Only two flat-out retirements, since Lantos died in office.

    by Land of Enchantment on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 11:50:19 AM PDT

    •  Absolutely! Thanks for the comment, and since...

      you're from the Land of Enchantment and a Benny Shendo supporter, I hope you'll update me from time to time as this race goes on. I'm keeping this diary updated so that as these races mature, I can hopefully give suggestions for where people might like to contribute their money...

      BTW, when will we know who the Democratic candidate is going to be?

      Thanks again for the comment!
      ~Doc~

      by EquationDoc on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 12:08:38 PM PDT

      •  Primary June 3 or 6 or whenever

        The third is a Tuesday, so it must be then.  Today is the deadline for getting petitions in to the party.  Then there's state convention March 15.  The ones who pass the petition requirements will be voted on there.  Those who get 20% of the vote then will get a place on the primary ballot.  So, we will know in June.

        I collected some petition signatures for Shendo.  Was thinking about trying to be a delegate for him at the state convention (via a County Convention on February 23rd).  But I'm behind on a lot of other stuff, so might leave that to others.  Just cast a vote for someone else to support Shendo at the County Convention, and save myself the trip on March 15.

        So, there you have it.  No separate provision for gettin on the ballot by straight petition.  Hypothetically, if no one makes the threshhold at the party's state convention, there would be no Dem to vote for in the June primary!

        Yikes!

        by Land of Enchantment on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 12:34:25 PM PDT

•  Look at all the women.

    In the top ten contests, six frontrunners for the Democratic nominations are women: Bonoff, Halvorson, Stender, Kilroy, Byrne, and Kirkpatrick.

  by redrelic17 on Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 08:15:45 PM PDT

•  This belongs...

  on the front page, I think.

  by lalo456987 on Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 08:39:07 PM PDT

•  How about getting King in NY to retire?

  he's an embarassment.....  quoting Bugs Bunny -"What a Maroon..."

  by xrepub on Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 08:42:49 PM PDT

  •  I know his brother...douche runs in the family nt

    by EquationDoc on Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 08:45:23 PM PDT

  •  get lieberman to retire

    now

    by nathguy on Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 09:02:04 PM PDT

    •  I actually live in CT and voted Lamont...

      There is NOTHING I would like more than to send Lieberman to...whereever douchebag rethuglican retirees go when they are no longer fecking up the country.

      ~Doc~

      by EquationDoc on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 08:08:50 AM PDT

      •  acquire tomatos

        rotten fruit sends  a message.

        by nathguy on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 01:59:58 PM PDT

•  Add one more Dem for NM-01

  Rebecca Vigil-Giron, formerly Secretary of State, and very cozy with the electronic voting machine companies.  (In case you can't tell, I'm supporting a different candidate in that race - Martin Heinrich.)

  by Land of Enchantment on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 11:42:27 AM PDT

  •  Add Rebecca Vigil-Giron...thanks...

    Couldn't find a website and she's not on ActBlue yet, I'll add links later. Keep me honest on this race too.

    Also, knowing very little so far about this race, and living 3000 miles away...I have to go with Michelle Lujan Grisham--she's just way too cute not to. ;)

    Seriously, I'm completely neutral. Keep me posted. :)

    ~Doc~

    by EquationDoc on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 12:23:14 PM PDT

    •  I meant "Added" not "Add" Grr. n/t

      by EquationDoc on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 12:26:34 PM PDT

    •  Martin Heinrich is the best progressive...

      ... in the bunch.  Will he win?  Dunno.  He's been working hard on fundraising, with some success.

      Heinrich is cute, too.

      by Land of Enchantment on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 12:29:21 PM PDT

      •  Awesome...um...

        Perhaps you could write a diary about Heinrich sometime? I just added a blockquote box at the bottom pointing to your diary about Shendo, would love to have a diary/diaries to point to for Heinrich!

        ~Doc~

        by EquationDoc on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 12:35:34 PM PDT

        •  environmentalist

          dKos blogger by that user name has written about him a few times, as has (IIRC) fbihop.  They both know better than I do about him, and about that race.  They're both in-state, too.

          by Land of Enchantment on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 12:43:31 PM PDT

          •  Done. Thanks! n/t

            by EquationDoc on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 01:07:36 PM PDT

      •  I am sure you saw this...

        but just in case you didn't...

        Martin Heinrich Diary on FISA

        ~Doc~

        by EquationDoc on Wed Feb 13, 2008 at 05:34:43 PM PDT