With the 2012 election now a mere 10 months away the time has a come to cast a look at how the parties are going with candidate recruitment for the House (quantity not quality).
So how travels the good guys of Team Blue?
Below the fold for details.
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Given the redistricting shenanigans that has and continues to play out it is pointless, in a handful of cases, to allocate Districts to parties. So I haven't done that at all!
Without further ado then here are the lists:
Confirmed Candidates - Including Democratic incumbents who have yet to confirm that they are running again.
AL-03
AL-04
AL-05
AL-07
AK-AL
AZ-01
AZ-04
AZ-05
AZ-07
AZ-08
AZ-09
AR-01
AR-02
AR-03
AR-04
CA-01
CA-02
CA-03
CA-04
CA-05
CA-06
CA-07
CA-08
CA-09
CA-10
CA-11
CA-12
CA-13
CA-14
CA-15
CA-16
CA-17
CA-18
CA-19
CA-20
CA-21
CA-24
CA-25
CA-26
CA-27
CA-28
CA-29
CA-30
CA-31
CA-32
CA-33
CA-34
CA-35
CA-36
CA-37
CA-38
CA-40
CA-41
CA-43
CA-44
CA-45
CA-46
CA-47
CA-48
CA-49
CA-51
CA-52
CA-53
CO-01
CO-02
CO-03
CO-04
CO-05
CO-06
CO-07
CT-01
CT-02
CT-03
CT-04
CT-05
DE-AL
FL-01
FL-02
FL-03
FL-04
FL-05
FL-06
FL-07
FL-08
FL-09
FL-11
FL-13
FL-14
FL-15
FL-16
FL-17
FL-19
FL-20
FL-22
FL-23
FL-24
FL-25
FL-26
FL-27
GA-04
GA-05
GA-12
GA-13
HI-01
HI-02
ID-01
IL-01
IL-02
IL-03
IL-04
IL-05
IL-06
IL-07
IL-08
IL-09
IL-10
IL-11
IL-12
IL-13
IL-14
IL-15
IL-17
IL-18
IN-01
IN-02
IN-05
IN-06
IN-07
IN-08
IN-09
IA-01
IA-02
IA-03
IA-04
KS-02
LA-02
ME-01
ME-02
MD-01
MD-02
MD-03
MD-04
MD-05
MD-06
MD-07
MD-08
MA-01
MA-02
MA-03
MA-04
MA-05
MA-06
MA-07
MA-08
MA-09
MI-01
MI-05
MI-06
MI-08
MI-09
MI-10
MI-11
MI-12
MI-13
MI-14
MN-01
MN-02
MN-03
MN-04
MN-05
MN-07
MN-08
MS-02
MS-04
MO-01
MO-05
MO-06
MO-07
MT-AL
NE-02
NV-01
NV-02
NV-03
NV-04
NH-01
NH-02
NJ-01
NJ-02
NJ-04
NJ-06
NJ-07
NJ-08
NJ-09
NJ-10
NJ-12
NM-01
NM-02
NM-03
NY-01
NY-02
NY-04
NY-05
NY-06
NY-07
NY-08
NY-10
NY-11
NY-12
NY-13
NY-14
NY-15
NY-16
NY-17
NY-18
NY-19
NY-20
NY-21
NY-22
NY-23
NY-25
NY-26
NY-27
NC-01
NC-02
NC-03
NC-04
NC-05
NC-07
NC-08
NC-10
NC-11
NC-12
NC-13
ND-AL
OH-01
OH-02
OH-03
OH-04
OH-05
OH-06
OH-07
OH-09
OH-10
OH-11
OH-12
OH-13
OH-14
OH-15
OH-16
OK-02
OK-05
OR-01
OR-02
OR-03
OR-04
OR-05
PA-01
PA-02
PA-06
PA-11
PA-12
PA-13
PA-14
PA-15
PA-17
RI-01
RI-02
SC-04
SC-06
SC-07
SD-AL
TN-01
TN-03
TN-04
TN-05
TN-09
TX-01
TX-05
TX-06
TX-07
TX-08
TX-09
TX-10
TX-11
TX-12
TX-14
TX-15
TX-16
TX-18
TX-20
TX-21
TX-22
TX-23
TX-24
TX-25
TX-26
TX-27
TX-28
TX-29
TX-30
TX-31
TX-32
TX-33
TX-34
TX-35
TX-36
UT-04
VT-AL
VA-02
VA-03
VA-06
VA-07
VA-08
VA-10
VA-11
WA-01
WA-02
WA-03
WA-04
WA-06
WA-07
WA-09
WA-10
WV-01
WV-02
WV-03
WI-01
WI-02
WI-03
WI-04
WI-07
WI-08
TOTAL - 338
Considering Candidates
AZ-06
FL-10
LA-06
MN-06
NJ-03
NJ-05
NY-09
PA-08
PA-10
WA-08
TOTAL - 10
Potential Candidates
AL-02
GA-08
GA-10
OK-03
PA-07
TOTAL - 5
No Candidates - Including where unsuccessful 2010 Candidate has been silent about their intentions.
AL-01
AL-06
AZ-02
AZ-03
CA-22
CA-23
CA-39
CA-42
CA-50
FL-12
FL-18
FL-21
GA-01
GA-02
GA-03
GA-06
GA-07
GA-09
GA-11
GA-14
ID-02
IN-03
IN-04
KS-01
KS-03
KS-04
LA-01
LA-03
LA-04
LA-05
MI-02
MI-03
MI-04
MI-07
MS-01
MS-03
MO-02
MO-03
MO-04
MO-08
NE-01
NE-03
NJ-11
NY-03
NY-24
NC-06
NC-09
OK-01
OK-04
PA-03
PA-04
PA-05
PA-09
PA-16
PA-18
SC-01
SC-02
SC-03
SC-05
TN-02
TN-06
TN-07
TN-08
TX-02
TX-03
TX-04
TX-13
TX-17
TX-19
UT-01
UT-02
UT-03
VA-01
VA-04
VA-05
VA-09
WA-05
WI-05
WI-06
WY-AL
TOTAL - 80
No Candidate - Filing Closed
IL-16
OH-08
TOTAL - 2
So we now have 338 Districts with confirmed Democratic candidates.
Running state by state we have:
States with a full slate - 20 (AK, AR, CO, CT, DE, HI, IA, ME, MD, MA, MT, NV, NH, NM, ND, OR, RI, SD, VT & WV)
States with 1 vacancy - 3 (ID, MN & WY)
States with more than 1 vacancy - 25 (AL, AZ, CA, FL, GA, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA & WI)
States where filing has closed with one or more vancancies - 2 (IL & OH)
(Allthough there may be a chance to put a Democrat on the ballot in IL-16; stay tuned for details.)
So where does that leave vis a vis other election cycles? Well the relevant year to compare is the last presidential in 2008. Remember that back then we held a lot more districts and were seriously enthused about the up coming election. On 16th January 2008 I had us at 370 filled. Given everything that has happened since 338 is not a bad place to be at.
I will publish a GOP equivalent of this diary soon.
Your thoughts/questions/brickbats/rumours etc. below please................