It's time for another check-in on where we are at in 2014 with regards to Democratic challengers to GOP Congressmen/Congresswomen!
We at at the Knowledge Democrats group are continuing to publish regular Congressional District Assessment Diaries so we can get an understanding of all the current GOP-held districts.
However, what would make our lives a lot easier is if we just simply laid out all of the currently-held GOP seats in Congressional districts in order:
Which ones already have Democratic challengers?
Which ones have Democrats who are considering challenging?
Which ones really don't have any Democratic challengers?
In addition, below for each state with GOP-Held Seats, there are some comments left, along with contact information of state Democratic parties which are deemed to need more activism and fire in their troops given the demographics and industries of the states.
Here's what we have:
Alabama 1st Congressional District - No challenger as of yet and Jo Bonner recently resigned.
Alabama 2nd Congressional District - No challenger as of yet.
Alabama 3rd Congressional District - No challenger as of yet.
Alabama 4th Congressional District - No challenger as of yet.
Alabama 5th Congressional District - No challenger as of yet.
Alabama 6th Congressional District - No challenger as of yet.
Comment: What's happening with Alabama's Democratic Party?
Website: http://www.aldemocrats.org/
General Questions
E-mail: info@aladems.org
Phone: (334) 262-2221
Fax: (334) 262-6474
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 950, Montgomery, AL 36101
Physical Address: 501 Adams Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104
Alaska At-large - No challenger as of yet.
Arizona 4th - No challenger as of yet.
Arizona 5th - No challenger as of yet.
Arizona 6th - No challenger as of yet.
Arizona 8th - No challenger as of yet.
Arkansas 1st - No challenger as of yet.
Arkansas 2nd - No challenger as of yet.
Arkansas 3rd - No challenger as of yet.
Arkansas 4th - No challenger as of yet.
Comment: What's happening with Arkansas's Democratic Party?
Website: http://arkdems.org/
Address: 1300 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501.374.2361
Fax: 501.376.8409
Email: info@arkdems.org
Contact Form: http://arkdems.org/...
California 1st - No challenger as of yet.
California 4th - No challenger as of yet.
California 8th - No challenger as of yet.
California 10th - Michael Eggman is the Democratic challenger in this district.
http://www.eggmanforcongress.com/...
California 21st -No challenger as of yet.
California 22nd - No challenger as of yet.
California 23rd - No challenger as of yet.
California 25th - No challenger as of yet.
California 31st - Pete Aguilar is running.
http://www.peteaguilar.com/
California 39th - No challenger as of yet.
California 42nd - No challenger as of yet.
California 45th - No challenger as of yet.
California 48th - No challenger as of yet.
California 49th - No challenger as of yet.
California 50th - No challenger as of yet.
Colorado 3rd - No challenger as of yet.
Colorado 4th - No challenger as of yet.
Colorado 5th - No challenger as of yet.
Colorado 6th - Andrew Romanoff is the Democratic challenger. http://www.andrewromanoff.com/
Florida 1st - No challenger as of yet.
Florida 2nd - Gwen Graham, daughter of former Senator Bob Graham, is running.
https://www.gwengraham.com/
Florida 3rd - No challenger as of yet.
Florida 4th - No challenger as of yet.
Florida 9th - No challenger as of yet.
Florida 14th - No challenger as of yet.
Florida 17th - No challenger as of yet.
Florida 19th - No challenger as of yet.
Florida 25th - No challenger as of yet.
Florida 27th - No challenger as of yet.
Georgia 1st - No challenger as of yet.
Georgia 3rd - No challenger as of yet.
Georgia 6th - No challenger as of yet.
Georgia 7th - No challenger as of yet.
Georgia 8th - No challenger as of yet.
Georgia 9th - No challenger as of yet.
Georgia 10th - No challenger as of yet.
Georgia 11th - No challenger as of yet.
Georgia 14th - No challenger as of yet.
Idaho 1st - No challenger as of yet.
Idaho 2nd - No challenger as of yet.
Comment: What's happening with Idaho's Democratic Party?
Idaho Democratic Party Website: http://idahodems.org/
Contact Form: http://idahodems.org/...
Address: 1509 Tyrell Lane, Suite 100 Boise, ID 83706
Phone: (208) 336-1815
Email: info@idahodems.org
Illinois 6th - No challenger as of yet.
Illinois 13th - Ann Callis is running. No official campaign website yet.
Illinois 14th - No challenger as of yet.
Illinois 15th - No challenger as of yet.
Illinois 16th - No challenger as of yet.
Illinois 18th - No challenger as of yet.
Indiana 2nd - No challenger as of yet.
Indiana 3rd - No challenger as of yet.
Indiana 4th - No challenger as of yet.
Indiana 5th - No challenger as of yet.
Indiana 6th - No challenger as of yet.
Indiana 8th - No challenger as of yet.
Indiana 9th - No challenger as of yet.
Iowa 3rd - Gabriel De La Cerda is the Democratic challenger in this district.
Website: http://www.gabedlc2dc.org/...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/...
Iowa 4th - No challenger as of yet.
Kansas 1st - No challenger as of yet.
Kansas 2nd - No challenger as of yet.
Kansas 3rd - No challenger as of yet.
Kansas 4th - No challenger as of yet.
Comment: What's happening with Kansas' Democratic Party?
Website: http://www.ksdp.org/
Contact Form: http://www.ksdp.org/...
Phone: (785) 234-0425
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1914, Topeka, KS 66601
Headquarters: 700 SW Jackson, Suite 706, Topeka, KS 66603
Kentucky 1st - No challenger as of yet.
Kentucky 2nd - No challenger as of yet.
Kentucky 4th - No challenger as of yet.
Kentucky 5th - No challenger as of yet.
Kentucky 6th - No challenger as of yet.
Comment: Knowing the track record of the Kentucky Democratic Party, are they getting themselves together?
Website: http://kydemocrat.com/
Contact Form: http://kydemocrat.com/...
Mailing Address: PO Box 694, Frankfort, KY 40602
Phone: (502) 695-4828
Louisiana 1st - No challenger as of yet.
Louisiana 3rd - No challenger as of yet.
Louisiana 4th - No challenger as of yet.
Louisiana 5th - No challenger as of yet.
Louisiana 6th - No challenger as of yet.
Comments: Where is the Louisiana Democratic Party?
Website: http://louisianademocrats.org/
E-mail: info@lademo.org
Phone: (225) 336-4155
Fax: (225) 336-0046
Mailing Address: Louisiana Democratic Party, PO Box 4385, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Physical Address: Louisiana Democratic Party, 701 Government Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Maryland 1st - Andy Harris has a Democratic challenger, John LaFerla. Website: http://www.johnlaferla.com/
Michigan 1st - No challenger as of yet.
Michigan 2nd - No challenger as of yet.
Michigan 3rd - No challenger as of yet.
Michigan 4th - No challenger as of yet.
Michigan 6th - Paul Clements is the current Democratic challenger.
Michigan 7th - No challenger as of yet.
Michigan 8th - No challenger as of yet.
Michigan 10th - No challenger as of yet.
Michigan 11th - No challenger as of yet.
Michigan 15th - No challenger as of yet.
Comment: That's a lot of GOP-held seats. Michigan, are you paying attention?
Website: http://www.michigandems.com/
Contact Form: http://www.michigandems.com/...
Address: Michigan Democratic Party, 606 Townsend, Lansing, MI 48933
Phone: (517) 371-5410
Fax: (517) 371-2056
Email: midemparty@michigandems.com
Minnesota 2nd - No challenger as of yet.
Minnesota 3rd - No challenger as of yet.
Minnesota 6th - Jim Graves dropped out. No challenger since his announcement.
Mississippi 1st - No challenger as of yet.
Mississippi 3rd - No challenger as of yet.
Mississippi 4th - No challenger as of yet.
Missouri 2nd - No challenger as of yet.
Missouri 3rd - No challenger as of yet.
Missouri 4th - No challenger as of yet.
Missouri 6th - No challenger as of yet.
Missouri 7th - No challenger as of yet.
Missouri 8th - Steve Hodges is the Democratic challenger. http://www.steveformissouri.com/
Missouri 9th - No challenger as of yet.
Montana At-large - No challenger as of yet.
Nebraska 1st - No challenger as of yet.
Nebraska 2nd - No challenger as of yet.
Nebraska 3rd - No challenger as of yet.
Comments: Where is the Nebraska Democratic Party? Warren Buffett's support for Democratic Party views isn't enough.
Website: http://www.nebraskademocrats.org/
Address: The Nebraska Democratic Party, 421 S 9th Street Suite 233, Lincoln, NE 68508
Phone: (402) 434-2180
Nevada 2nd - No challenger as of yet.
Nevada 3rd - No challenger as of yet.
New Jersey 2nd - No challenger as of yet.
New Jersey 3rd - No challenger as of yet.
New Jersey 4th - No challenger as of yet.
New Jersey 5th - No challenger as of yet.
New Jersey 7th - No challenger as of yet.
New Jersey 11th - No challenger as of yet.
New Mexico 2nd - No challenger as of yet.
New York 2nd - No challenger as of yet.
New York 11th - Dominic Recchia is the Democratic challenger in this district.
New York 19th - Sean Eldridge is the Democratic challenger in this district.
New York 22nd - No challenger as of yet.
New York 23rd - Democrat Martha Robertson is the current challenger who just announced her candidacy.
New York 27th - No challenger as of yet.
New York 28th - No challenger as of yet.
New York 29th - No challenger as of yet.
North Carolina 2nd - No challenger as of yet.
North Carolina 3rd - No challenger as of yet.
North Carolina 5th - No challenger as of yet.
North Carolina 6th - No challenger as of yet.
North Carolina 8th - No challenger as of yet.
North Carolina 9th - No challenger as of yet.
North Carolina 10th - No challenger as of yet.
North Carolina 11th - No challenger as of yet.
North Carolina 13th - No challenger as of yet.
North Dakota At-large - No challenger as of yet.
Ohio 1st - No challenger as of yet.
Ohio 2nd - No challenger as of yet.
Ohio 4th - No challenger as of yet.
Ohio 5th - No challenger as of yet.
Ohio 6th - No challenger as of yet.
Ohio 7th - No challenger as of yet.
Ohio 8th - Democratic challenger, Andrew Hounshell, dropped out recently.
Ohio 10th - No challenger as of yet.
Ohio 12th - No challenger as of yet.
Ohio 14th - Michael Wager is the Democratic challenger. Website: http://www.michaelwagerforohio.com/
Ohio 15th - No challenger as of yet.
Ohio 16th - No challenger as of yet.
Ohio 18th - No challenger as of yet.
Comments: Wow, lots of GOP-occupied seats. Ohio Democratic Party, you there?
Website: http://ohiodems.org/...
Address: Ohio Democratic Party, 340 East Fulton Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone: (614) 221-6563
Fax: (614) 221-0721
E-mail: info@ohiodems.org
Oklahoma 1st
Oklahoma 2nd
Oklahoma 3rd
Oklahoma 4th
Oklahoma 5th
Comments: Where is the Oklahoma Democratic Party?
Website: http://www.okdemocrats.org/
Contact Form: http://www.okdemocrats.org/...
Address: George Krumme Center, 4100 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
Phone: (405) 427-3366 | (800) 547-5600
Fax: (405) 427-1310
Oregon 2nd
Pennsylvania 3rd
Pennsylvania 4th
Pennsylvania 5th
Pennsylvania 6th
Pennsylvania 7th
Pennsylvania 8th - Democrat Kevin Strouse is running. Website: http://www.kevinstrouse.com/
Pennsylvania 9th
Pennsylvania 10th
Pennsylvania 11th
Pennsylvania 12th
Pennsylvania 15th
Pennsylvania 16th
Pennsylvania 18th
South Carolina 1st - Elizabeth Colbert-Busch lost to Mark Sanford in the recent special election but will she be running again for the 2014 midterm elections? She got 45% of the votes!
South Carolina 2nd
South Carolina 3rd
South Carolina 4th
South Carolina 5th
South Carolina 6th
Comments: Aside from South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, where is the South Carolina Democratic Party in other races? They didn't mount a challenger to Joseph Wilson in 2012.
Website: http://www.scdp.org/
Contact: http://www.scdp.org/...
Physical Address: South Carolina Democratic Headquarters., 1529 Hampton Street, Suite 200, Columbia, SC 29201
Mailing Address: PO Box 5965, Columbia, SC 29250
Phone: (803) 799-7798
Fax: (803) 765-1692
South Dakota At-large
Tennessee 1st
Tennessee 2nd
Tennessee 3rd
Tennessee 4th
Tennessee 6th
Tennessee 7th
Tennessee 8th
Comments: Tennessee Democratic Party needs to get its act together!
Website: http://www.tndp.org/
Address: 1900 Church Street, Suite 203, Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615) 327-9779
Roy Herron, Chairman Email: roy@tndp.org
Kevin Teets, Executive Director Email: kevin@tndp.org
Jake Dunavant, Director of Fundraising Email: jake@tndp.org
Brandon Puttbrese, Communications Director Email: brandon@tndp.org
Texas 1st
Texas 2nd
Texas 3rd
Texas 4th
Texas 5th
Texas 6th
Texas 7th
Texas 8th
Texas 10th
Texas 11th
Texas 12th
Texas 13th
Texas 14th
Texas 17th
Texas 19th
Texas 21st
Texas 22nd
Texas 24th
Texas 25th
Texas 26th
Texas 27th
Texas 31st
Texas 32nd
Texas 36th
Comments: Nowadays it seems the Texas Democratic Party is really beefing up its outreach to residents of the state, particularly those in the Hispanic and Latino community.
Utah 1st
Utah 2nd
Utah 3rd
Comments: Where is the Utah Democratic Party?
Website: http://www.utahdemocrats.org/
Contact Form: http://www.utahdemocrats.org/...
Address: 825 North 300 West, Suite C400, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103
Phone: (801) 328-1212
Virginia 1st
Virginia 2nd
Virginia 4th
Virginia 5th
Virginia 6th
Virginia 7th
Virginia 9th
Virginia 10th
Washington 3rd
Washington 4th
Washington 5th
Washington 8th
West Virginia 1st
West Virginia 2nd
West Virginia 3rd
Comments: Where is West Virginia's Democratic Party? The website also royally blows in layout and design.
Website: http://www.wvdemocrats.com/
Address: WV State Democratic Executive Committee, 717 Lee Street, Suite 214
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: (304) 342-8121
Fax: (304) 342-8122
Email: wvparty@wvdemocrats.com
Wisconsin 1st - Rob Zerban ran a credible campaign against Paul Ryan in 2012 and is currently looking at an exploratory campaign for a 2014 run.
Wisconsin 5th
Wisconsin 6th
Wisconsin 7th
Wisconsin 8th
Wyoming At-large
Comments: Hello? Wyoming Democratic Party?
Website: http://www.wyomingdemocrats.com/
Contact Form: http://www.wyomingdemocrats.com/...
Phone: (307) 514-5282
Fax: (307) 514-5284
E-mail: info@wyodems.org
Address: 1909 Warren Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82001
Feel free to point out any candidates we're missing from the list.
Aside from that, we are keeping a close eye out for all Democratic candidates, even the ones not normally covered on Daily Kos and not officially endorsed by Democracy for America.
The goal is, we'd like ALL of the GOP-held seats to have Democratic challengers and it doesn't matter whether or not these people have funds. We just want to support them but of course, we'd much rather support progressive Democratic candidates because, well, we agree with their politics. Yes, we know the obvious: Deep red districts are impossible to win.
In our view, it doesn't matter how conservative a district is. We need to fire up the base no matter how red the region is. If we win certain races, great. If not, what do we have to lose to nominate candidates in all districts across the country?