Double your donations.....
Wed Oct 18, 2006 at 11:59:03 AM PDT
So I am one of those people who LOVES poring over polling data, PVI's, and all that other good information to try and predict what will happen over the next 20 days. I'm pretty poor nowadays, but I still try and donate to different candidates every year. I feel like I am at a horse race and it is fun to have many different bets to pick the winners. So rather than donate to the ACTBlue or the DCCC, I try to figure out who needs my money the most and who can use it most effectively, while cutting out the overhead that the DCCC might have.
Then it hit me on how to make my money twice as effective.
If I donate money to a congressional district in a state that has a close Senate race, wouldn't the voter the the district get out to vote also probably vote for the Senate candidate???
So I decided to spread all my money out to any congressional district in Charlie Cooks latest House rankings that is either Republican Toss up or Republican Lean in a state that has a competative Senate Race.
Here are the races I came up with and the links to contribute directly to the campaign (hence, cutting out the overhead of other places)
Arizona -- Pederson versus Kyle
AZ-05
Harry Mitchell vs. Hayworth
Conneticut race -- Lamont versus Lieberman
CT-02
Joe Courtnry vs. Simmons
CT-04
Diane Farell vs. Shays
CT-05
Chris Murphy vs. Johnson
New Jersey -- Menendez versus Kean Jr.
NJ-07
Linda Stender vs. Ferguson
Ohio -- Brown versus DeWine
OH-01
John Cranley vs. Chabot
OH-15
Mary Kilroy vs. Pryce
OH-18
Zack Space vs. Padgett
Pennsylvania Casey versus Santorum
PA-06
Lois Murphy vs. Gerlach
PA-07
Joe Sestak vs. Weldon
(note I didn't donate here because I think this race is over, but I included it for completeness sake)
PA-08
Patrick Murphy vs. Fitzpatrick
PA-10
Chris Carney vs. Sherwood
(Another one which I didn't donate because I think it is over)
Virginia -- Webb versus Allen
VA-02
Phil Kallam vs. Drake