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Torturers - of the 317, 273 remain...

Mon Nov 27, 2006 at 01:50:03 PM PDT

This is an update of an 11/8/06 diary.  I am no longer able to update that diary for new election results.

In October 2006, 317 of our elected officials made Torture and detention without trial the rule of the land.  These officials threw away our moral standing as Americans and embraced torture as an official government policy.

It is our duty as Americans, as Progressives, as Christians, or just as Humans to remove every one of these torturers from elected office.  44 are gone and we have the duty to start removing the remaining 273 (43D/230R) in 2008.

The full list is after the break.  It is organized by when we as voters get the next chance to indicate our support (or not) of torture by keeping (or not) these elected officials.

Already Gone (44)

  * VA Allen, George [R]
  * MT Burns, Conrad [R]
  * OH DeWine, Michael [R]
  * TN Frist, William [R]
  * PA Santorum, Richard [R]
  * MO Talent, James [R]

  * NH-2 Bass, Charles [R]
  * CO-7 Beauprez, Bob [R]
  * NY-24 Boehlert, Sherwood [R]
  * NH-1 Bradley, Jeb [R]
  * IN-2 Chocola, Chris [R]
  * PA-8 Fitzpatrick, Michael [R]
  * TN-9 Ford, Harold [D]
  * NV-2 Gibbons, James [R]
  * WI-8 Green, Mark [R]
  * MN-1 Gutknecht, Gilbert [R]
  * FL-13 Harris, Katherine [R]
  * PA-4 Hart, Melissa [R]
  * AZ-5 Hayworth, John [R]
  * CO-5 Hefley, Joel [R]
  * IN-8 Hostettler, John [R]
  * IL-6 Hyde, Henry [R]
  * OK-5 Istook, Ernest [R]
  * TN-1 Jenkins, William [R]
  * CT-5 Johnson, Nancy [R]
  * MN-6 Kennedy, Mark [R]
  * NY-19 Kelly, Sue [R]
  * AZ-8 Kolbe, James [R]
  * KY-3 Northup, Anne [R]
  * IA-1 Nussle, James [R]
  * NE-3 Osborne, Thomas [R]
  * ID-1 Otter, C.L. [R]
  * OH-4 Oxley, Michael [R]
  * CA-11 Pombo, Richard [R]
  * KS-2 Ryun, Jim [R]
  * MI-7 Schwarz, John [R]
  * FL-22 Shaw, E. [R]
  * PA-10 Sherwood, Donald [R]
  * CT-2 Simmons, Robert [R]
  * IN-9 Sodrel, Michael [R]
  * NY-20 Sweeney, John [R]
  * NC-11 Taylor, Charles [R]
  * CA-22 Thomas, William [R]
  * PA-7 Weldon, W. [R]

Too Close To Call (4)

  * TX-23 Bonilla, Henry [R]
  * NC-8 Hayes, Robert [R]
  * OH-15 Pryce, Deborah [R]
  * OH-2 Schmidt, Jean [R]

Special Mention (2)

  * USA     Bush, George W. [R]
  * USA     Cheney, Dick [R]

2008 Primary (6)

  * SD Johnson, Tim [D]
  * LA Landrieu, Mary [D]
  * NJ Lautenberg, Frank [D]
  * NE Nelson, Ben [D]
  * AR Pryor, Mark [D]
  * WV Rockefeller, John [D]

2010 Primary (1)

  * CO Salazar, Ken [D]

2012 Primary (6)

  * OH Brown, Sherrod [D]
  * DE Carper, Thomas [D]
  * CT Lieberman, Joseph [CFL]
  * NJ Menendez, Robert [D]
  * FL Nelson, Bill [D]
  * MI Stabenow, Debbie Ann [D]

2008 General (21)

  * TN Alexander, Lamar [R]
  * CO Allard, Wayne [R]
  * GA Chambliss, C. [R]
  * MS Cochran, Thad [R]
  * MN Coleman, Norm [R]
  * ME Collins, Susan [R]
  * TX Cornyn, John [R]
  * ID Craig, Larry [R]
  * NC Dole, Elizabeth [R]
  * NM Domenici, Pete [R]
  * WY Enzi, Michael [R]
  * SC Graham, Lindsey [R]
  * NE Hagel, Charles [R]
  * OK Inhofe, James [R]
  * KY McConnell, Mitch [R]
  * KS Roberts, Pat [R]
  * AL Sessions, Jefferson [R]
  * OR Smith, Gordon [R]
  * AK Stevens, Ted [R]
  * NH Sununu, John [R]
  * VA Warner, John [R]

2010 General (19)

  * UT Bennett, Robert [R]
  * MO Bond, Christopher [R]
  * KS Brownback, Samuel [R]
  * KY Bunning, Jim [R]
  * NC Burr, Richard [R]
  * OK Coburn, Thomas [R]
  * ID Crapo, Michael [R]
  * SC DeMint, Jim [R]
  * IA Grassley, Charles [R]
  * NH Gregg, Judd [R]
  * GA Isakson, John [R]
  * FL Martinez, Mel [R]
  * AZ McCain, John [R]
  * AK Murkowski, Lisa [R]
  * AL Shelby, Richard [R]
  * PA Specter, Arlen [R]
  * SD Thune, John [R]
  * LA Vitter, David [R]
  * OH Voinovich, George [R]

2012 General (7)

  * NV Ensign, John [R]
  * UT Hatch, Orrin [R]
  * TX Hutchison, Kay [R]
  * AZ Kyl, Jon [R]
  * MS Lott, Trent [R]
  * IN Lugar, Richard [R]
  * WY Thomas, Craig [R]

House Primaries (30)

  * NJ-1 Andrews, Robert [D]
  * GA-12 Barrow, John [D]
  * IL-8 Bean, Melissa [D]
  * GA-2 Bishop, Sanford [D]
  * OK-2 Boren, Dan [D]
  * IA-3 Boswell, Leonard [D]
  * FL-2 Boyd, F. [D]
  * KY-6 Chandler, Ben [D]
  * AL-5 Cramer, Robert [D]
  * TX-28 Cuellar, Henry [D]
  * AL-7 Davis, Artur [D]
  * TN-4 Davis, Lincoln [D]
  * TX-17 Edwards, Thomas [D]
  * NC-2 Etheridge, Bob [D]
  * TN-6 Gordon, Barton [D]
  * SD-0 Herseth, Stephanie [D]
  * NY-27 Higgins, Brian [D]
  * PA-17 Holden, Tim [D]
  * GA-8 Marshall, James [D]
  * UT-2 Matheson, Jim [D]
  * NC-7 McIntyre, Mike [D]
  * KS-3 Moore, Dennis [D]
  * MN-7 Peterson, Collin [D]
  * ND-0 Pomeroy, Earl [D]
  * AR-4 Ross, Mike [D]
  * CO-3 Salazar, John [D]
  * GA-13 Scott, David [D]
  * SC-5 Spratt, John [D]
  * TN-8 Tanner, John [D]
  * MS-4 Taylor, Gene [D]

House General (177)

  * AL-4 Aderholt, Robert [R]
  * MO-2 Akin, W. [R]
  * LA-5 Alexander, Rodney [R]
  * AL-6 Bachus, Spencer [R]
  * LA-6 Baker, Richard [R]
  * SC-3 Barrett, James [R]
  * TX-6 Barton, Joe [R]
  * IL-13 Biggert, Judy [R]
  * CA-50 Bilbray, Brian [R]
  * FL-9 Bilirakis, Michael [R]
  * UT-1 Bishop, Rob [R]
  * TN-7 Blackburn, Marsha [R]
  * MO-7 Blunt, Roy [R]
  * OH-8 Boehner, John [R]
  * AL-1 Bonner, Jo [R]
  * CA-45 Bono, Mary [R]
  * AR-3 Boozman, John [R]
  * LA-7 Boustany, Charles [R]
  * TX-8 Brady, Kevin [R]
  * SC-1 Brown, Henry [R]
  * FL-5 Brown-Waite, Virginia [R]
  * IN-5 Burton, Dan [R]
  * IN-4 Buyer, Stephen [R]
  * CA-44 Calvert, Ken [R]
  * MI-4 Camp, David [R]
  * CA-48 Campbell, John [R]
  * UT-3 Cannon, Christopher [R]
  * VA-7 Cantor, Eric [R]
  * WV-2 Capito, Shelley [R]
  * TX-31 Carter, John [R]
  * OH-1 Chabot, Steven [R]
  * NC-6 Coble, John [R]
  * OK-4 Cole, Tom [R]
  * TX-11 Conaway, K. [R]
  * FL-4 Crenshaw, Ander [R]
  * WY-0 Cubin, Barbara [R]
  * TX-7 Culberson, John [R]
  * KY-4 Davis, Geoff [R]
  * VA-1 Davis, Jo Ann [R]
  * VA-11 Davis, Thomas [R]
  * GA-9 Deal, Nathan [R]
  * PA-15 Dent, Charles [R]
  * FL-21 Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R]
  * FL-25 Diaz-Balart, Mario [R]
  * CA-4 Doolittle, John [R]
  * VA-2 Drake, Thelma [R]
  * CA-26 Dreier, David [R]
  * TN-2 Duncan, John [R]
  * MI-3 Ehlers, Vernon [R]
  * MO-8 Emerson, Jo Ann [R]
  * PA-3 English, Philip [R]
  * AL-2 Everett, Terry [R]
  * FL-24 Feeney, Tom [R]
  * NJ-7 Ferguson, Michael [R]
  * AZ-6 Flake, Jeff [R]
  * VA-4 Forbes, James [R]
  * NE-1 Fortenberry, Jeffrey [R]
  * NY-13 Fossella, Vito [R]
  * NC-5 Foxx, Virginia [R]
  * AZ-2 Franks, Trent [R]
  * NJ-11 Frelinghuysen, Rodney [R]
  * CA-24 Gallegly, Elton [R]
  * NJ-5 Garrett, E. [R]
  * PA-6 Gerlach, Jim [R]
  * OH-5 Gillmor, Paul [R]
  * GA-11 Gingrey, John [R]
  * TX-1 Gohmert, Louis [R]
  * VA-5 Goode, Virgil [R]
  * VA-6 Goodlatte, Robert [R]
  * TX-12 Granger, Kay [R]
  * MO-6 Graves, Samuel [R]
  * TX-4 Hall, Ralph [R]
  * WA-4 Hastings, Doc [R]
  * TX-5 Hensarling, Jeb [R]
  * CA-2 Herger, Walter [R]
  * OH-7 Hobson, David [R]
  * MI-2 Hoekstra, Peter [R]
  * MO-9 Hulshof, Kenny [R]
  * CA-52 Hunter, Duncan [R]
  * SC-4 Inglis, Bob [R]
  * CA-49 Issa, Darrell [R]
  * LA-1 Jindal, Bobby [R]
  * TX-3 Johnson, Samuel [R]
  * IL-15 Johnson, Timothy [R]
  * FL-8 Keller, Ric [R]
  * NY-3 King, Peter [R]
  * IA-5 King, Steve [R]
  * GA-1 Kingston, Jack [R]
  * IL-10 Kirk, Mark [R]
  * MN-2 Kline, John [R]
  * MI-9 Knollenberg, Joseph [R]
  * NY-29 Kuhl, John [R]
  * IL-18 LaHood, Ray [R]
  * IA-4 Latham, Thomas [R]
  * CA-41 Lewis, Jerry [R]
  * KY-2 Lewis, Ron [R]
  * GA-7 Linder, John [R]
  * NJ-2 LoBiondo, Frank [R]
  * OK-3 Lucas, Frank [R]
  * CA-3 Lungren, Daniel [R]
  * FL-14 Mack, Connie [R]
  * IL-16 Manzullo, Donald [R]
  * TX-24 Marchant, Kenny [R]
  * TX-10 McCaul, Michael [R]
  * MI-11 McCotter, Thaddeus [R]
  * LA-4 McCrery, James [R]
  * NC-10 Mchenry, Patrick [R]
  * NY-23 McHugh, John [R]
  * CA-25 McKeon, Howard [R]
  * WA-5 Mcmorris, Cathy [R]
  * FL-7 Mica, John [R]
  * MI-10 Miller, Candice [R]
  * CA-42 Miller, Gary [R]
  * FL-1 Miller, Jeff [R]
  * PA-18 Murphy, Tim [R]
  * CO-4 Musgrave, Marilyn [R]
  * NC-9 Myrick, Sue [R]
  * TX-19 Neugebauer, Randy [R]
  * GA-10 Norwood, Charles [R]
  * CA-21 Nunes, Devin [R]
  * NM-2 Pearce, Steven [R]
  * IN-6 Pence, Mike [R]
  * PA-5 Peterson, John [R]
  * WI-6 Petri, Thomas [R]
  * MS-3 Pickering, Charles [R]
  * PA-16 Pitts, Joseph [R]
  * PA-19 Platts, Todd [R]
  * TX-2 Poe, Ted [R]
  * NV-3 Porter, Jon [R]
  * GA-6 Price, Tom [R]
  * FL-12 Putnam, Adam [R]
  * CA-19 Radanovich, George [R]
  * MN-3 Ramstad, James [R]
  * OH-16 Regula, Ralph [R]
  * MT-0 Rehberg, Dennis [R]
  * WA-8 Reichert, Dave [R]
  * AZ-1 Renzi, Rick [R]
  * NY-26 Reynolds, Thomas [R]
  * KY-5 Rogers, Harold [R]
  * AL-3 Rogers, Michael [R]
  * MI-8 Rogers, Michael [R]
  * CA-46 Rohrabacher, Dana [R]
  * FL-18 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R]
  * CA-40 Royce, Edward [R]
  * WI-1 Ryan, Paul [R]
  * NJ-3 Saxton, H. [R]
  * WI-5 Sensenbrenner, F. [R]
  * TX-32 Sessions, Peter [R]
  * AZ-3 Shadegg, John [R]
  * CT-4 Shays, Christopher [R]
  * IL-19 Shimkus, John [R]
  * PA-9 Shuster, William [R]
  * ID-2 Simpson, Michael [R]
  * NJ-4 Smith, Christopher [R]
  * TX-21 Smith, Lamar [R]
  * IN-3 Souder, Mark [R]
  * FL-6 Stearns, Clifford [R]
  * OK-1 Sullivan, John [R]
  * CO-6 Tancredo, Thomas [R]
  * NE-2 Terry, Lee [R]
  * TX-13 Thornberry, William [R]
  * KS-4 Tiahrt, Todd [R]
  * OH-12 Tiberi, Patrick [R]
  * OH-3 Turner, Michael [R]
  * MI-6 Upton, Frederick [R]
  * OR-2 Walden, Greg [R]
  * NY-25 Walsh, James [R]
  * TN-3 Wamp, Zach [R]
  * FL-15 Weldon, David [R]
  * IL-11 Weller, Gerald [R]
  * GA-3 Westmoreland, Lynn [R]
  * KY-1 Whitfield, Edward [R]
  * MS-1 Wicker, Roger [R]
  * NM-1 Wilson, Heather [R]
  * VA-10 Wolf, Frank [R]
  * FL-10 Young, C. W. [R]
  * AK-0 Young, Donald [R]

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