Congressional races 2010, round 2: AL, AK, AZ, AR
Mon Dec 28, 2009 at 03:10:49 AM PDT
The elections are 11 months away, so I am going to start this series again, updating my earlier ones.
AL: 7 CDs, 4 Rep 3 Dem. Vul: Bright (D) in AL-02 and Rogers (R) in AL-03. AL-05 is a mystery
Filing deadline April 2.
AK: 1 CD, a Rep, does not look vulnerable
Filing deadline: June 1
AZ: 8 CDs, 3 Rep., 5 Dem; none look very vulnerable
Filing deadline: May 26
AR: 4 CDs, 1 Rep., 3 Dem.; none vulnerable
Filing deadline: March 8
Congressional races 2010: Alabama
Fri Jul 03, 2009 at 08:43:21 AM PDT
I'm starting up this series again. I'm going to try to do at least 2 rounds before the 2010 election.
It will be an update of the previous series, which makes it a lot easier, as some things haven't changed.
Going alphabetically, we start with ALABAMA
Sources:
House vote in 2008 from WaPo
VoteView
Race Tracker
Obama vote by CD from Swing State
and my previous diaries.
I am including a poll, and solicit suggestions in the comments.
Congressional Recruitment Diaries: Joshua Segall (AL-03) and Lilly Ledbetter (AL-04)
Sat Feb 21, 2009 at 10:52:36 PM PDT
Last night I touched on some rumors about Lilly Ledbetter being a candidate for Congress in AL-03.
After thought and some good conversation, I've got an even better idea. That we try and recruit Lilly Ledbetter to run in AL-04 against Robert Aderholt.
Joshua Segall is a great candidate to take on Rogers for a second time. He ran an impressive campaign being both a tireless fundraiser and fearless on the stump and vice a versa. He's also being encouraged to run again and I think that there is a good chance he might run again in 2010.
AL-04: Can Aderholt read?
Sun Feb 18, 2007 at 10:18:03 AM PDT
In a speech to the Madison County Republican Men's Club on Saturday in Huntsville, U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) blew off the will of the people, expressed in the House vote on the Iraq resolution. "It was a nonbinding resolution. Basically, opinions," Aderholt said.
Aderholt revealed his legislative illiteracy, however, when he told the Club "I think it's impossible to support the troops, once they're deployed or over there, with a measure like that."
Bob, did you read the resolution? It wasn't very long, so you shouldn't have had trouble with it.
Taking Back the House State-by-State: ALABAMA!
Wed Oct 11, 2006 at 10:36:44 AM PDT
First things first.
Colorado,
Indiana,
Nevada,
North Carolina,
Iowa,
New Mexico,
West Virginia,
Kansas,
Connecticut,
Illinois,
Missouri,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming,
Wisconsin,
Kentucky,
Oregon,
Minnesota,
Washington,
Virginia,
Nebraska,
Alaska, Hawaii,
Florida,
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Delaware.
And before we take the jump, I just wanted to remind you again that you can contribute to candidates on this project by hitting this
ActBlue page
And, because I get grief about not pimping my other series, here are the stories in The Basics Series...
New Republican Sales Pitch
DLC Democrats Sales Pitch
City on a Hill
The Napoleonic Strategies of the GOP
The Danger Called Howard Dean
JUMP!
Analyze THIS: 50-State Survey for 2006 (By MrLiberal)
Sun May 07, 2006 at 04:48:20 PM PDT
Introduction: My purpose in writing these series of articles - covering all 50 states, with analysis of each statewide and Congressional race - is to provide the blogosphere (and its readers) with a virtual "Who's Who" of the 2006 elections. Think of it as a "Poor Man's Cook Political Report", with my analysis being as unbiased and reality-based as possible. Obviously, we still have six months to go in this cycle, leaving plenty of time for the tides to change; that is why I will update this analysis in a cycle. When Wyoming is done, we'll start again with Alabama, etc. I hope that you, the reader will learn something from every article, and judge me accordingly.
Today's article is for the states of Alabama and Alaska. Even if you're not from those states, I urge you to take a look and see if you might well want to follow some of these states until November. And again, you might learn something.
Uncontested Report for 3/2 (35 unopposed Republicans!)
Thu Mar 02, 2006 at 08:20:51 AM PDT
Right now, only two seats are officially uncontested (TX-11 and MS-03), but in general, we're running very well.
Here's the list of states with deadlines in the 30 days (from March 2nd to April 1st).
Oregon - 3/7
Pennsylvania - 3/7
California - 3/10
Maine - 3/15
Idaho - 3/17
Iowa - 3/17
Utah - 3/17
Montana - 3/23
Missouri - 3/28
South Carolina - 3/30
Amongst those states, 9 seats are on my "Uncontested list", and several more are on the 'doubtful' list.
I'll go over that list, and the overall list under the fold
Uncontested House GOoPer Report for 2/21
Tue Feb 21, 2006 at 07:31:18 AM PDT
Right now, we're at 43 uncontested Republicans, from my count. Here's the outline for all of you.
First i'll go over the states with deadlines in the next 30 days (Until the 23rd of March).
Then, I'll go over the other states.
I'll also list the Republicans who were not contested by Democrats in 2004 who will be contested by Democrats in 2006.
Ok then, let's start moving.
The info starts under the fold.
Dozens of no-shows at Cheney fundraiser in Alabama
Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 02:17:35 PM PDT
Cheney came down here to Alabama yesterday to speak at a
fundraiser for Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-4). The reception was less than overwhelming.
As Cheney spoke, occasional raindrops fell from rooftop vents. A partisan crowd cheered the mention of Bush's name and gave Cheney warm applause, but no-shows on a cold, wet day left dozens of empty seats for his speech.
Aderholt represents Alabama's Fourth District, which stretches east and west across north central Alabama between Huntsville and Birmingham. He has been the chief congressional apologist for Roy "Ten Commandments" Moore and voted for CAFTA even though his district produces more knit socks than any other in the nation.
Uncontested House Races (52 unchallenged Republicans)
Wed Feb 01, 2006 at 09:50:23 PM PDT
Heck, with all the news showing up of new candidates and the Q4 Numbers, it's time for another diary to update people on the districts without Democrats running.
First off, the overall target is 434. The only officially uncontested race is in the Midland/Odessa-based 11th District of Texas. And the DCCC site is wrong when they list a candidate there. The state of Texas' site is what i'm going with for a candidate list. I blame the DCCC listing on bad Fanta.
I'll go though some good news from Kentucky under the fold
[House 06] GOoPers w/o any Democratic opposition
Fri Nov 25, 2005 at 08:42:53 AM PDT
Edit: I'll try this title for now.
Yet another dry diary from me.
First off, congratulations to the DCCC on the release of the first version of their Candidate Database.
Now, we'll move on to the unopposed districts. There's 98 by my count. A number which is due to decrease dramatically (36 Republicans were not opposed by Democrats in 2004, a year which was much worse for the Democrats)
Anyways, we'll go state by state, and if you have comments, contribute them, if you have rumors of candidates running, contribute them, if you're a guy who wants to run, search for candidate's information from your state.
And now, under the fold, the information!
A call to service: 70 slots available
Fri Nov 11, 2005 at 01:02:35 PM PDT
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From the diaries -- kos)
Barry Welsh wrote this diary last night about this very subject. We have yet to field candidates in some 70 districts nationwide.
Tom DeLay and YOUR Representative
Sat Oct 29, 2005 at 03:36:43 AM PDT
Over at the
Barry Welsh campaign we've been looking into just how much of a lackey our Rep, RSC head Mike Pence is to Tom Delay, and we've found this
extraordinary piece of research at the
Public Campaign Action Fund website. They have posted an interactive list of all House Representatives and created a "DeLay Ranking" for each, combining money given from ARMPAC/DeLay campaign, money funneled back to the Delay Legal Defense Fund, and how closely the Rep has voted with DeLay. It is interactive in that you can sort the list by category, seeing who, for example, has given the most to the legal defense fund, etc.
Turns out Mike Pence is tied for 14th in "DeLapdog err, DeLay Rankings". Always seemed like he represents East Texas better than East Indiana.
I've listed the Top 25 below the fold. But every member of the House is reported at the main site. Go and find your Rep and see how deep they are in. I don't know if this has been blogged here before (I couldn't find it in a search), but even if it has, its good enough for a refresher. Kudos to the Public Campaign Action Fund.
