Cross posted at Calitics

So as we've established by now, Darrell Issa thinks very little of 9/11 rescue workers and would prefer that the federal government not concern itself with their welfare.  Cause according to him, 9/11 is not and presumably was not a national issue.  We've also established that he has no qualms about throwing federal money around on local pork as long as it benefits him directly.  So the next logical question for me is "oh hey, are there any familiar names that don't mind taking Darrell Issa's money?"  As you may or may not know, Darrell Issa is filthy rich.  So he's spread a lot of money around on Republicans and conservative causes.  So as it turns out, there are quite a lot of Republicans currently running around the Capitol funded in part by Darrell Issa (partial list):

I've previously posted on the Illinois, Maryland and Ohio Congressional candidates where the filing deadlines have passed.  Sorry it took so long to get around to Texas. I hope to post Mississippi in a few days I've left out any comments on the candidates so as not to bias any opinions.  I will make some comments in the comments section.

I am all for running everywhere, and the 50 state strategy.

But neither we nor the Republicans are running everywhere (at least not yet!) In this series, I will look at where we are running and not running; and where the Republicans are running and not running (I am not going to look in detail at where Republicans are not running, as I have no desire to help Republicans, however modestly)

This diary is partly inspired by the great work done by BENAWU, and informed by the great Race Tracker Wiki (links throughout).

crossposted to swingstateproject

(cross-posted at Texas Kaos)
After a hiatus that lasted longer than I planned, I'm back at the Texas Congressional Race diary series.  I'm doing this as a sort of counter-part to the incredible work BENAWU is doing elsewhere on DKos.

Having covered West, North, and South Texas, it's time to have a look at the Eastern portion of our fair state.  I'll be covering CDs 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, and 17, after the fold.

So let's talk Congressional seats.

Even though it is 2006, this will only have been the 2nd time that we have used the current map as Texas was victim to the DeLay re-redistricting scheme (the 2000, 2002, and 2004 maps were all different).  Since 2004, Bush has become less popular in the state, as has the Republican Governor (drawing 2 independents in the race which may alter some downballot turnout).

We have 32 Congressional seats.
-21 Republican
-11 Democratic (counting Cuellar)

I detailed my methods and covered the Midwest here. The Northeast is here

I focused on the rest of the country today, as in not the Midwest and not the Northeast.

As I said yesterday: I assume the distrct-by-district swings will be the same. This is a perhaps flawed assumption, but it is reliable enough to give us a baseline. If you feel this assumption is flawed to the point that my diary is pointless, feel free NOT to read on.

Again, of course, my methods aren't perfect. The swing will not be the same in each district, the candidates will be different, GOTV ops, and fundraising, as well as the political climate and other district-specific conditions. But it's a start. I haven't figured out to quantatively include those yet.

Results on the flip.

as well as his (Barry Welsh and Rex Freedom)'s latest urging - http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/29/155317/00 and RBH's recent story also : http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/22/234343/55 and the various Kos stories and diaries urging Democrats to run in all 435 House districts.

Well on Monday nominations for 2006 elections close in Texas.............

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!

Barry Welsh wrote this diary last night about this very subject. We have yet to field candidates in some 70 districts nationwide.