(From the diaries -- kos)
This Roundup Diary covers the period from 1:00 PM Wednesday, 10/11 to 1:00 PM EDT Thursday, 10/12.
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Today's Menu Includes:
98 Diaries Overall
- 49 On House races
- With 36 covering individual Districts in 24 states
- 20 On Senate races
- Representing 8 different states
- 19 On Various election races
- Encompassing Governor, Secretary of State, Local, and more
- 10 General election-related diaries
Over 3,500 diaries served to date!!!
This is an attempt to compile a fairly comprehensive listing of election-related diaries that have recently been posted. Most of them are House or Senate races but there are also some local ones, as well as the occasional 'general info' diary.
Reminder - If you are doing a diary on a specific race, particularly a House or Senate race, PLEASE, put the race number (or XX-Sen) at the beginning of the diary header. More diarists are now doing this and it is immensely helpful.
For all the introductory stuff and previous diaries in this series, please see:
Election Race Roundup (9/2 - 66 Days to Daylight) (with links to first 10 diaries in series, covering 8/22-9/1).
Election Race Roundup (9/12 - EIGHT WEEKS TO GO!) (with links to second 10 diaries in series, covering 9/2-9/11).
Election Race Roundup (9/22 - 46 Days to Daylight) (with links to third 10 diaries in series, covering 9/12-9/21).
Election Race Roundup (10/2 - 36 Days to Daylight) (with links to fourth 10 diaries in series, covering 9/22-10/1).
Election Race Roundup (10/3 - FIVE WEEKS TO GO!!!)
Election Race Roundup (10/4 - 34 Days to Daylight)
Election Race Roundup (10/5 - 33 Days to Daylight)
Election Race Roundup (10/6 - 32 Days to Daylight)
Election Race Roundup (10/7 - 31 Days to Daylight)
Election Race Roundup (10/8 - 30 Days to Daylight)
Election Race Roundup (10/9 - 29 Days to Daylight)
Election Race Roundup (10/10 - FOUR WEEKS TO GO!!!)
Election Race Roundup (10/11 - 27 Days to Daylight)
(1:00 PM, Wednesday, 10/11 to 1:00 PM, Thursday, 10/12): (98 diaries)
(Alphabetical, starting from M)
House (49)
(MD-06) MD-06: Democratic upset in the making! by freedc - Fighting Dem Andrew Duck is taking on MD-06's 80 old Roscoe G. Bartlett (R).
(ME-02) ME-2: Vote to kill Habeas, then ask for money? by Eddie in ME - Diarist is offended that he was asked for money after Michaud voted for the Torture Bill.
(MI-09) MI-09: Nancy Skinner's Ad with Robert Kennedy Jr by Jordan LFW - Nancy Skinner (D) has a new ad out that ties her opponent Joe Knollenberg (R) to George W. Bush.
(MN-05) MN-05: Primary Opponents Endorse Ellison by jbnr51 - In an Ellison campaign press release today, Ember Reichgott Junge and Paul Ostrow offered their endorsements to Ellison's bid for Congress.
(MN-06) MN-06 "Why This Republican is Voting for Patty Wetterling " by georeeve - Patty Wetterling (D) wins over Republicans.
(MT-AL) Governor Schweitzer Endorses Lindeen--Video by greatwhitebuffalo - Diairist links to video of Republican Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsing Democrat Monica Lindeen over incumbent Republican Dennis Rehberg for Montana's only House seat
(NC-05) Letter to the Editor - NC-5 by lumpkincharm - Roger Sharpe's (D) campaign manager lists reasons why and how we can support his campaign against freshman Rep. Virginia Foxx (R).
(NC-05) NC-05: Virginia Foxx: A Political Career In Pictures by StormBear - Series of pictures of incumbent Virginia Foxx (R) with scandal-laden Repubs such as Hastert, Delay, Foley, and Allen. Support Roger Sharpe (D) to unseat Foxx.
(NC-08) NC-8: "All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go" by schorrjohnson - Jerry Meek, Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, drums up support to join Larry Kissell (D) in some grassroots campaigning in his efforts to unseat Rep. Robin Hayes (R).
(NC-08) NC-08 Boots on the Ground by Blue South - This diary is a call to action. Think of it as a demand.
(ND-AL) If Dems Win the House, Will They Impeach Bush? by Rusty1776 - Diarist criticizes incumbent Dem Earl Pomeroy, running against Repub Matthew Mechtel, for lack of spine on the question of Bush impeachment.
(NE-03) NE-03 FREEP for Scoot Kleeb by DMOmaha - Links to a local poll on the NE-03.
(NH-01) Carol Shea Porter (D) and NH-01 by ManchesterConnection - Carol won the primary on 9/12 with a strong grassroots campaign.
(NH-02) NH-02: Charlie Bass (R-NH). YouTubed on Foley. Wow. by keener - Charlie Bass (R) downplays the Foley scandal on his new YouTube ad; Paul Hodes (D) is running against him.
(NH-02) NH-02: Meet New Hampshire's Mr. Macaca by Republic Not Empire - Charlie Bass (R) is race-baiting in his campaign against Paul Hodes (D).
(NM-01) NM-01: Novak Puts Race in "Leans Democrat" Category by fbihop - Robert Novak has upgraded Dem Patricia Madrid attempt at unseating Repub Heather Wilson to "Leans Democrat" from "Tossup".
(NV-03) NV-03: Race a Tossup, Porter Ducks and Covers by Tailspinterry - GOP incumbent Jon Porter increasingly shrinks from public view as campaign of rival Dem Tessa Hafen thrives. John Kerry recently appeared at a Hafen fundraiser.
(NY-13) NY-13: HELP Seeking DISTRUBUTED RESEARCH for strange district by DrSteveB - Steve Harrison's (D) race against incumbent Vito Fossella (R) may be another surprise competitive race but needs money and volunteers.
(NY-13) NY-13: My Take on The Harrison/Fossella Debate of 10/9 by msirt - Challenger Steve Harrison (D) makes a great showing in his debate against Rep. Vito Fossella (R).
(NY-13) NY-13: Repug incumbent agreed to FIVE DEBATES; here is one by DrSteveB - Diarist offers resources detailing the recent debate between incumbent Vito Fossella (R) and Dem Steve Harrison.
(NY-19) My Daily Donation | E-26 | $20 to John Hall by cmanaster - Dem John Hall received the diarist's contribution to unseat incumbent Repub Sue Kelly.
(NY-24) NRCC's Lexis-Nexis campaign blows up in their faces (NY-24) by republicans are idiots - Dem Ray Meier is being smeared by the NRCC about a rapist he failed to convict because neither the witness nor the victim showed up to trial. Help Meier defeat Repub Michael Arcuri.
(NY-25) NY-25 WALSH: I ONLY VOTE WITH BUSH 88 PERCENT OF THE TIME by SoBeDem - News from the debate between Jim Walsh (R) and Dan Maffei (D).
(NY-29) (NY-29) Kuhl/Massa Debate; Notes from the 10/10/06 Debate by Ellicatt - Great paraphrasing of the debate between Rep. Randy Kuhl (R) and netroots challenger Eric Massa (D).
(NY-29) (NY-29) Massa vs. Kuhl round two by Kilgore Trout3 - Netroots challenger Eric Massa (D) starts slow put leaves Rep. Randy Kuhl (R) in his wake in their second debate.
(NY-29) NY-29: Kuhl loses his cool over torture by Eric Massa - Dem candidate Eric Massa relates his third debate with incumbent Repub Randy Kuhl, highlighting Kuhl's losing his cool over torture.
(OH-14) OH-14: LaTourette Next Big Scandal? Research Needed! by YellowDogSammy - Help find more scandal in LaTourette's (R) background.
(OH-18) OH-18 Ney should resign Friday, every DEM can mention it by ca democrat - Can you believe Rep. Bob Ney (R) has not resigned? At least it will make it that much better when he pleads guilty on Friday the 13th.
(PA-Var) PA 6-7-8: Final Countdown On Hillary Event by Adam B - Earn an invite to an event with Sen. Hillary Clinton.
(WA-08) WA-08: CQ uprates race to tossup status by kos - CQ now thinks Darcy Burner (D) is competitive.
(WV-02) UPDATED: WV-02 Callaghan-Capito debated tonight in Martinsburg by Carnacki - 'Live' report from on the scene, amazement at the strong display of support for Mike Callaghan (D) in his race against the incumbent Shelley Moore Capito (R).
(WV-02) Moyers vs. Blankenship: Is God green? by Carnacki - Bill Moyers transcript with link for finding out Mike Callaghan's (D) stand on the environmental issues facing WV. Callaghan is facing Shelley Moore Capito (R).
(AL-All) Taking Back the House State-by-State: ALABAMA! by ultrageek - Another installment in ultrageeks great series running down the contest in each district in the country. 50 state strategy in action baby!
(AZ-01) BREAKING: Corrupt Renzi Land Deal - Phoenix New Times Story Out by anisozet - Rick Renzi (R) supports land swap legislation that would benefit his business partner; Ellen Simon (D) is his opponent.
(CA-04) CA-04 This is Fun: Doolittle is cracking up! live debate blog-- by LindaR - Live blog (now log blog) for last night's debate between Charlie Brown (D) and John Doolittle (R).
(CA-11) CA-11: It's time to put this one away by ripzaw - A call for support for Jerry McNerney (D), running against Richard Pombo (R).
(CA-11) Slap Rep. Pombo (CA-11) for Attack Ads (with Poll) by Liberal Thinking - Diarist points out hypocrisy for Rep. Richard Pombo's (R) ad saying netroots challenger Jerry McNerney (D) allegedly supports North Korea's tyranny while at the same time voting for the torture bill.
(CA-50) CA-50: Another Crook: Bilbray being investigated by Grand Jury by UTBrianci - Links and reports about Brian Bilbray's (R) current legal problems and how these may impact his race against challenger Francine Busby (D).
(CA-50) CA-50: The Long Arm of the Law by American Pundit - has the latest news accounts and links to information about Rebuplican Brian Billbray's potential residency problems in his rematch with Democrat Francine Busby
(CA-50) CA-R Brian Bilbray being investigated by egarratt - Brian Bilbray (R) lies about his residence and may get caught.
(CT-04) BREAKING NEWS UPDATED: Foleygate Vs. Chappaquiddick? Say It Ain't So, Shays! by LIMAMA - Rep. Chris Shays (R) went there and said that challenger Diane Farrell (D) is consorting with "killer" Sen. Ted Kennedy (D) in response to charges about Foleygate.
(GA-06) GA-06 Chicken Shit Rep. Price (R) Challenged to Debate Sinton (D) by annrose - Incumbent Repub Tom Price is refusing to debate Dem challenger Steve Sinton.
(HI-02) HI-02: Democrats are united for victory! by raatz - Introduction to primary winner Mazie Hirono (D) and her Democratic supporters.
(IL-06) (IL-06) Hastert/Bush $$ fiesta for Roskam! Don't let them get away with it. by Markg8 - Thursday is the big fundraiser in Chicago, hosted by Denny Hastert and starring George Bush. Peter Roskam (R) and Dave McSweeney (R) stand to split a million bucks from this shindig.
(IL-14) IL-14 Laesch gets back to "Regularly Scheduled Campaigning" by Laesch for Congress - John Laesch (D) will hold a Town Meeting on Iraq on Thursday, October 12 from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m; his opponent in the general election is Dennis Hastert (R).
(IL-15) Foreign Policy (IL-15) by Gill for Congress 2006 - David Gill (D) sets out a foreign policy plan for Iraq; Tim Johnson (R) is his opponent.
(IN-06) IN-06 - Pimping my husband!!! by Congressional Candidates Wife - Wonderful, inside - insight diary on the candidate Barry Welsh (D) by his wife, Sherri. Sherri gives us lots of reasons to vote for Barry over Mike Pence (R).
(IN-06) BILL CLINTON is not President (IN-06) by Barry Welsh - Dem candidate Barry Welsh takes issue with George W. Bush's refusal for taking responsibility for everything that has happened during his tenure in office. Support Welsh over incumbent Repub Mike Pence.
(House-Var) Hypocrisy by the numbers - The FRC Scorecard (US House) by The American Prophet - Diairist has the Family Research Council's scorecard for some of the top members of The House.
Senate (20)
(MD-Sen) MD-Sen: Cardin's new ad. Absolutely perfect. by nickshepDEM - Dem Ben Cardin's new ad is a winner; Michael Steele (R) is his opponent.
(MD-Sen) Does Michael Steele support the Racist Death Penalty in Maryland? by andy K - New study shows Maryland's death penalty I among the most racist in the nation.
(MD-Sen) MD-Sen: "The standard bearer of these convictions is George W. Bush" by kos - Great new ad by Ben Cardin (D).
(MO-Sen) I Support Josh the Veteran. Why Won't Jim Talent? by Mays - Diarist links to news coverage of an Iraqi War Vetern, his story, and the trouble it is causing Republican Jim Talent's re-election campaign against Democrat Claire McCaskill
(NJ-Sen) NJ Senate Race: Menendez Overtakes "Cowardly Kean" by MrLiberal - New Quinnipiac University poll shows incumbent Dem Bob Menendez leading Repub Tom Kean Jr.
(NV-Sen) NV-Sen - Big Campaign updates: TV ads! by Sarah R Carter - Updates from the campaign trail with Jack Carter (D).
(TN-Sen) TN-Sen: BOMBSHELL - Biggest scandal yet! by R o o k - Bob Corker (R) caught in yet another scandal where he diverted money from a city pension fund to a crony that has since lost 13% of it.
(TN-Sen) TN-SEN: Ford's Gonna Win! East TN Media Start to Endorse by Eleanor A - Conservative paper, Knoxville Metro Pulse strongly endorses Dem Harold Ford Jr. over Repub Bob Corker.
(TN-Sen) TN-Sen.: Research needed reg. Chattanooga Pulse article by micha1976 - Discussion of Bill Ford's (D) legal career.
(VA-Sen) George Allen's Henchmen are on the prowl by totallynext - Signs in support of Jim Webb (D) are being stolen from yards in some Virginia areas; are supporters of George Allen (R) responsible?
(VA-Sen) Phone from Home for Jim Webb Timpani Roll! by tokatakiya - A call for volunteers to phonebank for Jim Webb (D), running against George Allen (R).
(VA-Sen) (VA Sen) 1/5 Of Likely Voters Watched Jim Webb v. George Allen Debate by Ambivalent Mumblings - Around 20% of the people who will vote on November 7 may have watched the debate between George Allen (R) and Jim Webb (D).
(VA-Sen) Warner: Step in To Bring Webb Home by josephk - Warner and Webb (D) could combine resources in VA.
(VA-Sen) VA-Sen: Allen's "mute" strategy by kos - Allen (R) decides to just shut up.
(AZ-Sen) Jon Kyl - Legislating Morality to Screw America by ihateshrubs - Diarist reminds us of Republican Jon Kyl's legislation that would ban all internet gambling by US residents. Includes contact info for Democrat Jim Pederson's campaign
(CT-Sen) Lamont 1, Lieberman 0 - Lord, that was satisfying by malangali - Diarist voted today by absentee ballot for Ned Lamont (D).
(CT-Sen) CT-Sen: The sky isn't falling by kos - Kos loves to post poll results!
(CT-Sen) CT-SENATE RACE: WHAT THE POLLS AREN'T TALKING ABOUT! by Djneedle83 - A Kossack asks some questions about the Connecticut sentorial race; Ned Lamont (D), Joe Lieberman (CFL) and Alan Schlesinger (R) are the contenders.
(CT-Sen) Another Good Omen for Lamont? by Bob Loblaw - A moderate voter's personal, and optimistic, take on the Joe Lieberman (CFL)-Ned Lamont (D) race.
(CT-Sen) Lamont's math problem - Solved by Ken in Tex - Number crunching shows Lamont's standing in CT.
Various (19)
(MA-Gov) Deval Patrick has amnesia. by Mae - Deval Patrick (D) is being swiftboated by a mendacious attack ad from the campaign of his opponent Kerry Healey (R).
(MA-Gov) Ma-Gov: Kerry Healey, "I'll Get You, My Pretty!" by Ryepower12 - Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey (R) does what Republicans do best and goes hard negative in ads against gubernatorial opponent Deval Patrick (D).
(MA-Gov) MA-Gov: Patrick leads by 18 by daveweigel - How much of this is the natural decline of a primary bounce and how much is damage from the LaGuer issue?
(MI-Gov) MI-GOV: Dick Devos Music Video by devoshead - Link to a music video about the race between incumbent Dem Jennifer Granholm and Repub Dick DeVos.
(OH-Gen) OH-All Attention Ohio Kossacks by Timroff - Call for all Ohioan Kossacks to help out on Election Day with an online resource for signing up.
(OR HD-39) Join Mike Caudle this Saturday by Mike Caudle for State Rep - We are looking for volunteers to walk Oregon City this weekend and help get the message out about Mike Caudle.
(SC-Gov) Who's the Dem candidate for SC governor? by FLCapitolMole - Diarist laments the lack of visibility for the Democratic candidate.
(VT-Gov) I'm Scudder Parker, and I'm Running for Governor of Vermont by Scudder Parker - A diary from the Democratic candidate, running against Jim Douglas (R).
(WA-Var) Volunteers - Washington State - GOTV!!! by YetiMonk - An impassioned call for volunteers of any state to get involved against a smoothly functioning Repub machine. Some races are close and crucial. Diarist includes lots of phone numbers to make contacts easy.
(AZ-Gen) AZ-Var: Proposition 300-Wrong for students, Wrong for Arizona by afguy08 - Diarist provides links to and analysis of the current ballot initiative concerning illegal immigrants and education in Arizona
(CA-Gov) CA-Gov: Help Phil Angelides Get on The Tonight Show by Angelides 2006 - Effort to get gubernatorial challenger Phil Angelides (D) on the Tonight Show to compensate for the appearance of Gov. Ahnold Gubernator (R).
(CA-Gov) CA: Fight - or - Fold by practicalmatters - Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) gets free time on Jay Leno and Dem opponent Phil Angelides's protest, requesting equal time, goes unheard. Diarist suggests a reminder to the show that the airwaves belong to the American public, in the form of letters and an advertiser boycott.
(CA-Var) (CA-Gov, CA 04, CA-11, CA-propositions) From the land of surf and pumpkins by MakeChessNotWar - Diairst provides some personal observations of the state of the election in California.
(CT-Var) "Mow Down that Bush!" with Bonus Lamont Content by Swordsmith - Diarist provides a personal take on a recent democratic fundraising dinner in Connecticut.
(FL-State) FL State House 69: Keith Fitzgerald Takes on the Radical Right by bkirby816 - Keith Fitzgerald (D), running for the state legislature, had some strong words at a Christian Coalition event against Vern Buchanan (R) who is running to replace Rep. Katherine Harris (R).
(FL-Var) Election Watch: Foley scandal impacting Southern races by ProgressiveSouth - The Foley issue looks set to negatively impact on the Republican vote in the South on November 7 according to Hastings Wyman, editor of the Southern Political Report.
(IL-Gov) Vote for Blagojevich (D-IL) for Governor? by BobOnLSD - How Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) has been a profound disappointment in his promise to clear up corruption.
(Var) 4x4: Four weeks, four reasons state legislatures matter by DLCC - Diarist highlights four state legislative chambers on the brink of flipping that need our help in order to help our cause, for example, in redistricting.
(Var) FOLLOWING THE POLLS: The Wednesday Edition by Steve Singiser - Steve's daily roundup of nationwide polls.
General (10)
I don't see how we can lose: District by District look by mhinds01 - Diarist links to and provides analysis of recent election forecasts.
What I Don't Get - Doing Nothing About Foley By Michael Schiavo - Michael writes a powerful diary! He's here to help win.
28 Days & Counting - What Did You Do Today? by aimeeinkc - Do not wake up on November 8th & wished you would have done more.
Stop Reading, Stop Whining, Get Going by MrMichaelMT - Diarist pleads with us to break our Dkos habit for one weekend and become a voice for change calling for MoveOn, or do campaign mailings, or write LTEs, or walk neighborhoods.
...Because YOU Have Some Voting To Do! by EmilyD - Some great resource links for voter registration, volunteering at the polls, and how to report voting machine problems and voter fraud
Taking the House AND the Senate! (Thursday edition) by plf515 - Rundown of the probability of taking back the House and the Senate in the midterm election.
Anyone want a database of all House races? by dnta - Fantastic Excel resource of the state of every house race in the country, downloadable and hosted by Truth and Progress.
Sabato: A "Deep Blue Sea" in the 2006 Midterms? (w/Poll) by JekyllnHyde - Larry Sabato, political science professor at University of Virginia, sees the opposability of Dem control of both houses.
Financially Competing in Every District by withthelidoff - Big picture numbers on the 50 state strategy.
Polls, polls, polls by kos - New polls.