According to The Hill, the DCCC has targeted 14 Republican incumbents for web/phone/radio hits starting on Monday. Here’s the full list, including each district’s Presidential vote in the last two cycles:
| State | CD | Incumbent | Kerry ’04 | Bush ’04 | Gore ’00 | Bush ’00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | AL | Young | 36 | 61 | 28 | 59 |
| CO | 4 | Musgrave | 41 | 58 | 37 | 57 |
| IL | 10 | Kirk | 53 | 47 | 51 | 47 |
| MI | 9 | Knollenberg | 49 | 51 | 47 | 51 |
| MO | 6 | Graves | 42 | 57 | 44 | 53 |
| NC | 8 | Hayes | 45 | 54 | 46 | 54 |
| NJ | 7 | Ferguson | 47 | 53 | 48 | 49 |
| NM | 1 | Wilson | 51 | 48 | 48 | 47 |
| NV | 3 | Porter | 49 | 50 | 49 | 48 |
| NY | 25 | Walsh | 50 | 48 | 51 | 45 |
| NY | 29 | Kuhl | 42 | 56 | 43 | 53 |
| PA | 3 | English | 47 | 53 | 47 | 51 |
| VA | 2 | Drake | 42 | 58 | 43 | 55 |
| WV | 2 | Capito | 42 | 57 | 44 | 54 |
However, only seven districts (NC-08, MI-09, AK-AL, NV-03, NY-25, WV-02 and MO-06) are getting the radio ads. But this is a good indicator, perhaps, of the districts that the DCCC plans to aggressively contest next year. While many of these look tough, dynamite candidates in State Senator John Unger and Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes (MO-06) could very well be map changers.