Or maybe they should be calling it “Keeping Blue Blue”. The list:
District | Candidate | Incumbent | Obama ’08 | 2008 (R) Margin |
---|---|---|---|---|
AR-01 | Chad Causey | OPEN | 38% | – |
AR-02 | Joyce Elliott | OPEN | 44% | – |
HI-01 | Colleen Hanabusa | Djou | 70% | -58% |
IN-08 | Trent Van Haaften | OPEN | 47% | -30% |
MI-01 | Gary McDowell | OPEN | 50% | -32% |
MN-06 | Tarryl Clark | Bachmann | 45% | 3% |
MO-08 | Tommy Sowers | Emerson | 36% | 45% |
PA-06 | Manan Trivedi | Gerlach | 58% | 4% |
WA-03 | Denny Heck | OPEN | 52% | -28% |
WI-07 | Julie Lassa | OPEN | 56% | -22% |
WV-01 | Mike Oliverio | OPEN | 42% | – |
In their first batch of Red to Blue endorsements, the DCCC only snuck in two blue seats into the program. This time, only four GOP-held seats made the cut, including the one held by freshly-minted Hawaii Rep. Charles Djou. It’s interesting that the DCCC chose not to include Steve Raby (AL-05) and Matt Zeller (NY-29) just yet. Can you spot any other omissions?
I think this is pretty exhaustive for competitive races:
Defense:
Ben Leming (TN-06)
Ravi Sangisetty (LA-03)
Matt Zeller (NY-29)
Offense:
Bill Hedrick (CA-44)
Jon Hulburd (AZ-03)
Steve Raby (AL-05)
Competitive Primaries:
LA-02 – Richmond v. LaFonta
MA-10 – Keating v. O’Leary
NH-02 – Swett v. Kuster
RI-01 – Cicilline v. Lynch
I will reiterate my suggestion from the first diary. Paul Ryan. He’s become increasingly polarizing and hard-right, so he should be more beatable than in the past. And his proposals are dangerous. Defeat him before he has the power to enact them. The Democrat challenging Paul Ryan needs to get R2B support.
AK-AL-Crawford v. Young
AR-03-Whittaker v. Womack
FL-10-Justice v. Young
GA-07-Heckman v. Republican Primary Winner (Honestly, I think more Iraq War veterans need to be elected to office. They have a great political profile, having served honorably to defend our freedom.)
IL-13-Harper v. Biggert
IL-16-Gaulrapp v. Manzullo
MI-03-Mayhue v. Republican Primary Winner
MI-06-Cooney v. Republican Primary Winner (If Jack Hoogendyk can topple Fred Upton in the primary, then we may have much more of a chance here than we think. Although, if Upton is the nominee, we can pretty much write it off)
MT-AL-McDonald v. Rehberg
OH-14-O’Neill v. LaTourette
TX-32-Raggio v. Sessions
What do you all think?
Something other than “Red To Blue” for the “Keeping It Blue” list — PA-07 and the ones listed above.
I don’t understand why he’s not on the list.