What Are Your Favorite Local Blogs?

I think there’s no question that local & regional blogs played an important role in many races this year – and I think this trend is only going to grow. And in many cases, these local blogs didn’t just have an impact on the online community, but they also drove crucial offline coverage as well.

Some good examples would include the folks at Blue Jersey, who busted a staffer for Republican Tom Kean for posing as a concern troll; the trio of NH blue bloggers (Blue Granite, NH-02 Progressive, and Yankee Doodler) who also nailed a concern troll who was Charlie Bass’s no. 2 staffer; and the Virginia bloggers (principally Raising Kaine) who played a big role in getting Jim Webb to toss his hat into the ring.

There are many other great sites I could point to as well (Take19, the Idaho bloggers, the North Carolina bloggers), but I’m just one guy and there are only so many blogs I’m familiar with. So I’d like to ask all of you: What are some of your favorite local blogs, whether they cover a particular state, city, region or Congressional district? Please post links in comments. Even if some of your favorites are blogs I’ve already mentioned, I’d love to know why you like them as well.

And, of course, have a great Thanksgiving!

27 thoughts on “What Are Your Favorite Local Blogs?”

  5. I’d say BurntOrangeReport.com

    otherwise, I’d say another really good local (or statewide) blogsite would be RaisingKaine.

  7. Chris Wood’s Political Forecast is very good in Iowa (as is the recently revived DrewMiller.net) and Laurin Manning’s LaurinLine is very good in SC and will soon be moving to SoapBlox I hear.
    In addition to TexasKaos and BurntOrangeReport, OfftheKuff is a great Texas blog.
    And you can’t talk about RaisingKaine and Virginia blogs without mentioning NotLarrySabato.
    There’s also the Blue Mass Group in Massachusett’s — Gov. Deval Patrick owes them a lot!
    Ok, gotta rave about some more Texas blogs — PinkDome and InthePink have the inside scoop and snark, Grits for Breakfast is the best criminal justice blog in the U.S.A., Dos Centavos has the news from Houston. State Rep. Aaron Pena has a great blog — best one I’ve seen by an elected official but it seems to be down today. And I can’t forget the great contrarian, Greg Wythe.

  9. Hey all, one of my missions has always to have “50 state strategy” for SoapBlox blogs (the platform SSP is now on).

    Many of the local blogs already listed are SoapBloxes (Blue Mass Group,  Raising Kaine, Burnt Orange Report, and the NH bloggers have just started a SoapBlox), and I’d like to get many more.

    So if you are the people or know people who run the local blogs, seriously think about getting a SoapBlox.  It’s dirt cheaep for the functionality you get, and you can change America!

    Since I’m in Denver, I’d love to see more Western state SoapBloxes.  Idaho and Wyoming, anyone?

    Email me at pacifed [at] soapblox [dot] net for the info!  Learn more here.

  11. But my handle might reveal my bias.

    Minnesota has a great blog/netroots scene:

    MN Publius
    Bluestem Prairie (CD1 – Tim Walz!)
    Power Liberal
    Across the Great Divide
    Minnesota Monitor:  Project of the Center for Independent Media, it brings together many of the top lefty bloggers to do investigative, hard-hitting stories….and yes, I contribute to MinMon. 

    I’m actually considering taking MNCR to SoapBlox soon, given the success I’ve seen with BlueMassGroup and Michigan Liberal……if you’re interested in Minnesota, keep an eye out!

  13. In the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut, where Joe Courtney just ousted Republican Rob Simmons by 83 (!) votes, CT Blue is a good voice.

  14. my favorite, but we’re still a little bit in development.

    I really like Blue Mass Group.  It’s got a great mix of analysis and organizing, and the vast majority of people there seem to be very sane and clearheaded.

  15. No group did more to win the CT-SEN primary than the My Left Nutmeg folks; in the Philadelphia area, Young Philly Politics has always been great.

    1. My family is originally from there and I also lived there once. Most of them migrated to N.H. though and they participated in helping turn that much Bluer recently.
      Cheers.

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