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You have to mix in a little LSD, that’s how I met Lincoln 😉
The Georgia 10th congressional district race. State Senator Nancy Schaefer (R-GA) who is an ultra-conservative republican will run in the GOP Primary against Barry Flemimg (R-GA) & incumbent Paul Broun (R-GA). It’s going to be a bloodbath between the three GOP contenders in the primary which might lead Iraq War Veteran & Businessman Bobby Saxon (D-GA) to sneak oit a win in the republican tilted district. Keep an eye on this race.
Jeff Merkeley, who’s Chuck Schumer’s Anointed One and the only serious candidate to some of you blogosphere pundits, stumbled badly as Speaker of the Oregon House during the recent special session while maverick Steve Novick has been pulling increasingly positive national and local press.
In the interest of full disclosure, I’ve been a Novick supporter from the get-go but these event and the recent polls showing him as a better challenger to Smith are going pretty much uncommmented on outside the state.
A Democratic primary in this race.
Richard Carter: An Iraq vet and Air Force Captain.
Jim Esch: Ran in 2006, and got 45% of the vote against Lee Terry.
This is a winnable race, especially if turnout in North Omaha explodes because of Obama.
the cast of characters
Republicans-
Dan Bishir (St. Peters): Unknown
Blaine Luetkemeyer (St. Elizabeth): Former St. Rep, lost Treasurer primary in 2004
Danie Moore (Fulton): State Rep
Brock Olivo (Hermann): the unknown factor in this race.
Bob Onder (Lake St. Louis): State Rep, very anti-stem cell research
Democrats-
Judy Baker (Columbia): State Rep
Lyndon Bode (Palmyra): Marion County Presiding Commissioner
Steve Gaw (Moberly/Holts Summit): Former State Rep, Former Speaker of the Missouri House
Ken Jacob (Columbia): Former State Senator (1997-2005), Ran for Lt. Governor in 2004
Jeff Schaeperkoetter (Owensville): Former State Senator (1989-1993), Pro-Life, Considered a maverick (Was once booted from a State House chairmanship for angering Bob Griffin)
Baker, Gaw, and Jacob are pro-choice. Bode is an unknown there (presumably Abortion doesn’t come up much as a county commissioner).
Where Baker, Gaw, and Jacob stand on the overall spectrum is unknown.
See links in this comment in Superribbie’s super diary.
with one of the five romney sons running for congress, mitt contemplating a run in 2012, and four other romney sons likely to run in three states (MA, MI, and Utah) we have to go into romney watch now. the last thing we need is a romney legacy, so now we need to stop every romney in every race, or risk a slew of them running for president in the future. i am so sick of legacy politics.
John Peterson is one of the thirty (?) representatives retiring this term. I feel that the Democrats can come together and with the message of change can put a Dem in this district.
The Democrats have a good field of candidates in the primary. Mark B. McCracken is a current two-term Clearfield County Commissioner. He has experience in education and balancing county budgets.
He has also helped spur development in the industrial base by welcoming two new Ethanol plants in Clearfield County. These plants will provide not only alternative fuels, but jobs in the area.
His fully-functioning website is at http://www.mccrackenforcongres… and his campaign blog (PA’s Blue Fifth) is at http://pabluefifth.blogspot.com/
when did Schumer or the DSCC ever say that Morrison was the dscc’s preferred candidate?! — quite the contrary is true, actually. I worked for the dscc last cycle and know firsthand that schumer always thought Tester was the stronger candidate — a farmer, state legislative leader, plain-talker, with no ethical clouds. the dscc was relieved when morrison lost — because burns would probably have won a head to head race with him.
i honestly don’t know where some of you guys get your info….
randy newman, i believe. very cool.
as for the DSC’s support for certain candidates over others, i think we all know the criteria that they use for measuring a candidate’s appeal:
A List: Former or Current Governor, popular First Lady
B List: Recently former or current Congressperson, Attorney General, high profile Mayor
C List: State legislative leader, lower constitutional officer (State Treasurer, Secretary of State)
D List: self funder who is not objectionable
E List: Anyone willing to run, including issue candidates, war vets and quirky first time candidates
Having worked hard on Paul Wellstone’s campaigns, I know that “quirky” can win, but it’s certainly not a safe bet and for Novick or Neal or Hackett or Marchand or Wiviott supporters to be upset that insiders would prefer a candidate with some statewide visibility and electoral experience seems a little silly. In many ways, overcoming that is the quirky candidate’s first electoral test.
I DON’T think we should give our nominations in winnable races on a first come, first serve basis.
I’m interested in the 4Q 08 fundraising totals in the top 50 races. Very interested in IL-14, MI-7, MI-9, NJ-7.
And I think it’s pretty reasonable
C List: Statewide lower elected