Candidate filing rolls on – KY,WV & IN

Now that the dust has settled on the Massachusetts Senate Special (ugh) it is time to turn our minds back to candidate filing.

Below the fold for all the details and hey go check out the 2010 Race Tracker Wiki over at Open Congress for all your House, Senate and Gubernatorial needs.

Candidate filing has closed in Kentucky and West Virginia with a full slate for both parties (boring but true)!

For the Democrats:

KY-01 (Whitfield) – R+15,

KY-02 (Guthrie) – R+15,

KY-04 (Davis) – R+14,

KY-05 (Rogers) – R+15,

WV-02 (Capito) – R+8,

And for the GOP:

KY-03 (Yarmuth) – D+2,

KY-06 (Chandler) – R+9,

WV-01 (Mollohan) – R+9,

WV-03 (Rahall) – R+6,

So for those of us that take notice of these things the progressive totals in states where candidate filing has closed is 6 Unopposed GOP House Reps and 2 unopposed Democratic House Reps.

And finally candidate filing season is open in Indiana. If you assume that all House incumbents recontest then as of the posting of this diary we have candidates in every district except the 3rd & 6th and the GOP every district but the 7th.

The next two states up after that are New Mexico and Ohio.

16 thoughts on “Candidate filing rolls on – KY,WV & IN”

  2. look pretty good for us.  We’re certainly not picking up any seats, but we should hold all of ours.

    Yarmuth and Rahall do not appear to have drawn credible challengers.

    Chandler has a second-tier challenge from attorney Andy Barr, but I expect his gravitas, $$$, and the D registration advantage in his district to pull him through.

    Mollohan also has a second-tier challenge.  He was supposed to have a top-tier challenge from State Sen. Clark Barnes, but Barnes dropped out of the race just before New Year.  Businessman David McKinley has taken his place as the NRCC candidate of choice.  In more good news for Mollohan, he was cleared of ethical wrongdoing after a lengthy investigation of his earmarking practices.  Mollohan needs to pick up the fundraising pace though.  Hopefully his year-end disclosure will be good news.

    I’d call Yarmuth and Rahall safe D, and Chandler and Mollohan likely D at this point.

  4. 4 seats on our end we’re not going to have to worry about losing, and if any of those 4 were open we would prob have some worries. Also, takes Rahall off the retirement list for me.

    Onward to the next state.

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