DCCC Expands Red to Blue by 11

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?  

28 thoughts on “DCCC Expands Red to Blue by 11”

  1. 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

  2. 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.

  3. 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?

  4. Something other than “Red To Blue” for the “Keeping It Blue” list — PA-07 and the ones listed above.

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