Actblue: Who’s Hot? (September)

Another month, another tally of how well the top twenty Democratic House challengers are performing on Actblue.com.









































































































































































State CD Candidate Actblue Total Contributions Avg. Donation
MA 5 Niki Tsongas $195,933 570 $343.74
CO 2 Jared Polis $162,837 422 $385.87
WA 8 Darcy Burner $111,018 3,107 $35.73
ME 1 Chellie Pingree $107,820 273 $394.95
CA 26 Russ Warner $96,214 348 $276.48
IL 10 Dan Seals $78,703 250 $314.81
MO 6 Kay Barnes $75,829 133 $570.14
NY 29 Eric Massa $74,053 904 $81.92
AZ 3 Bob Lord $73,715 190 $387.97
TX 10 Dan Grant $62,080 165 $376.24
NY 26 Jon Powers $56,062 347 $161.56
CA 4 Charlie Brown $49,960 1,168 $42.77
FL 8 Mike Smith $49,925 74 $674.66
NM 1 Martin Heinrich $46,399 249 $186.34
MD 4 Donna Edwards $46,001 828 $55.56
NC 8 Larry Kissell $35,968 362 $99.36
CT 4 Jim Himes $30,452 203 $150.01
MT AL Bill Kennedy $21,016 80 $262.70
IL 14 John Laesch $19,136 285 $67.14
IA 4 Selden Spencer $19,000 126 $150.79

The biggest story of the month, of course, is Darcy Burner’s meteoric rise up the charts to the number 3 slot, after riding a wave of donations from the Burn Bush fundraiser (propelled by blogs such as DailyKos, Eschaton, Open Left, MyDD, SSP and other local and national blogs). The impressive display of netroots muscle prompted her primary challenger, Democratic state Senator Rodney Tom, to exit the race and endorse Burner.

You can compare this update with last month’s tally here.

Update: Following the suggestion of an astute and loyal reader, I’ve added another column for the average contribution. It’s quite clear that, in terms of small donors, Darcy Burner, Charlie Brown, and Donna Edwards are all basking in the warm glow of people power.

15 thoughts on “Actblue: Who’s Hot? (September)”

  2. Pulling $674.66 per donation is interesting. I’m guessing the demographics of people donating to him through ActBlue differ from other candidates on that list. Not to disparage his donors, it’s just that the average donation list is..

    Smith – 674.66
    Barnes – 570.14
    Pingree – 394.95

    That’s a noticable gap.

    Same goes for Kay Barnes, Maybe she’s just referring the long-time donors to ActBlue until it’s time for a formal fundraiser. 😉

  3. i know Montana is a cheap ad state, but still, $21000?  it’d be nice to have a chance at that seat come 08, and while it will be an uphill race, it’s not impossible.  but seriously, step it up billy-boy!

  4. I have been reading blog claims that Jared Polis has been making a series of unimpressive mistakes thus far in his campaign and that some are beginning to question his bona fides as a top flight candidate so I am rather surprised to see him placed so highly on this list.

    To quote from ColoradoPols.com “One screw up after anothercreating image of amateur and over-matched campaign shop”.  Listing his campaign as essentially moving backwards with both Joan Fitz-Gerald and Will Shafroth as more likely to win the nomination than Polis.

    Can anyone put any flesh on what exactly Polis has done//is doing to put his candidacy at risk?  They do not explain what misteps lead them to their conclusion.

    I have no dog in the primary race, am merely an interested observer for the record.

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