HOW MANY DISTRICTS STILL TO GO? WELL 47 ACTUALLY

by BENAWU, Mon Feb 06, 2006 at 07:11:50 AM EST

As we move further and further into the filing season for this years midterms it seems that interest is continuing to rise in seeing Democrats running in as many House districts as possible.

The gang over at Barry Welsh's campaign - IN 6 have updated their "50 State" page:  http://www.barrywelsh.org/fiftystate/ind ex.html - 54 districts left to fill according to their strict criteria.
But join me below the fold as we get to 47 districts remaining............

As well as the Welsh Campaign the guru's of house races have been blogging away too.

RBH:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/3/1 8409/60362
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/2/0 5023/08500
http://mydd.com/story/2006/2/2/113122/47 55

Nathaniel Ament Stone:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/3/1 72120/2382
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/1 31/204454/576

and Superribbie:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/1/18/ 131835/052
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/7/ 172433/004

And an honourable mention must go to David Kowalski who has been merrily trawling the internet to scour out candidates too:
http://david_kowalski.mydd.com/comments/ 2006/2/2/113122/4755/3#3
http://david_kowalski.mydd.com/comments/ 2006/1/30/161536/968/1#1

The Welsh team take some convincing as to candidate nominations, the others less so. For what it's worth I reckon that we can count these following candidates in as well. Despite no candidate web site or State SOS filing that I can find online (I have included links to supporting evidence) they are IMHO obviously planning to run:

CA 25
ROBERTO RODRIQUEZ
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/2/0 5023/08500#20
http://dccc.org/races/candidates/CA_25_R oberto_Rodriguez.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/4/1 2247/80631 (scroll down below the fold for a mention)

D AL
Dennis Spivack:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/1 /16/16403/4852
http://www.delawaregrapevine.com/11-05po liticking2.asp
http://delawareliberal.blogspot.com/2005 _12_01_delawareliberal_archive.html

Add to that these links:
http://www.delawarestonewall.com/(scroll down a bit)
http://kyw.com/local/local_story_0232037 41.html (ditto)

and his under construction web site:
www.spivackforcongress.org

FL 7
JOHN CHAGNON
http://www.dccc.org/races/candidates/FL_ 07_John_Chagnon.html
http://www.bandofbrothers2006.org/candid ates/

GA 3
PATRICK PILLION
http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com/20 05/11/lynn-westmoreland-has-some-democra tic.html
http://www.cowetademocrat.org/
http://www.democraticwinners.com/congres s.htm
http://www.uselections.com/ga/ga.htm

including a parked website:
www.patrickpillion.com/

KS 2 - NANCY BOYDA
http://firekansasdemocrats.blogspot.com/ 2006/01/nancy-boyda-back-in.html
http://cjonline.com/stories/012906/loc_d emocrats.shtml
http://cjonline.com/stories/012906/loc_d emocrats.shtml

NY 13 - STEVE HARRISON
http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index .ssf?/base/news/1138804283230280.xml& ;coll=1
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/1/2 31859/2371
http://ny13.blogspot.com/

PA 9
PAUL POLITIS
http://www.dccpac.com/news/20051909.htm
http://philosopheforum.blogspot.com/2005 /09/real-leadership-vs-monumental.html

Which leaves us at 47 to go! How do I differ from RBH's list?

1)    CA 44 -  Where Louis Vandenberg is having another run: http://www.vandenbergforcongress.com/
2)    PA 9 - As per above if Paul Politis is attending candidate forums he is running IMHO, RBH is not so sure.
3)    OK 3 - RBH Thinks John Harris is in I am not convinced. (see below)
4)    TN 7 -     Where Kossack Jeff Greer is having a go: http://www.commonfsense.org/index.html
5)    UT 1 - RBH Thinks Craig Axford is in I am not convinced. (see below)

There is also 3 potentially emerging candidates as well. If these guys are in your state then contact and encourage them to run.

LA 7
HUNTER LUNDY
http://www.politicsfodder.com/archives/2 005/12/politakes_a_quick_snapshot_of.sht ml
http://dcpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/20 05/12/december-3-4-newsletter.html

NY 3
DAVE MEJIAS
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ nation/ny-usking184556945dec18,0,6428402 .story?coll=ny-uspolitics-headlines

http://kingwatch.blogspot.com/
This link tells me he hasn't made his mind up yet.

OR 2
SCOTT SILVER
http://loadedorygun.blogspot.com/2006/02 /exclusive-dems-may-have-challenger-for. html

And whilst at the races these three candidates have been suggested based on less reliable tips/links as follows:

AR 3
NORMAN "BILL" WILLIAMS
http://www.actblue.com/directory/federal /house-af

OK 3 - JOHN HARRIS
http://dccc.org/races/candidates/OK_03_J ohn_Harris.html

UT 1 - CRAIG AXFORD
http://dccc.org/races/candidates/UT_01_C raig_Axford.html

So which are the terrible 47 districts remaining unopposed?

AL 1 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/AL01_109.pdf
AL 2 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/AL02_109.pdf
AL 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/AL03_109.pdf
AL 4 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/AL04_109.pdf
AL 6 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/AL06_109.pdf

AZ 6 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/AZ06_109.pdf

AR 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/AR03_109.pdf

CA 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/ca03_109.pdf
CA 21 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/ca21_109.pdf
CA 22 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/ca22_109.pdf

FL 10 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/FL10_109.pdf
FL 12 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/FL12_109.pdf

GA 9 -
GA 10 -
GA 11 -
For all of these see: http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo /pdf/gacongress2006color.pdf

IA 4 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/IA04_109.pdf

LA 4 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/LA04_109.pdf
LA 5 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/LA05_109.pdf
LA 6 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/LA06_109.pdf
LA 7 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/LA07_109.pdf

MI 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/MI03_109.pdf

MS 1 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/MS01_109.pdf
MS 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/Mo03_109.pdf

MO 7 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/Mo07_109.pdf
MO 8 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/Mo08_109.pdf

NJ 4 -  http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/NJ04_109.pdf
NJ 11 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/NJ11_109.pdf

NY 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/NY03_109.pdf

NC 5 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/NC05_109.pdf
NC 6 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/NC06_109.pdf

OH 8 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/OH08_109.pdf

OK 1 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/OK01_109.pdf
OK 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/OK03_109.pdf
OK 4 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/OK04_109.pdf

OR 2 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/OR02_109.pdf

SC 2 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/SC02_109.pdf
SC 4 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/SC04_109.pdf

TN 1 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/TN01_109.pdf
TN 2 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/TN02_109.pdf

UT 1 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/UT01_109.pdf
UT 3 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/UT03_109.pdf

VA 4 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/VA04_109.pdf
VA 6 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/VA06_109.pdf
VA 7 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/VA07_109.pdf

WA 5 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/WA05_109.pdf

WI 6 - http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/image s/pdf/congdist/wi06_109.pdf

Some of these might have been competitive had decent candidates declared by now eg NY 3, FL 10, IA 4 so in these and other races there IS STILL TIME FOR A GOOD CANDIDATE TO BE COMPETITIVE.

If one of these districts is in your state hassle the state party to see who might be thinking of filing or FILE yourself. At least 8 of these uncontested races could well have competitive senate races and 6 or 7 may have competitive governor races. It is unthinkable to allow up ticket candidates to suffer the loss of votes that inevitably goes with an uncontested house race.

** PLEASE COMMENT WITH ANY TIPS, GOSSIP OR CONFIRMED CANDIDATES ***




Tags: CA-25, DE-AL, FL-07, GA-03, KA-02, NY-13, PA-09, LA-07, NY-03, OR-02, 2006, HOUSE 2006, REX FREEDOM, HOUSE ELECTIONS 2006, HOUSE DISTRICTS (all tags)

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NY 3 (none / 0)

Well guess what Mejias is out and the new maybe candidate is David Denenberg.:

http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/n y-lipols064616079feb06,0,4178278.column? coll=ny-rightrail-columnist

So there!


by BENAWU on Mon Feb 06, 2006 at 07:30:20 AM EST

Re: NY 3 (none / 0)

For the record the article doesn't state that Mejias has dropped off.  It says he has demured, which basically means has delayed any decision.  he was expected to say yes or no about 2 weeks ago, but has not made a decision either way yet


by Smash255 on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 01:18:31 AM EST
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Re: NY 3 (none / 0)

I think to demur is to take exception to or to object actually.


by BENAWU on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 02:20:31 AM EST
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Re: NY 3 (none / 0)

Just looked it up :)

It actually could mean either one.

Its hard to say from the article itself which meaning he meant, but due to the fact their has been no answer either way till this point from anywhere I think it was more than likley that he is delaying a decision


by Smash255 on Wed Feb 08, 2006 at 02:18:31 AM EST
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Patrick Pillion (none / 0)

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (ajc.com) reported that Pillion declared his candidacy in its February 2 edition.  That's about as real as it gets in Georgia.  BTW, this district is shown as GA-8 on the Barry Welsh.com site.  It depends if you count the redistricting or not.

The Alabama Democratic Party site reports that qualifying for congressional seats begins on March 4.  The current news is filled with reports about state races from governor on down. No added information from AL.com either.

The Des Moines Register reports no further information.  On the Presidential front, Tom Daschle was in the state.  George Pataki is making a 3 day visit this month.  Evan Bayh continues to be active with a visit planned for later this month.  The same is true for John Edwards.

NOLA.com reports that up to a million mailings will be sent to encourage out of state voting for 2006.  Charlie Melancon and Gov. Blanco may be breathing a sigh of relief.  Maybe.

I really wish I had additional candidates to report at this time but that's it.


by David Kowalski on Mon Feb 06, 2006 at 10:17:04 AM EST

Washington 5 (none / 0)

Is the home district of former House Speaker Tom Foley, D-Spokane.  It also contains Washington State and Gonzaga.  Maybe we could run John Stockton, since he's got name recognition and also hails from Spokane.  Seriously, I have no idea what his political views are.  This is just a lark.  But his father owns a bar near the Gonzaga campus in Spokane so ...

One of the Virginia districts is a long thin slice running down the Shenandoah way south.  It contains the birthplace of Woodrow Wilson (Staunton) and the base of Jerry Falwell (Roanoke).

One other tidbit.  The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) is reporting that the GOP's internal polls in its 25 most vulnerable seats is disastrous.  This was the leadoff to the Shadegg speeches.  It didn't convince people to make a real change but it did scare them into dumping Blunt.


by David Kowalski on Mon Feb 06, 2006 at 06:00:24 PM EST

Which 'candidacies' to include? (none / 0)

I think Rex Freedom at the Barry Welsh site is wise to be cautious about including candidates until there is a fair degree of certainty that they are running, ie. they have either filed or set up a campaign website. Including candidates where there is still some doubt may deter other candidates from coming forward and possibly leave districts without any candidate at all.

Having said that he has included some where the evidence is not exactly cast iron yet, eg. PA-5.
As for CA-44 where does the website indicate that Vandenberg is running again? It doesn't appear to have been updated recently.


by UKLIB on Mon Feb 06, 2006 at 06:22:41 PM EST

Re: Which 'candidacies' to include? (none / 0)

There's a contact email on Vandenberg's site, why doesn't someone just ask?


by Lucas O'Connor on Mon Feb 06, 2006 at 07:18:33 PM EST
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Re: Which 'candidacies' to include? (none / 0)

I agree totally with Rex Freedom being cautious and indeed have discussed this with him at length via email. All of the districts he included last update were suggested by me and none of the races cited above were suggested as being in the bag for their site. My intention in doing this diary was to prompt others to hunt out more conclusive evidence for these races and any others and David Kowalski has been very helpful in that regard.

Rex and I agreed that any candidate that says "hi i'm running" via blog entry ie PA 5: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/1/13/ 71739/2309

is obviously running.

Re CA 44 i would ring to confirm but I live in Australia and the wife would be a little perturbed :).

However Vandenberg is in as his 2008 endorsement of Gore shows that his site has been updated and he has been cited in on line fliers promoting political events the most recent being only a few days ago promoting a rally for busby in CA 50.

Would provide links but am at work on laptop and breaking rule not to blog at work for one of only a few times (won't do it again boss honest).


by BENAWU on Mon Feb 06, 2006 at 10:50:18 PM EST
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Re: Which 'candidacies' to include? (none / 0)

I know of at least two listings which are highly questionable, OH-07 and OH-16.


by DavidNYC on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 01:09:27 AM EST
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Re: Which 'candidacies' to include? (none / 0)

Hi David,

I will respond to this post and your KOS story over at Kos.

Ben


by BENAWU on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 02:18:29 AM EST
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Re: Which 'candidacies' to include? (none / 0)

Vandenberg is confirmed. I emailed and got a response confirming that the race is on.  I can pass it along to whomever if you want.


by Lucas O'Connor on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 04:58:12 PM EST
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Re: Which 'candidacies' to include? (none / 0)

thanks for that :)


by BENAWU on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 07:16:50 PM EST
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PUBLIC FINANCED ELECTIONS (none / 0)

Get on the bus or stop crying.


by Seldom Seen Smith on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 02:36:32 AM EST


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