Texas Congressional candidates still needed
Texas Democrats are stepping up to the plate in increasing numbers as congressional House candidates but there are still a number of races without confirmed candidates!Once again go and take a look at...
View ArticleOhio Congressional Candidates still needed
Candidate filing in Ohio closes in less than a week - 4th January - and we still don't have confirmed candidates in a number of Congressional House districts!Once again go and take a look at the 2008...
View ArticleMore House candidates and a Texas shocker
Candidate filing is sailing along with 5 states now having completed candidate filings. And other than a truly woeful performance by the Texas Democratic Party we are humming along.Below the fold for...
View Article375 House races filled
Candidate filing is sailing along with 5 states now having completed candidate filings. And other than a truly woeful performance by the Texas Democratic Party we are humming along.Below the fold for...
View ArticleMore about 2008 House races.
Whilst almost all of the blogospheres attention has been focused on the Presidentials great things have been happening in the House. Below the fold to see the Democratic hits and misses in vulnerable...
View Article381 House races filled
Candidate filing is sailing along with 5 states now having completed candidate filings. And other than a truly woeful performance by the Texas Democratic Party we are humming along.Below the fold for...
View Article386 races filled 400 here we come!
Candidate filing is sailing along with lots of states now having completed candidate filings. And other than a truly woeful performance by the Texas Democratic Party we are humming along. My last...
View Article391 House races filled 400 here we come.
Candidate filing is sailing along with lots of states now having completed candidate filings. And other than an unfortunate performance by the Texas Democratic Party we are humming along. My last...
View ArticleMore US House races filled as we steam towards 400!
Candidate filing is sailing along with lots of states now having completed candidate filings. And other than an unfortunate performance by the Texas Democratic Party we are humming along.Below the fold...
View Article407 House candidates and rising!
Candidate filing is sailing along with lots of states now having completed candidate filings and others with a full slate of democratic House candidate long before filings close.Below the fold for...
View Article413 House races have Democratic candidates
Candidate filing is sailing along with lots of states now having completed candidate filings and others with a full slate of democratic House candidate long before filings close.Below the fold for...
View Article414 House districts have Democratic party candidates
Candidate filing is sailing along with lots of states now having completed candidate filings and others with a full slate of Democratic House candidate long before filings close.Below the fold for...
View Article417 House races filled
Candidate filing is sailing along with lots of states now having completed candidate filings and others with a full slate of Democratic House candidate long before filings close.Below the fold for...
View Article419 House Races filled
Candidate filing is sailing along with lots of states now having completed candidate filings and others with a full slate of Democratic House candidate long before filings close.Below the fold for...
View Article420 House Races filled - 2 more to go
Candidate filing is now almost complete and whilst we won't do as well as 2006 we still have candidates in at least 420 districts.Below the fold for details and once again go and take a look at the...
View Article421 House races filled for 2008 - Election day here we come
Candidate filing is now complete and whilst we won't do as well as 2006 we still have candidates in 421 districts. Oh yeh and I am flying over from Australia in 10 days to spend the rest of the...
View Article14 GOP House Reps in the Northeast - How many after November?
The Northeast (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island & Vermont) has been sharply trending towards the Democratic party for some years now....
View ArticleThe Northeast - Continuing the realignment in 2010?
We had a pretty good night on election night in the Northeast. We cleaned house. We nailed 1 GOP Senator, 6 House of Reps Districts, 1 State Senate and held on to all of the State Senates, State...
View ArticleOff to the 2010 House Races for Team Blue!
In less than 17 months the midterms will be upon us. In 2006 we fielded candidates in 425 districts and in 2008 candidates in 421.How will we go in 2010?Below the fold for all the details and hey go...
View ArticleOff to the 2010 Races! (GOP version).
Yesterday I took a look at our efforts to recruit House candidates for 2010. This time it is the Republicans.Below the fold for all the details (and bring some eyewash) and hey go check out the shiny...
View Article313 House Districts now have Democratic candidates.
In less than 15 months the midterms will be upon us. In 2006 we fielded candidates in 425 districts and in 2008 candidates in 421.How will we go in 2010?Since my last update intrepid Democrats have...
View Article300 House Districts now have Republican candidates (2 of 2)
Yesterday I took a look at our efforts to recruit House candidates for 2010. This time it is the Republicans.Below the fold for all the details (and bring some eyewash) and hey go check out the shiny...
View Article2010 Midterms - Filing closes in Illinois & some NY ruminations
Filing closed on Monday in Illinois; the first state to do so in this cycle.How many of Illinois's 19 Districts did we file candidates for?Below the fold for all the juicy details and hey go check out...
View ArticleMany more House Districts now have Democratic candidates.
In less than 15 months the midterms will be upon us. In 2006 we fielded candidates in 425 districts and in 2008 candidates in 421.How will we go in 2010?Since my last update many more intrepid...
View Article353 House Districts now have Republican candidates (2 of 2)
A week ago I took a look at our efforts to recruit House candidates for 2010. This time it is the Republicans.Lots more Districts now have Republican candidates and they are getting wingnuttier all the...
View ArticleTexas candidate filing closes soon
Candidate filing closes in just over a week, on January 4th.How are the parties going vis a vis recruiting candidates to run in all 32 House Districts?Below the fold for all the details and hey go...
View ArticleThe Northeast - Continuing the realignment in 2010?
That the Northeast has been trending blue in recent cycles is self evidently true. Will it continue in 2010?Below the fold for all the details and hey go check out the 2010 Race Tracker Wiki over at...
View ArticleCalifornia Dreaming - 2010 House Races
With the midterms only 10 months away it is time now to cast our eyes over the biggest state in the country - California.How will we fare in 2010?Below the fold for all the details and hey go check out...
View ArticleTexas Congressional Candidate Filing closes
Texas candidate filing has now closed.How are the parties going vis-a-vis recruiting candidates to run in all 32 House Districts?Below the fold for all the details and hey go check out the 2010 Race...
View ArticleTexas write in Candidates needed
Texas candidate filing has now closed.As you may already be aware there are a number of uncontested Republican Congresscritters.And that sucks - big time.Below the fold to see exactly what you (if you...
View ArticleCandidate 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...
View ArticleHouse 2010 Midterms - More than just defense.
Whilst the Massachusetts Senate Special and a series of dodgy house polls have Democrats convinced that the November midterms will be apocalyptic; the fact is that a number of Republican held House...
View ArticleHouse candidate filing rolls on and on
With candidate filing now closed in 28 states (as per the SSP election calender)it is time to pause, take a deep breath, and have a look at how both parties are traveling vis a vis candidate...
View ArticleJim Costa will probably win CA-20
On Tuesday night we were all (including me) counting Jim Costa amongst the casualties of the 2010 GOP wave. After all he was trailing Republican challenger Andy Vidak by 1823 votes with 100% of...
View ArticleWhat is going on in NY-25?
Well what a topsy turvy race this has been. On election night we thought that Maffei had it in the bag, only to discover, when all 4 counties that make up NY-25 reported all precincts, that the...
View ArticleHouse Candidate Filing rolls on in Texas and Illinois
Texas and Illinois were the first two states where candidate filing was due to close. Then the US Supreme Court gave Texas one extra day.But nonetheless wander down below the fold to see how both...
View ArticleOhio House Candidate Filing rolls on
Courtesy of a craven cave in from the Ohio Democratic Party the Buckeye State now has an astonishingly GOP Friendly House map. Dropping two districts, courtesy of redistricting, Ohio has 16 Districts...
View ArticleHouse Candidates - 2 States Filing Closed
Well candidate filing has closed in both Illinois and Ohio, the first two states to do so for the 2012 election cycle.How did both parties fare?Below the fold for the state of play and please go and...
View Article2012 House - Dem Candidates piling in!
With the 2012 election now a mere 10 months away the time has a come to cast a look at how the parties are going with candidate recruitment for the House (quantity not quality).So how travels the good...
View ArticleWhich Californian GOP House member will retire next???
With 2 Californian GOP House members already retiring in 2012 and more likely to follow it is timely to have a look at the lay of the land with the entire Californian GOP House delegation.Below the...
View Article2012 House - GOP Candidate Filing
Last week I posted a diary showing how many Districts have Democratic Party candidates.So how travels the GOP?Below the fold for details.**Brought to you by one of the gang that brings you the 2012...
View ArticleCalifornia 2014 - US House targets?
Now that the dust has settled on election 2012 it is time to look forward to 2014. Some would say that we are just about maxed out in the California delegation but that is not quite the case.Below the...
View ArticleCalifornia - US House Targets 2016
Wow wasn't 2014 a bruising midterm election? Except in California where (assuming Costa (CA-16) and Bera (CA-07) hang on) we have made a net gain of 1 (CA-31) to move up to holding 39/53 Congressional...
View ArticleGOP House Districts - be there a Democratic candidate?
Hi all, Long time no diary (actually it's less than a year). Evcoren published a diary last week about Democratic recruiting efforts in the House of Reps and, well, it scratched an old itch. So join me...
View Article2018 - Candidate recruitment off to a flying start. But just how well are we...
Hi all long time no diary.I have been seriously impressed with how quickly and determinedly Democrats have picked themselves up off the floor after the disastrous 2016 election to oppose and resist the...
View ArticleCalifornia - House Targets 2018
2016 saw California continue to trend Bluer at a Presidential level with no less than 7 GOP House Districts being carried by Clinton as well as an increasing statewide Voter Registration gap between...
View Article2018 House - How many districts have Democratic candidates?
So Federal candidate filing has finished in all 50 states and we are part way through the primary season.Democratic enthusiasm has been sky rocketing (as much discussed at DKE) at both State and...
View ArticleThe California 7 - just how Red are they?
After a midterm that turned out to be a bounty for Team Blue in California, flipping 7 GOP Districts (half of their total), it is worth looking at how red those 7 districts actually are. This will in...
View ArticleCalifornia US House - 46 down 7 to go.
Well now that was one hell of a midterm election wasn’t it?I would, to be honest, have been happy with 3 or 4 pick ups in California but 7 woweeeeee.So what’s left and what should we be targeting? Yes...
View ArticleWith the midterms looking more positive do we have opportunities for pick ups...
It seems that predictions of a massive red wave in November were somewhat premature as Democratic overperformance in recent congressional special elections has shown. Will it be a positive year for...
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