HOW RAHM EMANUEL LOST THE HOUSE FOR THE DEMOCRATS –

and how ActBlue, MoveOn,  Howie, Markos,  Jane, Duncan and a host of others (including Howard Dean’s 50 state grassroots strategy)  saved the day.

 

CHARTS

Chart One  DCCC FIRST WAVE CANDIDATES—APRIL 27, 2006

Chart Two  DCCC SECOND WAVE CANDIDATES---JULY 12, 2006

Chart Three DCCC 3rd (9/18/06) AND 4th (10/27/06) WAVE CANDIDATES

Chart Four  DCCC “NO-WAVE” CANDIDATES

 

 

DCCC FIRST WAVE CANDIDATES—APRIL 27, 2006

status

Republcan

Democrat

District

Margin of Victory

incumbent

Hostettler

Ellsworth

IN-08

46000

Incumbent

Johnson

Murphy

CT-05

27000

Incumbent

Taylor

Shuler

NC-11

18000

open

SekulaGibbs (Write In)

Lampson

TX-22

15000

incumbent

Sweeney

Gillibrand

NY-20

13000

open (dem)

Rainville

Welch

VT-AL

12000

Incumbent

Shaw

Klein

FL-22

8500

Incumbent

Sodrel

Hill

IN-09

8500

Incumbent

Hayworth

Mitchell

AZ-05

6000

Incumbent

Simmons

Courtney

CT-02

170

incumbent

Wilson

Madrid

NM-01

-1400

incumbent

Price

Kilroy

OH-15

-2700

incumbent

Gerlach

Murphy

PA-06

-3000

incumbent

Reichert

Burner

WA-08

-3600

incumbent

Porter

Hafen

NV-03

-4000

open

Roskam

Duckworth

IL-06

-4300

Incumbent

Shays

Farrell

CT-04

-6700

incumbent

Chabot

Cranley

OH-01

-10000

open

Heller

Derby

NV-02

-12000

Incumbent

Davis

Lucas

KY-04

-16000

open

Bilirakis

Busansky

FL-09

-26000

LEGEND

NO SHADING DECLARED WINNERS

LIGHT GRAY = UNDECIDED

DARK GRAY= DECLARED LOSERS

 

 

DCCC SECOND WAVE CANDIDATES—JULY 12, 2006

Status

Republcan

Democrat

District

Margin of Victory

Major ActBlue Contributors*

open (dem)

Blasdel

Wilson

OH-06

51000

 

open

Padgett

Space

OH-18

48000

 

Incumbent

Weldon

Sestak

PA-07

32000

Netroots,BlueAmerica Atrios, WesPac

open

Whalen

Braley

IA-01

23000

Blue America

Open

O'Donnell

Perlmutter

CO-07

23000

TIBC

open

Meier

Arcuri

NY-24

15000

BlueAmerica

incumbent

Chocola

Donnelly

IN-02

15000

 

Incumbent

Sherwood

Carney

PA-10

12000

BlueAmerica, Atrios

Incumbent

Fitzpatrick

Murphy

PA-08

1500

Netroots, BlueAmerica, Atrios, WesPac, Stem Cell**

open

Buchanan

Jennings

FL-13

-373

 

incumbent

Ferguson

Stender

NJ-07

-3300

 

incumbent

Drake

Kellam

VA-02

-4900

 

open

Bachmann

Wetterling

MN-06

-23000

TIBC

incumbent

Lewis

Weaver

KY-02

-23000

WesPac

LEGEND

NO SHADING = DECLARED WINNERS

LIGHT GREY = UNDECIDED (recount requested)

DARK GREY = DECLARED LOSERS

*at least $3000 contributed through ActBlue –does not include pages organized by other House members (Boxer, Conyers, etc)

 **Stem Cell Champions

 

 

 

 

DCCC 3rd (9/18/06) AND 4th (10/27/06) WAVE CANDIDATES

Status

Republcan

Democrat

District

Wave

Margin of Victory

Major ActBlue Contributors*

open (dem)

Foltin

Sutton

OH-13

3rd

49000

 

open (dem)

Hogue

Hirono

HI-02

3rd

38000

 

open (dem)

Zinga

Hare

IL-17

3rd

29000

 

Open

Graf

Giffords

AZ-08

3rd

25000

TIBC

Incumbent

Gnuknecht

Walz

MN-01

4th

15000

NetRoots

Incumbent

Bass

Hodes

NH-02

3rd

14000

NetRoots, BlueAmerica, WesPac

Incumbent

Pombo

McNerney

CA-11

4th

10500

NetRoots, PFAW, BlueAmerica, OBC***

incumbent

Hart

Altmire

PA-04

4th

9600

 

open

Gard

Kagen

WI-08

3rd

6600

TIBC

incumbent

Northrup

Yarmuth

KY-03

4th

6000

 

open

Foley (Negron)

Mahoney

FL-16

3rd

4400

 

incumbent

Kelly

Hall

NY-19

4th

4300

BlueAmerica, Atrios

Incumbent

Hayes

Kissell

NC-08

4th

-460

NetRoots, BlueAmerica

incumbent

Schmidt

Wulsin

OH-02

4th

-2300

BlueAmerica, PFAW, Atrios, Americablog****, Stem Cell**

incumbent

Walsh

Maffei

NY-25

3rd

-3900

 

incumbent

Kuhl

Massa

NY-29

4th

-6000

NetRoots, Stem Cell**, BlueAmerica, WesPac

Incumbent

Musgrave

Paccione

CO-04

3rd

-7000

BlueAmerica, Atrios, Americablog****,PFAW

Incumbent

Doolittle

Brown

CA-04

4th

-7000

BlueAmerica, WesPac,OBC

incumbent

Reynolds

Davis

NY-26

4th

-7400

 

open

Sali

Grant

ID-O1

4th

-12000

NetRoots

incumbent

Renzi

Simon

AZ-01

4th

-13000

 

Open

Bilbray

Busby

CA-50

4th

-15000

Netroots, BlueAmerica, Atrios

incumbent

McMorris

Goldmark

WA-05

4th

-21000

 

incumbent

King

Mejias

NY-03

4th

-22000

BlueAmerica

incumbent

Capito

Callaghan

WV-02

4th

-23000

 

incumbent

Wolf

Feder

VA-10

4th

-39000

 

open

Lamborn

Fawcett

CO-05

4th

-42000

Netroots, BlueAmerica

LEGEND

NO SHADING= DECLARED WINNERS

LIGHT GRAY = UNDECIDED (Recount Requested)

DARK GRAY= DECLARED LOSERS

* at least $3000 contributed through ActBlue –does not include pages organized by other House members (Boxer, Conyers, etc)

**Stem Cell Champions

***Operation Blue Congress

****Americanblog John Aravosis also set up candidate specific ActBlue pages

 

 

 

 

DCCC “NO-WAVE” CANDIDATES

Status

Republcan

Democrat

District

Margin of Victory

Major ActBlue Contributors*

Incumbent

Ryun

Boyda

KS-02

7000

 

incumbent

Leach

Loesback

IA-02

5700

 

incumbent

Cubin

Trauner

WY-01

-960

NetRoots, Americablog**

Incumbent

Bono

Roth

CA-45

-20000

BlueAmerica

incumbent

English

Porter

PA-03

-22000

BlueAmerica

Incumbent

McKeon

Rodriguez

CA-25

-22000

BlueAmerica

Incumbent

Foxx

Sharpe

NC-05

-24000

BlueAmerica

incumbent

McCotter

Trupiano

MI-11

-30000

BlueAmerica, Dems.com***

Incumbent

Bonillo

Rodriguez

TX-23

-36000

NetRoots, BlueAmerica, Atrios

incumbent

Hastert

Laesch

IL-14

-37000

BlueAmerica, PFAW

incumbent

Goode

Weed

VA-05

-40000

BlueAmerica

Incumbent

Klein

Rowley

MN-02

-47000

BlueAmerica

Incumbent

Tancredo

Winter

CO-06

-48000

BlueAmerica

incumbent

Smith

Courage

TX-21

-72000

NetRoots,Atrios

LEGEND

NO SHADING= DECLARED WINNERS

LIGHT GRAY = UNDECIDED (run-off in TX-23)

DARK GRAY= DECLARED LOSERS

*at least $3000 contributed through ActBlue –does not include pages organized by

other House members (Boxer, Conyers, etc)

**Americanblog John Aravosis also set up candidate specific ActBlue pages

***impreachpac