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
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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
|