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