Posted on 04/03/2010 8:45:05 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
How many are moot as to the challenging Republican because the primary is past? (Like Illinois’ Kirk)
That was my first thought. He’ll probably be on the list in another week or two. Tho, it being IL, one never knows.
The color code shows “FReeper endorsed candidate.” How did they get that endorsement? Was there a vote among voters in a given state, or did JimRob endorse, or did a FReeper in good standing (an individual) endorse the candidate? I just haven’t seen any information on FR endorsing anyone.
It’s hard to believe that Kirk’s open seat is a toss-up. He’s my Rep (gag), and this is the NW suburbs of Chicago, a typically conservative area.
BTW, thanks for the awesome charts!
Yeah Kansas is often described as a 3 party system. RINO, Rat, and Conservative. The RINOs elected Dennis Moore in the first place back in 1998 over conservative freshman Vince Snowbarger.
In 2002 he beat conservative Phil Kline. In 2002 Moderate Adam Taff. In 2004 he easily beat conservative Kris Kobach. In 2006 he crushed ??? Chuck Ahner.
Jordan against Moore last time and lost by about 17 points. Googling him he's either strongly pro-life and fiscally conservative or a loser with a big government record. ;d
Lightner ran in 2004 and placed a distant third in the primary won by Kobach by a hair over Taff.
The rat bosses hate Case for “disrespecting” Akaka by daring to run against him in the primary. Ambitious fellow Case.
It was huge for Obama but in 2004 Bush won 48% in that district. And Linda Lingle carried it twice. Djou is the strongest candidate available. If he can get into the high 30’s he’ll win the special.
Especially by people who don't live here.
You are correct. FR is not endorsing anyone.
These designations were simply used to indicate that someone on FR had declared a strong preference for a candidate based on qualifications, views on the issues and ability to win in November. So it was a useful tag to use as we developed the list and ranked the candidates. That effort is now complete and we have our initial rankings. So we will remove the "Freeper Endorsed" designation in the next update.
We are just listing the key races in the House of Representatives. We have our hands full with that and have left the Governors and the Senate to others.
I live in Michigan now, but I came back to my hometown in Illinois this weekend for Easter, and found out that one of Phil Hares offices was next to my home church downtown. I don’t keep up on Illinois politics, so I was ashamed to learn that Phil was from my home district. :(
Charlotte Bergmann responds to Rep. Steve Cohen’s racist remarks on Tea Party. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2486911/posts
sad, isn’t it ? It’s just amazing how we’ve become a people who let some quick talking self-promoter who knows and cares about nothing beyond his own interests go to Congress (or, dare I say, White House) to “represent” us.
I don’t understand Ohio District 2 with Jean Schmidt — she is the incumbent Republican and that district leans Republican.
So Jean Schmidt of OH isn’t the only Republican on the list. I misted Dan Lungren.
Thanks for all your work.
But I’m talking about Mary’s seat she is vacating in the House.
Do you know which one that will lean?
Most Republican seats are rated SAFE-R by our 5 "experts". OH-2 is not quite that strong. Schmidt should win but it may be in play and needs to be watched and extra support provided if the seat turns out to be at risk.
Sorry about that. What state is Mary in?
Thanks for the info! Your list is AWESOME — just couldn’t figure out that one.
Oklahoma!
Again.. thanks for all your work in putting this together.
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