Posted on 07/27/2010 7:11:10 PM PDT by JSDude1
We learned in 2006 that money isn’t everything,” says Rep. Pete Sessions, the Texas Republican who chairs the National Republican Congressional Committee and who is perhaps the man most responsible for whether the GOP wins the House this fall. “Environment can play a bigger role than money.”
...Those 26 races represent the good news for Republicans; the bad news is that they will need to win another 13 seats to control the House next January. And in a lot of the districts where the GOP stands a chance — districts that supported Bush and McCain, or for which the GOP has recruited excellent candidates — the challengers remain seriously financially outgunned. There is only one more full quarter until Election Day, and in the final full month, October, the candidates will mostly spend their campaign cash rather than replenish it.
Bump!
I’d like to put in a good word for Randy Demmer. he’s running for Congress in Minnesota’s 1st CD.
He’s running against incumbent Democrat Rep Tim Walz - another one of these Democrats who represent marginal districts and yet vote very liberally.
Randy Demmer is a state legislator who has achieved an eviable record both in business and in the Legislature. Common sense ideas are what Washington DC needs more of.
He has raised a decent amount of money (for a challenger) in this primarily rural district in southern Minnesota. But more money is ALWAYS good.
Want to know more? Check out Randy’s website:
http://www.demmerforcongress.com
this list is a keeper
Any contributions will help.
Just sent another $20 to Jackie Walorski, and YOU SHOULD, TOO!
This is a winnable seat, folks, with a great Candidate!
I like Renee Elmers. I wish Palin would endorse her.
Jackie Walorski, Indiana’s 2nd district: A well-known and well-liked state lawmaker, Walorski has raised $564,000 and has $302,000 on hand. But her opponent, two-term incumbent Democrat Joe Donnelly, knows what is coming and has stockpiled his reserves; he had $989,000 as of June 30. The Kokomo area, in the southern tip of the district, isn’t served by the South Bend media market; back in 2002, Republican Chris Chocola was able to run ads in the area that were largely unopposed, giving himself a little-noticed advantage in the race.
http://www.standwithjackie.com/
So Nunnallee won over 50% (thus avoiding a runoff), yet somehow won only because “the conservatives killed one another”? And one of the “conservatives” in question was the gun-grabbing Angela McGlowan, who thinks that the federal government should mandate gun registration because there are a lot of racist kooks that want to kill Obama? I think that you must be mistaken regarding your assessment of the race.
But I agree with you re: Renee Ellmers; she’s a terrific candidate who can defeat Bob Etheridge.
Todd Young, Indiana’s 9th district: Young has the advantage of running in an R+6 district and the disadvantage of having only $259,000 in the bank while five-term incumbent Baron Hill has $1.1 million. Effective advertising in this district is more expensive than it might seem. The NRCC spent $1 million here in 2004 to knock out Hill; he won back the seat in 2006.
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