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Eminence · Platinum

List of Obama and Hillary Endorsers up for Election this year

Amy Dugan · Platinum

my gov Strickland and Lee Fisher for Senate were for Hillary as are all those people Bill campaigned for in the primaries

Eminence · Platinum

Good point, Amy.

Looks like this is for the House Races right now; hopefully the Senate Races will be put together also, as well as Governors.

Eminence · Platinum

2010 Senate Races:

2008 Obama Endorsers:

Calif. Barbara Boxer
Nevada Harry Reid
Oregon Ron Wyden
Vermont Patrick Leahy
Wisc. Russ Feingold
N.H. Paul Hodes

Those who were endorsing Hillary as of June 2008:

2008 Hillary Supporters running for Senate:

Ark. Blanche Lincoln
Hawaii Daniel Inouye
Maryland Barbara Mikulski
New York Charles Schumer
New York Kirsten Gillibrand
Wash. Patty Murray
Florida Kendrick Meek
Indiana Brad Ellsworth
Penn. Joe Sestak
Ohio Lee Fisher

Jen the Michigander · SuperModerator

I will Sticky this right now. We PUMAs are still keeping score!!!

freespirit · Moderator

This article from "The Hill" notes that Chet Edwards, Dem incumbent for representative and Obama supporter, faces a tough race and possible loss to Republican opponent. Edward's Obama edorsement was announced in December, 2008 (a tad early?!). I hope ole Chet is looking for work come November.

RACE OF THE DAY: Texas-17
By Shane D'Aprile - 10/01/10 06:00 AM ET

In just two years, Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Texas) has gone from rumored vice president to just one of many centrist Democrats fighting for their political lives.
Edwards is staring down the toughest challenge he has faced in years from Republican businessman Bill Flores, and Republicans are claiming internal polling has the challenger up double digits over Edwards.
The tight race has Edwards emphasizing his conservative roots and his willingness to stand up to his party's leadership in Washington.
In a recent campaign ad, Edwards touts his vote against the signature legislative achievement of President Obama, who considered putting him on the Democratic ticket in 2008.
"When President Obama and Nancy Pelosi pressured Chet Edwards, Chet stood up to them and voted no against their trillion-dollar healthcare bill," the ad's narrator says.
Edwards has been in the sights of the national GOP for years given that his district is one of the most solidly Republican in the country currently represented by a Democrat; the Crawford ranch of former President George W. Bush is in Edwards's district. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) won close to 70 percent of the vote in the district in 2008.
The 17th district is situated less than 50 miles from Dallas and just south of Fort Worth. The terrain stretches from the Fort Worth suburbs down to Waco and reaches close to Houston.
Edwards was in Republican crosshairs in both 2006 and 2008, but his GOP challengers simply weren't strong enough to give the Democrat a real run. This year, national Republicans think they have finally found their man in Flores, and the national environment has turned heavily in their favor.
Another reason Republicans are convinced Edwards can be beaten in 2010 — the congressman won reelection by a surprisingly slim margin two years ago, beating back a GOP challenge with just 53 percent of the vote in a race that wasn't expected to be that close ahead of Election Day.
Flores has focused on Edwards's votes in favor of both the stimulus and financial bailout bills, and the National Republican Congressional Committee has already taken aim at the Democrat in an independent-expenditure ad.
Veterans are a key constituency in the 17th district, and veterans' issues are a top focus for both candidates. The two have also battled over government spending and earmarks. Both candidates have criticized the congressional earmarks process, but Flores wants a ban on the practice, while Edwards has pointed to earmarked dollars he says have created jobs in the district. (snip)
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/122035-race-of-the-day-texas-17

Eminence · Platinum

Here's some info on Obama supporters and how their election races are going:

Mitchell in Election Dogfight

However you slice it or what numbers you believe, Harry Mitchell faces a tough reelection battle. Mitchell has represented Arizona’s 5th Congressional District since 2006. But he’s a Democrat in a Scottsdale-Tempe-Ahwatukee district that has a GOP registration edge and national and Arizona sentiment is against President Barack Obama and Democrats this cycle.

Mitchell has bucked Democratic orthodoxy and wants to see capital gains, investment and other Bush era tax cuts kept in place. But he’s also voted for Obama’s health care reform. Polls show the race close between Mitchell and Republican challenger David Schweikert.

Various polls from both camps show Schweikert and Mitchell in a tight race. All the recent polls show Mitchell below 50 percent a traditional level to gauge incumbent safety. An incumbent below 50 percent in pre-election polls is in trouble, according to conventional wisdom.

Real Clear Politics now lists the CD5 race as leaning towards a Republican pickup. RCP previously had it as a toss-up. The Mitchell race will be a bellwether both in Arizona and nationally to how bad of an election economy plagued Democrats will fare.

Read more: Mitchell in election dogfight - Phoenix Business Journal

Eminence · Platinum

Here is a follow up, information updated 10/16/2010. It may interest those of us who want to support Hillary supporters in Congress by advocating for them in local/national newspapers; or figure out others whom we may want to remove from office.

Also, just as an fyi: I would concentrate less on the margin numbers (as they are a projection and incorporate many different polls); and focus more on the trends. The main information here is to get a general sense of where everyone is right now.

ALPHABETICAL by STATE (House of Representatives)

GAIN/HOLD (House of Representatives)