A call to service: 70 slots available
(From the diaries -- kos) Barry Welsh wrote this diary last night about this very subject. We have yet to field candidates in some 70 districts nationwide.
View ArticleNorth Carolina Update, Call For Information
I thought I would put together some information from around the net on the NC House races. This is just information from around the web, but I was hoping all the North Carolinians on this page could...
View ArticleUncontested House Races (52 unchallenged Republicans)
Heck, with all the news showing up of new candidates and the Q4 Numbers, it's time for another diary to update people on the districts without Democrats running. First off, the overall target is 434....
View ArticleWith NC & MS candidate filings closing soon we need candidates
First the good news: With filings closed in 7 states we have filled all congressional districts except for 1 (Texas 11). 89 slots filled - 56 GOPpers now have opponents filed in closed states, many...
View ArticleUncontested House GOoPer Report for 2/21
Right now, we're at 43 uncontested Republicans, from my count. Here's the outline for all of you. First i'll go over the states with deadlines in the next 30 days (Until the 23rd of March). Then, I'll...
View ArticleWe still need candidates in North Carolina and Mississippi (urgently)
The deadline for candidate nominations is almost upon us in North Carolina (28th), Mississippi (1st) and Nebraska (1st). To this point we have done extraordinarily well. With filings closed in 7 states...
View ArticleNC Filings: Dems field 13 of 13 (with POLL)
Well, today was the North Carolina filing deadline, and with no Governor or Senate contests in the state this year, all the attention was on the state's 13 congressional districts. Democrats were able...
View ArticleTaking Back the House State-by-State: NORTH CAROLINA
I don't understand why people are focusing on 10 or 15 or 25 races in the Congress when they are ALL up for grabs. And the thing we have learned so far is when the Netroots are involved, the Netroots...
View ArticleWhose Congressman Is He? (NC-06)
As you drive around Moore County, you see them - sporadically, because he's never taken us very seriously - but they're there all the same. The signs: Our Congressman: Howard Coble. But whose...
View ArticleNC Congressional Races: The Line
This week's Exile on Jones Street print column features a rundown of the 13 congressional races in North Carolina. Here's the text: The morning line on N.C. congressional races There are 13, count `em,...
View ArticleHoward Coble and Homeland Detention Camps (NC-06)
A congressman who heads a homeland security subcommittee said on a radio call-in program that he agreed with the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Doesn't that sound horrible? That...
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Ranking NC Congressional Pickup Opportunities
Crossposted at BlueNC. I had pictures of all the targets in the diary, but I didnt want to be troll rated for posting offensive material. During the last cycle the political world was obsessed with...
View ArticleCongressional races by state: NC and NE
I am all for running everywhere, and the 50 state strategy. But neither we nor the Republicans are running everywhere (at least not yet!) In this series, I will look at where we are not running (I am...
View ArticleI Am A Blogger And I'm Running For Congress!
I wanted to take this time to introduce myself to the Daily Kos community. My name is Jay Ovittore and I am a blogger. I am also running for US Congress here in North Carolina. I started blogging...
View ArticleBig News in NC-06, but no Dem candidates
Our long serving incumbent in the Greensboro area, Howard Coble, is running for reelection. Coble is very conservative, but he is a nice man and reputedly runs an outstanding constituent service...
View ArticleCongressional races 2010, round 3: NC, ND
Summary: NC has 13 representative: 8 D and 5 R ND has 1 representative: A Democrat Possibly vulnerable - NC-08 (D) NC-11 (D) Primaries done in both states
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Stupid Goes Viral: Patient Zero and Climate Zombies of CO, NC
They prowl the halls of Congress, moaning for caaasshh. Their stupid has gone viral. And if they win, humanity loses. I'm tracking Climate Zombies: every Republican candidate for House, Senate, and...
View ArticleWhy I Seldom Try to Talk to my Congressman
My congressman is Howard Coble (NC-06). Howard distinguished himself back in the early '90s by being one of two congressmen silly enough to introduce a joint resolution declaring August 16, 1994, TV...
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North Carolina Redistricting: Map 2.0
Rumors started flying late last week that the legislative Republicans in North Carolina were going to try again with a new map, and now that map has surfaced. (I'm not so sure about the title; given...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: 8/11
To receive the Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest via email each weekday, sign up here. Senate: • CT-Sen: After some sketchy reports in various outlets the past few days (which I wasn't inclined to...
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