Help us Choose Congressional Candidates

by Ian in DC, Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 11:54:47 AM EST

Our PAC, Blue Catapult, is holding its first fundraiser next Tuesday in Washington, DC.  We support Democratic congressional candidates who are challenging incumbent Republicans or Republican-held open seats.  The idea is that incumbents should do well on their own in raising money, but if we want to expand the Democrats' majority in Congress, then we need to help emerging Democratic challengers in their campaigns.

So we need some help right now in identifying good Democratic challengers, and we are hoping that you can provide some nominations.  Here are our criteria:

  1. The Democratic congressional candidate must be running for a seat currently occupied by a Republican, whether the incumbent is running for reelection or not
  2. The candidate must have a clear path to the nomination.  No primary challenge.
  3. The candidate must have a decent campaign operation.  Our support is for candidates who, with some more support and attention, could become a competitive seat.
  4. The campaign should not be a top target of the DCCC.  We want to help emerging candidates, not ones who are already assured of good support.

If you know of any good candidates, please post them in comments.  We will choose 5 candidates, and at our event next Tuesday the attendees will vote and the top two will be the recipients of our first contributions.

So, in the comments below, please nominate potential candidates for us to support with some explanation as to why they are good investments.  If you want more info about us, please visit www.bluecatapult.com  We will of course post our decisions and results as they are determined.

Thanks for your help.




Tags: Congress, elections, blue catapult, PAC (all tags)


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