Campaign 2010

Countdown to Congressional Elections


The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations.
Noam Chomsky, M.I.T. emeritus Professor of Linguistics

The Rise of Corporate Freedom of Speech

(Surpassed 2008 total on August 18)

See Weekly Spending Totals

$2.9 Billion Spent in 08
on Congressional Race
See Major Contributors

Corporate money in politics is bad enough. Secret corporate money is intolerable.


Primary Election Results
(UPDATED: August 25, 2010)






"The Great 2010 Incumbent (Non-)Revolt"

Senate Primary’s
Incumbent Democrats
1 Loss; 6 Wins of 13
Incumbent Republicans
1 Loss; 9 Wins of 12

House Primary’s
Incumbent Democrats
2 Loss; 182 Wins of 245
Incumbent Republicans
2 Loss; 140 Wins of 158

General Election Candidates

Senate

House of Representatives

Visual Facts

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National Debt Clock

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WHEN Did You Become Fiscally Responsible?
BEFORE Obama or AFTER Obama??
January 20, 2009
$10,838,758,414,164.46 - ↑90%
Discretionary Spending at 48.6%

January 20, 2001
$5,719,124,940,098.04 - 36%
January 20, 1993
$4,192,107,025,882.17 - 62%
January 20, 1989
$2,601,104,000,000.00 - 189%
January 20, 1981
$909,041,000.000.00

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Debt by President

Are You A Tea Party Hyprocrite??

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United States of Corporations

Thanks to the GOP's Supreme Court
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Corporate Bill of Rights

Quotes and Links

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(Look for the Listings)

The Decade When the U.S. Lost Its Way

Where Have All the Neocons Gone?

From Neocons to Crazy-Cons

America Builds an Aristocracy

Supreme immodesty: Why the justices play politics

The Biggest Medicare Fraud Ever

Enough Right-Wing Propaganda

Tax Rate for Richest 400 Taxpayers Plummeted in Recent Decades, Even as Their Pre-Tax Incomes Skyrocketed

"The financial reform bill will determine whether Wall Street’s banks will serve the American economy or whether the American economy will continue to serve Wall Street's banks."

"While the economy doesn't function for most of us ordinary workers, it yields considerable reward for those at the top."

Republicans Are Locked in a Passionate Embrace with a Corpse and Won't Let Go

"The most important thing Republicans think is that if there are Americans who can't afford the insurance policies that private insurers are willing to offer, then that's their problem."

"It should tell you everything you need to know that, in lobbying to retain its bank supervisory powers, the Fed's allies include the big Wall Street banks."

"[Texas Republican Jeb] Hensarling told a Texas-size whopper — and then tried to claim Republican credit for Bill Clinton’s budget surpluses."

"The Supreme Court's 5-to-4 decision last week giving American corporations the right to unlimited political spending was an astonishing display of judicial arrogance, overreach and unjustified activism."

"It was wrong because nothing in the First Amendment dictates that corporations must be treated identically to people."

"They backed the truck up to Fort Knox in broad daylight. They emptied it out, we rescued them and they get $150 billion in bonuses."

"A huge, unregulated boom in which almost all the upside went directly into private hands, followed by a gigantic bust in which the losses were socialized."

So You Just Squandered Billions . . . Take Another Whack at It

Banks 'Too Big to Fail' Have Grown Even Bigger

Bankers' bonuses Beat Earnings as Industry Imploded

U.S. Rescue May Reach $23.7 Trillion

The Bank Bailouts — Corporate Welfarism

New Evidence Cheney Swayed Reaction to Leak - Valerie Plame

Once Again, The More You Watch Fox The Dumber You Are

"Over the past year, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury have injected trillions of dollars into frozen financial markets, snapping up unwanted bonds, extending guarantees to banks and slashing interest rates."

Building a Better Capitalism

The End of Supply Side Economics

The Great Wealth Transfer

The Richer

Who Rules America? Power, Politics, and Social Change

Proponents of Estate Tax Repeal Are Resurrecting Old Misconceptions

Income Gaps Between Very Rich and Everyone Else More Than Tripled In Last Three Decades

Ending Plutocracy: A 12-Step Program

Our Gilded Age

The Rich and the Rest of Us

GOP's "Small Government" Talk is Hollow


Distortions, Hypocrisy & More

"I'm not upset that you lied to me; I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you"
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Today is

May 18, 2010

2010 House Primary’s – Democrats

May 18, 2010

With all the rhetoric going around about how voters are fed up with Congressional incumbents, CPS News had decided to track the primaries from that prospective. At the time of this entry, the voters have not stood behind their anger, re-electing all but one of the 47 Democratic incumbents where primaries have already been held.

The list below will be updated as elections are held.

2010 Primary Election

House of Representatives

Democrats

Link to House Republicans

Link to Senators

 

All 435 House seats are being contested.

(Retiring Representatives not included in count)

UPDATED: August 25, 2010

Incombent Democrats
2 Loss; 182 Wins of 245
NAME PARTY STATE STATUS PARTY WINNER
Baird, Brian Democrat Washington Retiring  Dennis “Denny” Heck
Berry, Robert Marion Democrat Arkansas Retiring Run off between Chad Causey and Tymothe Lynn “Tim” Wooldridge
on June 8
Davis, Artur Democrat Alabama Retiring  Run off between Terrycina Andrea “Terri” Sewell and Sheila Smoot on July 13
Delahunt, William “Bill” Democrat Massachusetts Retiring  
Ellsworth, Brad Democrat Indiana Retiring W. Trent VanHaaften (D)
Gordon, Barton Democrat Tennessee Retiring  Brett Ryan Carter
Hodes, Paul Democrat New Hampshire Retiring  
Kennedy, Patrick J. Democrat Rhode Island Retiring  
Meek, Kendrick Democrat Florida Retiring  Frederica S. Wilson
Melancon, Charlie Democrat Louisiana Retiring  
Moore, Dennis Democrat Kansas Retiring  Stephene Ann Moore
Obey, Dave Democrat Wisconsin Retiring  
Snyder, Vic Democrat Arkansas Retiring Run off between Joyce Ann Elliott and Robert Dale “Robbie” Wills, Jr.  on June 8
Stupak, Bart Democrat Michigan Retiring  
Tanner, John S. Democrat Tennessee Retiring Roy Brasfield Herron
Watson, Diane Democrat California Retiring  
NAME PARTY STATE WON / LOST PARTY WINNER
John Murtha Democrat Pennsylvania Special Election to Replace Murtha after his death Mark Critz (D) – Murtha Staffer
Ackerman, Gary Democrat New York    
Adler, John Democrat New Jersey

Won

N/A
Altmire, Jason Democrat Pennsylvania

Won

 
Andrews, Robert Democrat New Jersey

Won

N/A
Arcuri, Michael Democrat New York    
Baca, Joe Democrat California

Won

N/A
Baldwin, Tammy Democrat Wisconsin    
Barrow, John Democrat Georgia

Won

N/A
Bean, Melissa Democrat Illinois

Won

N/A
Becerra, Xavier Democrat California

Won

N/A
Berkley, Shelly Democrat Nevada

Won

N/A
Berman, Howard Democrat California

Won

N/A
Bishop, Sanford Dixon Democrat Georgia

Won

N/A
Bishop, Timothy Democrat New York    
Blumenauer, Earl Democrat Oregon

Won

 
Boccieri, John Democrat Ohio

Won

N/A
Bordallo, Madeleine Democrat Guam    
Boren, Dan Democrat Oklahoma

Won

N/A
Boswell, Leonard Democrat Iowa

Won

N /A
Boucher, Frederick Democrat Virginia

Won

N/A
Boyd, Allen Democrat Florida    
Brady, Robert Democrat Pennsylvania

Won

 
Braley, Bruce Democrat Iowa

Won

N/A
Bright, Bobby Democrat Alabama

Won

N/A
Brown, Corrine Democrat Florida  Won N/A
Butterfield, George Democrat North Carolina

Won

N/A
Capps, Lois Democrat California

Won

N/A
Capuano, Michael Democrat Massachusetts    
Cardoza, Dennis Democrat California

Won

N/A
Carnahan, Russ Democrat Missouri  Won N/A
Carney, Christopher Democrat Pennsylvania

Won

 
Carson, André Democrat Indiana

Won

N/A
Castor, Kathy Democrat Florida  Won N/A
Chandler, Ben Democrat Kentucky

Won

 
Childers, Travis Democrat Mississippi

Won

N/A
Christensen, Donna Democrat Virgin Islands    
Chu, Judy Democrat California

Won

N/A
Clarke, Yvette Democrat New York    
Clay, William Lacy Democrat Missouri  Won N/A
Cleaver, Emanuel Democrat Missouri  Won N/A
Clyburn, James Democrat South Carolina

Won

N/A
Cohen, Steve Democrat Tennessee  Won N/A
Connolly, Gerald Gerry Democrat Virginia

Won

N/A
Conyers, John Democrat Michigan  Won N/A
Cooper, Jim Democrat Tennessee  Won N/A
Costa, Jim Democrat California

Won

N/A
Costello, Jerry Democrat Illinois

Won

N/A
Courtney, Joe Democrat Connecticut  Won N/A
Crowley, Joseph Democrat New York    
Cuellar, Henry Democrat Texas

Won

N/A
Cummings, Elijah Democrat Maryland    
Dahlkemper, Kathleen Democrat Pennsylvania

Won

N/A
Davis, Danny Democrat Illinois

Won

N/A
Davis, Lincoln Democrat Tennessee  Won N/A
Davis, Susan Democrat California

Won

N/A
DeFazio, Peter Democrat Oregon

Won

N/A
DeGette, Diana Democrat Colorado  Won N/A
DeLauro, Rosa Democrat Connecticut  Won N/A
Deutch, Ted Democrat Florida  Won N/A
Dicks, Norman Democrat Washington  Won N/A
Dingell, John Democrat Michigan  Won N/A
Doggett, Lloyd Democrat Texas

Won

N/A
Donnelly, Joe Democrat Indiana

Won

N/A
Doyle, Michael Democrat Pennsylvania

Won

 
Driehaus, Steve Democrat Ohio

Won

N/A
Edwards, Donna Democrat Maryland    
Edwards, Thomas Chet Democrat Texas

Won

N/A
Ellison, Keith Democrat Minnesota  Won N/A
Engel, Eliot Democrat New York    
Eshoo, Anna Democrat California

Won

N/A
Etheridge, Bob Democrat North Carolina

Won

N/A
Faleomavaega, Eni Democrat American Samoa    
Farr, Sam Democrat California

Won

N/A
Fattah, Chaka Democrat Pennsylvania

Won

 
Filner, Bob Democrat California

Won

N/A
Foster, Bill Democrat Illinois

Won

N/A
Frank, Barney Democrat Massachusetts    
Fudge, Marcia Democrat Ohio

Won

N/A
Garamendi, John Democrat California

Won

N/A
Giffords, Gabrielle Democrat Arizona  Won N/A
Gonzalez, Charles Democrat Texas

Won

N/A
Grayson, Alan Democrat Florida  Won N/A
Green, Al Democrat Texas

Won

N/A
Green, Raymond Gene Democrat Texas

Won

N/A
Grijalva, Raúl Democrat Arizona  Won N/A
Gutiėrrez, Luis Democrat Illinois

Won

N/A
Hall, John Democrat New York    
Halvorson, Deborah Democrat Illinois

Won

N/A
Hare, Philip Democrat Illinois

Won

N/A
Harman, Jane Democrat California

Won

N/A
Hastings, Alcee Democrat Florida  Won N/A
Heinrich, Martin Democrat New Mexico

Won

N/A
Higgins, Brian Democrat New York    
Hill, Baron Democrat Indiana

Won

N/A
Himes, James Democrat Connecticut  Won N/A
Hinchey, Maurice Democrat New York    
Hinojosa, Rubén Democrat Texas

Won

N/A
Hirono, Mazie Democrat Hawaii    
Holden, Tim Democrat Pennsylvania

Won

 
Holt, Rush Democrat New Jersey

Won

N/A
Honda, Michael Democrat California

Won

N/A
Hoyer, Steny Democrat Maryland    
Inslee, Jay Democrat Washington  Won N/A
Israel, Steve Democrat New York    
Jackson, Jesse Democrat Illinois

Won

N/A
Jackson-Lee, Sheila Democrat Texas

Won

N/A
Johnson, Eddie Bernice Democrat Texas

Won

N/A
Johnson, Henry Democrat Georgia

Won

N/A
Kagen, Steve Democrat Wisconsin    
Kanjorski, Paul Democrat Pennsylvania

Won

 
Kaptur, Marcy Democrat Ohio

Won

N/A
Kildee, Dale Democrat Michigan  Won N/A
Kilpatrick, Carolyn Cheeks Democrat Michigan  Lost  Hansen Clarke
Kilroy, Mary Jo Democrat Ohio

Won

N/A
Kind, Ronald Democrat Wisconsin    
Kirkpatrick, Ann Democrat Arizona  Won N/A
Kissell, Larry Democrat North Carolina

Won

N/A
Klein, Ron Democrat Florida  Won N/A
Kosmas, Suzanne Democrat Florida  Won N/A
Kratovil, Frank Democrat Maryland    
Kucinich, Dennis Democrat Ohio

Won

N/A
Langevin, James Democrat Rhode Island    
Larsen, Rick Democrat Washington  Won N/A
Larson, John Democrat Connecticut  Won N/A
Lee, Barbara Democrat California

Won

N/A
Levin, Sander Democrat Michigan  Won N/A
Lewis, John Democrat Georgia

Won

N/A
Lipinski, Daniel Democrat Illinois

Won

N/A
Loebsack, David Democrat Iowa

Won

N/A
Lofgren, Zoe Democrat California

Won

N/A
Lowey, Nita Democrat New York    
Luján, Ben Democrat New Mexico

Won

N/A
Lynch, Stephen Democrat Massachusetts    
Maffei, Daniel Democrat New York    
Maloney, Carolyn Democrat New York    
Markey, Betsy Democrat Colorado  Won N/A
Markey, Edward Democrat Massachusetts    
Marshall, James Creel Democrat Georgia

Won

N/A
Matheson, Jim Democrat Utah

Won

N/A
Matsui, Doris Democrat California

Won

N/A
McCarthy, Carolyn Democrat New York    
McCollum, Betty Democrat Minnesota  Won N/A
McDermott, James Adelbert Democrat Washington  Won N/A
McGovern, James Democrat Massachusetts    
McIntyre, Mike Democrat North Carolina

Won

N/A
McMahon, Michael Democrat New York    
McNerney, Gerald “Jerry” Democrat California

Won

N/A
Meeks, Gregory Democrat New York    
Melancon, Charles Democrat Louisiana    
Michaud, Michael Democrat Maine

Won

N/A
Miller, George III Democrat California

Won

N/A
Miller, Ralph Bradley Democrat North Carolina

Won

N/A
Minnick, Walter Democrat Idaho

Won

N/A
Mitchell, Harry Democrat Arizona  Won N/A
Mollohan, Alan Democrat West Virginia

Lost

Michael Oliverio
Moore, Gwen Democrat Wisconsin    
Moran, James Democrat Virginia

Won

N/A
Murphy, Christopher Democrat Connecticut  Won N/A
Murphy, Patrick Democrat Pennsylvania

Won

 
Murphy, Scott Democrat New York    
Nadler, Jerrold Democrat New York    
Napolitano, Grace Democrat California

Won

N/A
Neal, Richard Democrat Massachusetts    
Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democrat District of Columbia    
Nye, Glenn Democrat Virginia

Won

N/A
Oberstar, James Democrat Minnesota  Won N/A
Olver, John Democrat Massachusetts    
Ortiz, Solomon Democrat Texas

Won

N/A
Owens, William “Bill” Democrat New York    
Pallone, Frank Democrat New Jersey

Won

N /A
Pascrell, William “Bill” Democrat New Jersey

Won

N/A
Pastor, Edward Democrat Arizona  Won N/A
Payne, Donald M. Democrat New Jersey

Won

N/A
Pelosi, Nancy Democrat California

Won

N/A
Perlmutter, Ed Democrat Colorado  Won N/A
Perriello, Thomas Democrat Virginia

Won

N/A
Peters, Gary Democrat Michigan  Won N/A
Peterson, Collin Democrat Minnesota  Won N/A
Pierluisi, Pedro Democrat Puerto Rico    
Pingree, Chellie Democrat Maine

Won

N/A
Polis, Jared Democrat Colorado  Won N/A
Pomeroy, Earl Democrat North Dakota

Won

N/A
Price, David Democrat North Carolina

Won

N/A
Quigley, Mike Democrat Illinois

Won

N/A
Rahall, Nick Democrat West Virginia

Won

N/A
Rangel, Charles Democrat New York    
Reyes, Silvestre Democrat Texas

Won

N/A
Richardson, Laura Democrat California

Won

N/A
Rodriguez, Ciro Democrat Texas

Won

N/A
Ross, Mike Democrat Arkansas

Won

 
Rothman, Steven R. Democrat New Jersey

Won

N/A
Roybal-Allard, Lucille Democrat California

Won

N/A
Ruppersberger, Dutch Democrat Maryland    
Rush, Bobby Democrat Illinois

Won

N/A
Ryan, Timothy Democrat Ohio

Won

N/A
Sablan, Gregorio Democrat Northern Mariana Islands    
Salazar, John Democrat Colorado  Won N/A
Sánchez, Linda Democrat California

Won

N/A
Sanchez, Loretta Democrat California

Won

N/A
Sandlin, Stephanie Herseth Democrat South Dakota

Won

N/A
Sarbanes, John Democrat Maryland    
Schakowsky, Janice “Jan” Democrat Illinois

Won

N/A
Schauer, Mark Democrat Michigan  Won N/A
Schiff, Adam Democrat California

Won

N/A
Schrader, Kurt Democrat Oregon

Won

 
Schultz, Debbie Wasserman Democrat Florida  Won N/A
Schwartz, Allyson Democrat Pennsylvania

Won

 
Scott, David Democrat Georgia

Won

N/A
Scott, Robert  “Bobby” Democrat Virginia

Won

N/A
Serrano, José Democrat New York    
Shea-Porter, Carol Democrat New Hampshire    
Sherman, Brad Democrat California

Won

N/A
Shuler, Heath Democrat North Carolina

Won

N/A
Sires, Albio Democrat New Jersey

Won

N/A
Skelton, Ike Democrat Missouri  Won N/A
Slaughter, Louise Democrat New York    
Smith, David Adam Democrat Washington  Won N/A
Space, Zachary Democrat Ohio

Won

N/A
Speier, Jackie Democrat California    
Spratt, John McKee Democrat South Carolina

Won

N/A
Stark, Fortney Democrat California

Won

N/A
Sutton, Betty Democrat Ohio

Won

N/A
Sestak, Joe Democrat Pennsylvania Won Senate Seat over Specter but will remain in House until November Sestak’s House Seat is Open – State Rep. Bryan Roy Lentz won Democratic ticket.
Taylor, Gary “Gene” Democrat Mississippi

Won

N/A
Teague, Harry Democrat New Mexico

Won

N/A
Thompson, Bennie Democrat Mississippi

Won

N/A
Thompson, Michael C. Democrat California

Won

N/A
Tierney, John F. Democrat Massachusetts    
Titus, Dina Democrat Nevada

Won

N/A
Tonko, Paul Democrat New York    
Towns, Edolphus Democrat New York    
Tsongas, Niki Democrat Massachusetts    
Van Hollen, Christopher Democrat Maryland    
Velázquez, Nydia Democrat New York    
Visclosky, Peter Democrat Indiana

Won

N/A
Walz, Timothy Democrat Minnesota  Won N/A
Waters, Maxine Democrat California

Won

N/A
Watt, Melvin Democrat North Carolina

Won

N/A
Waxman, Henry Democrat California

Won

N/A
Weiner, Anthony Democrat New York    
Welch, Peter Democrat Vermont  Won N/A
Wilson, Charles A. “Charlie” Democrat Ohio

Won

N/A
Woolsey, Lynn Democrat California

Won

N/A
Wu, David Democrat Oregon

Won

 
Yarmuth, John Democrat Kentucky

Won

 
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