These Progressive Candidates Need Our Time and Money Now and Often!

[liskddksil]

AR:

Lt. Gov. Bill Halter announced his candidacy for the Senate against incumbent Blanche Lincoln, who voted against the health care reconciliation package and spoke out against the public option.
www.billhalter.com

AZ:
Rodney Glassman is exploring a potential run for the Senate.
http://www.rodneyglassman.com

CA:

Dr. Amerish "Ami" Bera, a physician, is running against Republican Dan Lundgren in the 3rd district.
http://www.beraforcongress.com

Marcy Winograd, is a progressive activist running against "blue-dog" Jane Harman in the 36th district.
www.winograd4congress.com

Bill Hedrick is running for Congress in the 44th district and came within 2% of winning in 2008.
www.billhedrickforcongress.com

Tracy Emblem is running in California’s 50th Congressional District.
www.tracyemblemforcongress.com

CO:

Andrew Romanoff is the former Colorado House Majority Leader, who has bucked the establishment and even the President to run a primary against incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet. Bennet voted against the cram-down amendment as part of the foreclosure legislation, and despite authoring the letter on the public option, only tepidly endorsed it until a few months ago and did not end up offering a public option amendment on the floor.
http://www.andrewromanoff.com

FL:

State Senate minority leader Al Lawson is running against blue-dog incumbent Allen Boyd, who voted against the health-care bill, in the 2nd district.
www.allawsonforcongress.com

Jim Piccillo is running in the 5th district against right-winger Ginny Brown-Waite.
http://www.jimpiccillo.com /

Doug Tudor is a progressive Democrat running in the primary against self-proclaimed "blue-dog" Lori Edwards in the 12th district. She has evaded offering support for a public option, while Mr. Tudor strongly supports single-payer. Congresswoman Wasserman-Schultz and the DCCC are working on behalf of Edwards.
http://www.teamtudor.org

Paul Partyka is running for the 24th district in a primary against incumbent "blue-dog" Susan Kosmas.
http://partykaforcongress.com /

GA:

Regina Thomas is running in the 12th district against blue-dog John Barrow, who voted against the health-care bill.
http://www.reginathomasforcongress.com/index.html

MI:

Connie Saltonstall is challenging Bart Stupak, who turned the health-care debate into an abortion fight, for his House seat.
http://conniesaltonstall.com/index.html

MD:

Andrew Gall, an Obama campaign staffer, is running against consumate D.C. insider and centrist majority whip Steny Hoyer. This one's a long shot, but definately worth a shot.
http://www.andrewforcongress.org /

MN:

Tarryl Clark is running against Michele Bachman in the 6th district.
www.tarrylclark.com

NC:

Billy Kennedy, a farmer and local radio show host, recently declared his candidacy for the 5th district against Republican Virginia Fox.
http://www.billykennedyforcongress.com /

NH:

Ann McLane Kuster is running in the 2nd district, which is being vacated by Paul Hodes. She has been endorsed by the progressive change campaign committee.
http://www.kusterforcongress.com /

OH:

Jennifer Brunner, is currently Secretary of State in Ohio, and was responsible for cleaning up the mess her predecessor Ken Blackwell left in time for the 2008 election. Sen. Menendez and the DSCC have to tried to stifle her candidacy in favor of Lee Fisher.
http://www.jenniferbrunner.com

PA:

Congressman Joe Sestak, is taking on Senator Arlen Specter. The state establishment and White House are all backing Specter is not polling well against Pat Toomey.
http://joesestak.com

Lois Herr is running for Congress in the 16th district against incumbent Republican Joe Pitts, of the Stupak / Pitts anti-abortion amendment.
http://www.herr2010.com

RI:

Rhode Island State Representative Betsy Dennigan, who is progressive and pro-choice, is running in a primary against current Rep. James Langevin, who voted for the Stupak amendment.
http://betsydenniganforcongress.com

SC:

Robert Dobbs is running in South Carolina’s 1st district.
www.electdobbs.com

Iraq war veteran Rob Miller is running against Congressman Joe "you-lie" Wilson in the 2nd district.
http://www.robmillerforcongress.com

VA:

Krystal Ball a 27 year old small-business owner, is now the presumptive nominee in the 1st. district after her primary opponent conceded after the party's caucuses. She will take on the incumbent Republican, Rob Wittman. She has been endorsed by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.
http://www.krystalballforcongress.com

WA:

State Senator Craig Pridemore is running for the 3rd. district. Blue America Pac quotes him: "After having know him for about two days, he confided in me that "the conventional wisdom up here is that a Democrat can't win if he/she stands for Democratic values. I am absolutely committed to changing that perception and to make WA-03 a reliable, progressive seat in the future."
http://www.craigpridemore.com

Reply with your additions so I continue to update this list.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. I judge candidates by

their hair. Bill has Republican hair- so it's a No Go.

[sabrina 1]

2. I don't know enough about some of those candidates

to support them. But Marcy Winograd and Bill Hedrick are definitely worth supporting. Romanoff also.

Not giving donations to any kind of political pac if it's possible to make a direct donation.

Harman is supported by the DNC so Marcy Winograd will need a lot of grass roots support.

Thanks for the list.

Robert Dobbs seems like a good candidate also:

http://pdamerica.org/articles/campaigns/2010-02-19-07-36-40-campaigns.php

[liskddksil]

5. Agree about giving money to individual candidates instead of PAC's

That's why I continue to add to this list as I find new candidates.

[sabrina 1]

6. Thank you for taking the time to do so.

Congress is where the real power is and why it is so important to get rid of the rightwingers posing as Dems. No president can control the agenda, Republican or Democratic, without the support of Congress. We have focused way too much on the WH, imo.

If I find anymore real progressives that aren't already listed, I will post them.

Good work, I wish this is what people were focusing on instead Palin/Teabagger distractions for a change.

:kick:

[liskddksil]

7. No problem. nt

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. K&R for REAL Democrats!

:kick: :bounce: :patriot:

[Echo In Light]

8. +1

[laughingliberal]

4. Halter is running in the primary against Blanche Lincoln, one of the foremost

conspirators involved with killing the public option. She is also running ads in AR bragging about her part in obstructing the Democratic agenda. This is one we really need to win.

[eridani]

9. Also in the WA-02

Health care activist Larry Kalb is mounting a primary challenge to an incumbent who isn't sure whether or not health care is a right.

http://kalbforcongress.com/

[liskddksil]

11. I'll add in the next update nt

[liskddksil]

10. Two More

CA:

Tim Allison is running in the 24th district against Republican Elton Gallagly.
http://timallison.com/

NC:

Nancy Shakir Is running in the 8th district in a primary against "blue-dog" Larry Kissell.
http://www.nancyshakirfornc08.com/

[eridani]

12. So, are you going to post this once a week or so?

Or maybe put it in the Resource section? I will never donate to DNC, DSCC, and the like again, and I need a list to guide me to the Dems that share my values.

Or maybe you could get your own website going?

[liskddksil]

13. Definately every few weeks until the primaries are over,

especially as I hear of new candidates.