2008 Candidates
We have a chance to gain as many as nine Senate seats next year and significantly increase our slim, one vote majority. Imagine what a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate would mean for our families, our environment, our working people, and those who want to see America lead the world from a position of moral strength.
Take a look into the future and read about some of our terrific 2008 Senate candidates today!
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Maine - Congressman Tom Allen Congressman Tom Allen has entered the race and is eager to hold Susan Collins accountable for her record on the Iraq War and the failures of the Bush administration. Collins will try to cast herself as a moderate but she has consistently stood with the Bush administration's failed policies, giving Bush a vote in favor of an open-ended American commitment in Iraq by opposing a timetable for withdrawal. She has collected over $800,000 from special interest groups this year, demonstrating that she is not the outsider she portrays herself to be. Allen raised over $600K in the third quarter and has $2.1 million on hand. He will have the resources to bring his message of change to Maine. Show your support by donating to Tom today! |
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Minnesota - Al Franken Norm Coleman continues to serve as a handmaiden to George Bush, voting with him 90% of the time. His support of Bush's Iraq war and his cynical compromises on issues like stem cells and ANWR demonstrate his taste for political opportunism over the interests of average Minnesotan families. Satirist and political commentator Al Franken is campaigning to hold him accountable. Al has also founded a political action committee, Midwest Values PAC, which raised over $1.1 million for Democrats across Minnesota and around the country. Minnesota is a blue state and Coleman is running with low approval ratings in a presidential year. This spells trouble for Republican efforts to hold this seat. Click here to support Al so that we can defeat Norm Coleman and hold the right-wing in Congress accountable! |
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North Carolina -- Kay Hagan Kay Hagan has served in North Carolina's State Senate for five terms, where she was named one of North Carolina's "Ten Most Effective Senators" three terms in a row by the non-partisan North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research. As a State Senator, Kay helped stimulate economic development, increased teacher pay, and broadened early childhood education. Kay Hagan's opponent, Senator Elizabeth Dole, is wrong on issues ranging from the environment to a woman's right to choose. Click here to support Kay Hagan today! |
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Idaho - Larry LaRocco Larry Craig announced in September 2007 that his resignation is on hold. Regardless, he plans to retire at the end of his term so his seat will be open in 2008. While Idaho is a GOP-heavy state, Democrats received a sizable boost in the 2006 midterms. Former Congressman Larry LaRocco, a businessman and Army veteran, is running an aggressive grassroots campaign. During his two terms in the United States House of Representatives, LaRocco earned a reputation for hard work and bi-partisanship. He has worked to help preserve both Idaho's precious natural resources and the access to public lands that hunters, fishermen, and all Idahoans treasure. Click here to support Larry today! |
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Kentucky - Bruce Lunsford As the Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell has continually blocked any meaningful change in the President's Iraq policy and repeatedly defended the status quo. According to a poll completed by Research 2000, more than half of Kentucky voters disapprove of the way Sen. Mitch McConnell has handled legislative issues regarding the post-war occupation of Iraq. Businessman Bruce Lunsford is an entrepreuner who co-founded and chairs what is now Ventas, a thriving healthcare real estate company. Click here to support Bruce's campaign today! |
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Georgia - Jim Martin Jim Martin is a Vietnam veteran and served for 18 years as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives. As a state legislator, he was a leader on health care issues and helped provide quality and affordable health care to thousands of Georgia's children. Jim continued his work for children at the Georgia Department of Human Resources which he led under two Governors, working hard to protect foster children and put them in loving homes. |
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Oregon - Jeff Merkley Gordon Smith is one of the most vulnerable Republicans in 2008. Smith stands with George Bush -- voting with him over 90% of the time -- and Democratic Oregon Speaker of the House Jeff Merkley is ready to hold him accountable. Democrats are prepared to hold Smith's feet to the fire for his staunch support of Bush's flawed Iraq policy. The DSCC has already run ads against Gordon Smith for his votes supporting Bush's Iraq escalation plan. In sharp contrast to Smith, Speaker Merkley fights for Oregon by passing important legislation on healthcare, ethics reform, and predatory lending. Oregon is a blue state and Smith's faults will be difficult for voters to overlook in 2008. Please join me and donate to Jeff Merkley in Oregon today! |
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Mississippi - Ronnie Musgrove Minority Whip Trent Lott resigned at the end of 2007, putting his seat into play for the 2008 election cycle. Republican Governor Haley Barbour appointed Congressman Roger Wicker to fill Lott's seat until the November election. In November, Wicker will face former Governor Ronnie Musgrove for the seat. Ronnie Musgrove has dedicated his life to serving the people of Mississippi. For over two decades, he's taken a leading role in the State to improve education, expand economic development, and ensure that government lives within its means. During hid tenure as Governor of Mississippi, he helped create over 52,000 new jobs, brought more than $14 billion in new investments to the state, invested in creating rural jobs, and brought Nissan to Mississippi, which was the largest economic development project in state history.We need more people like Ronnie Musgrove in the Senate -- click here to donate to his campaign today! |
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Texas - Rick Noriega As a current Lieutenant Colonel in the Army National Guard and an accomplished member of the Texas House of Representatives, Rick knows how urgent it is that we bring our troops home from Iraq, enact a new energy policy, and provide real solutions to reverse Bush's failed economic policy. He has served in the Armed Forces for nearly 30 years, and was the Incident Commander of Houston's Hurricane Katrina relief efforts and coordinated medical, housing and food services for over 2,000 evacuees to support those in need. Rick Noriega has always been there to serve our country -- whether it's during a time of war, in the chaos of a humanitarian crisis, or in the Texas House of Representatives. But now he needs our help to take on John Cornyn, a well-funded incumbent who has the backing of powerful special interest groups in Washington D.C. We need more people like Rick Noriega in the Senate -- click here to donate to his campaign today! |
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New Hampshire - Jeanne Shaheen Jeanne's been involved in New Hampshire -- as a parent, and a high school teacher, in local government as chair of Madbury's zoning board, and a State Senator before being elected Governor. Jeanne Shaheen is campaigning to hold incumbent John Sununu accountable for his staunch support of President Bush and the Iraq War. Pundits view this seat as a top pick-up opportunity. I hope you'll join me in showing your support by donating to Jeanne today! |
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Colorado - Mark Udall Mark Udall is currently serving his fifth term representing the 2nd Congressional District of Colorado, a district that spans the Continental Divide and includes both suburban, rural and mountain communities. Udall was first elected to Congress in 1998 after one of the closest elections in Colorado history. However, Udall's subsequent reelection campaigns have demonstrated a proven ability to attract bipartisan support. On the most important issues of our time, Mark Udall has a proven record of strong leadership and independent judgment. He opposed the resolution for war in Iraq, and predicted that the Bush Administration's Department of Justice would mishandle the Patriot Act. He has been an advocate for a strong national defense and a new energy policy for America. Help me show our support for Mark -- click here to donate to his campaign today! |
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New Mexico - Tom Udall On October 4, 2007, longtime Republican Senator Pete Domenici announced his retirement. The Democratic nominee is Congressman Tom Udall who has earned a reputation as a principled leader who has the integrity to do what is right for New Mexico. In the House, Tom wrote and passed a bill to establish a national renewable energy standard to create good jobs, reinvigorate our economy and reduce global warming. He has been a champion of expanding preventive health care. He voted against the Iraq War and has called for the responsible redeployment of our troops out of Iraq. Tom has also consistently championed tougher ethics laws both as Attorney General and in Congress where he voted to create an independent commission to investigate corruption among members of Congress. Donate to Tom Udall today! |
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Virginia - Mark Warner HTML clipboardSenator John Warner announced he will retire from the Senate at the end of this term and former Governor Mark Warner has announced his bid for the open seat. In January 2006, Warner left the Virginia governor's mansion with a 75% job approval rating and a strong problem solving record. His administration inherited $6 billion in budget shortfalls, and ended with a surplus that allowed the largest single investment in K-12 education in Virginia history, a reinvestment in one of the nation's premier public college and university systems, and a record investment in cleanup of the nation's largest estuary: the Chesapeake Bay. Governor Warner has been praised for his bi-partisan approach to politics. The Richmond Times-Dispatch said his specialty was "finding common ground" and "seizing chances from setbacks." The Daily Press wrote in 2005 that Governor Warner brought a "pragmatic, results-driven, business-oriented approach to government resonates across the spectrum of Virginia politics." We need more people like Mark Warner in the Senate -- click here to donate to his campaign today! |
