House Roundup 5/1/08
-DavidNYC at Swing State Project has written a piece listing the incumbent Democratic Congressmen who have lost a reelection bid since 1996. There have only been 16 of them in toto, and eight of those...
View ArticleHouse rankings: The field continues to shift towards Democrats, particularly...
In the past 3 months, Democrats have increased their House majority as they picked up a remarkable 3 seats in a series of special elections organized in Illinois’s 14th district, Louisiana’s 6th...
View ArticleHouse 2008 roundup
It's been a while since my last House diary, and I just know you've been sitting there wondering "when will Nathaniel publish his next House roundup diary? I can't live without my fix, and he's just...
View ArticleMO-9: #31 on the Republican Retirement List - A Profile in Courage
My name is Judy Baker and I'm a State Representative running for US Congress in Missouri's Ninth District. This is an open seat that you probably read about last week on this website, as the DCCC is...
View ArticleMO-09 fundraising deadline at midnight!
MO-09's open seat is up for grabs and we have a great progressive running who has a real chance to take over the seat. Missouri's Q2 deadline is today rather than June 30th because they have an early...
View ArticleMO-09 Judy Baker #3 on ActBlue!
As a sign of Democratic enthusiasm in the MO-09 district Judy Baker was the #1 U.S. House candidate in the nation and the #3 overall candidate (behind Senate candidates Noriega and Hagan) on ActBlue...
View ArticleMO-09: Brock Olivo fails at history
Remember our favorite football-jock-turned-candidate Brock Olivo? Well he has astounded us again. This time, with his amazing grasp of history!
View ArticleMO-09: The Return of Brock Olivo
Apparently, Brock Olivo did not do well in social studies class. And presumably, he was even worse in history. Asked to name his favorite of the Founding Fathers, our favorite former football star...
View ArticleMO-9: Not about Brock Olivo for once!
Greetings, I wanted to follow up on my last diary here and ask for your support in my fight to reform our health care system, end the war in Iraq, achieve energy independence and turn this district...
View ArticleMO-09 STL Post Dis. endorses Gaw, no (R) qualified to run
The St. Louis Post Dispatch endorsed Steve Gaw yesterday for the MO-09. It also finds no republican qualified to even run. Better yet, of the 4 republican candidates, they are the kindest to Brock...
View ArticleMO-09: St. Louis Post-Dispatch endorses "none of the above" in GOP primary
That's right. Not even our dear friend Brock Olivo. Having carefully analyzed the four Republican and four Democratic candidates, Missouri's largest newspaper seems to have come to an odd conclusion;...
View ArticleMy list of MO Robocall Villians
Having a landline I get to find out who the candidates who will go to the lowest depths of negative campaigning to win are. Missouri in its infinite stupidity does not require robocallers to identify...
View ArticleMissouri and Kansas Primary Day
These aren't the highest-profile races on the national radar, but as Scout Finch wrote yesterday, there are some critical primary races in Missouri and Kansas which will be decided this evening. We'll...
View ArticleDoesn't Look Good for Brock Olivo (Olivo Breaks 1,000!)
Sorry to break the bad news to y'all. But our hero, the great, the learned, the wise, the socially studied Brock Olivo seems to be heading to a resounding defeat tonight. Despite his star record as a...
View ArticlePrimary Day Results: Georgia, Missouri, Kansas, Michigan
The Senate race in Georgia, once left for dead, just got a lot more interesting, as former state Rep. Jim Martin has won the Democratic primary runoff against DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones. DSCC...
View ArticleMO-09 poll: Judy Baker (D) leads in Bush +19 District
A Momentum Analysis poll shows Judy Baker with a slim 41% to 39% lead over Blaine Luetkemeyer for the MO-09 open House seat. Baker has a 30% favorability to 8% unfavorabilty rating and has higher...
View ArticleFocus On...MISSOURI!!! (#35 in a 50-state series)
Every State. Every race. Right here. This is number 35 in a planned series of 50 entries between now and November, looking at each of the 50 states in terms of every race on that state's...
View ArticleHouse and Senate Race Roundup
MN-Sen: Garrison Keillor, native Minnesotan and witness to the Republican convention, unloads on Norm Coleman for his enabling of massive contract fraud during the Iraq War. The Republican, Norm...
View ArticleMO-9: Baker Launches Big Ad Buy Intro
Early this morning the campaign launched the first television introduction of the general election. Straight from Judy: With only 52 days to go, the spot will be seen by voters in every county in the...
View ArticleMO-Gov, MO-9 advertisements
Jay Nixon is the Democratic candidate for governor in my state, and Judy Baker is the candidate for my local seat. You probably know, but he has been our Attorney General for more than a decade, but...
View ArticleMO-9: Day 5: Luetkemeyer Remains Silent on Deficit
Judy Baker, running for Congress in M0-9, had a couple quick (if not simple ways) to cut say a couple hundred billion dollars. Her opponent has been quite quiet. Maybe it is because he sides with the...
View ArticleMO-9 Update on Blaine Being Quiet
From the Columbia Tribune's Political Blog with Jason Rosenbaum comes a response...well sort of: In a statement, Baker’s campaign said not letting the federal government negotiate prices is wasting...
View ArticleShulman (NJ-05), Baker (MO-09), Kissel (NC-08) in WSJ
The Wall Street Journal has an article on Democratic candidates whose faith is potentially an asset in winning over voters in conservative-leaning districts. The article features such as popular...
View ArticleMO-09: Baker (D) trails by single digits
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 9/17-18. Likely voters. MoE 5%. Luetkemeyer (R) 49 Baker (D) 40 Full crosstabs below the fold. Not bad numbers at all for Democrat Judy Baker, particularly in an R+6.5...
View ArticleMO-9: Dem Judy Baker Wins Biggest Area Newspaper's Publisher Endorsement
Today Judy Baker, a great progressive running for election in Missouri's 9th district, was endorsed by the publisher of the Columbia Tribune, the district's most widely-circulated newspaper. Columbia...
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Orange to Blue: Judy Baker
One of the most gratifying aspects of having a truly national party, one with an actual 50-state strategy, is that it emboldens candidates to stand up for progressive values even in historically...
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MO-09: Luetkemeyer crony was indicted for distributing porn to minors
Republican candidate Blaine Luetkemeyer of Missouri's Ninth District (who is opposed by O2B candidate Judy Baker) has some sketchy, sketchy friends. Like, for instance, Eric Feltner. Feltner, the...
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MO-09: O2B candidate Judy Baker leading
Orange to Blue candidate Judy Baker's focus on affordable health care, renewable energy and getting our tanking economy working again appears to be resonating in her conservative district. So, too,...
View ArticleMO-09 Poll: Judy Baker 40% Luetkemeyer 36%!
Orange to Blue candidate Judy Baker now leads Blaine Luetkemeyer in the latest poll to come out of Missouri's 9th district! http://dccc.org/...
View ArticleMO-09 Judy Baker 3Q rules!! Throw Blaine an Anvil!!!!
O.k let's put this in perspective. In a Bush +19 district that the Republican congressman Kenny Hulshof won 61-36% in the last election, Kos 02B candidate Judy Baker just outraised the heck out of...
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MO-09: Baker Surging, Cheney and GOP Attempt to Drown Her In Money
We added Judy Baker to Orange to Blue at the end of September because we've known for some time that her race - the open-seat battle in Missouri's 9th District, where she faces off against Republican...
View ArticleMO-09 - Cheney coming to Fundraise-Help!
Dick Cheney is coming to St. Louis area to attend a fundraiser for Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer. We've got Luetkemeyer on the ropes! Please, let's give him a warm Kossak welcome and bump Judy to the...
View ArticleVeterans of Foreign Wars Political Arm Endorses Judy Baker
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Political Action Committee has endorsed Judy Baker for Congress. Baker is the only open seat candidate in the country to be endorsed by the committee for election to the...
View ArticleJudy Baker MO-09 gets VFW endorsement!
While Dick Cheney was in town fundraising for Blaine Luetkemeyer, Orange to Blue candidate Judy Baker received a very important endorsement in the conservative MO-09 house district! She was endorsed by...
View ArticleMO-09: Judy Baker within MoE, trending up
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 10/20-22. Likely voters. MoE ±5% (9/17-18 numbers). Luetkemeyer (R) 47 (49) Baker (D) 42 (40) That's a pretty good trend for Orange to Blue candidate Judy Baker, who is now...
View ArticleFOLLOWING THE POLLS: The Saturday Edition
After a series of pretty quiet weekends, we see the polling intensity tick up a little bit on this penultimate weekend before the election. We see a new national poll, our seven daily trackers, as well...
View ArticleMO-09 Luetkemeyer self-funds $1.1 million for negative ads
Judy Baker has raised 1.3 million to Blaine Luetkemeyers 596K (Luetkemeyer has amassed 1.7 million when self-funding is counted), but Luetkemeyer has had a much faster burn rate with his barrage of...
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Judy Baker: MO-09
With less than a week to go until election day, Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer is feeling the heat in MO-9 and reaching deep into his own pockets: Campaign finance records filed this week with the...
View ArticleLuetkemeyer (MO-09) drops $1.5 million into race against Judy Baker
Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer just dropped 340K more of his own money into the race on Friday for one more massive negative ad blitz against Orange to Blue candidate Judy Baker. This is one of many...
View ArticleMissouri: Live Blog Election 2008 Returns
Update [2008-11-5 16:47:40 by Glic]: Not that anyone is reading this anymore, but it does now appear that, sadly, Missouri truly has gone for McCain. We needed to hit 60% in St Louis County and we got...
View ArticleMO-9 A Thank You from Judy Baker
Dear friends, Thank you. Thank you all so much. Thank you friends and family, volunteers and staff. You have brought us so far and you are the soul of our campaign. Last night two things became clear....
View ArticleDCCC Targeting Twelve Republicans
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has announced that starting tomorrow, they will launch the next phase of their Putting Families First campaign. With an emphasis on House...
View ArticleCongressional races 2010, round 2: MN, MS, MO, MT
Summary: MN has 8 reps: 5 D, 3 R MS has 4 reps: 3 D, 1 R MO has 9 reps: 4 D, 5 R MT has 1 rep, a Repub. Possibly vulnerable: MN-03 (R) MN-06 (R) MO-09 (R) (maybe) Filing deadlines and...
View ArticleCongressional races round 3: MN, MS, MO, MT
Summary: MN has 8 reps: 5 D, 3 R. Primary is Aug 10. MS has 4 reps: 3 D, 1 R. Primary done MO has 9 reps: 4 D, 5 R. Primary Aug 3 MT has 1 rep, a Repub. Primary done. Possibly vulnerable:...
View ArticleUpdate: Ain't That America - Make Them Defend Every Seat (MO-09)
One of our own, one of our progressive E's, has announced they are a candidate for Congress. Jeff Reed, the king of Facebook Status updates, is in the arena. His face will certainly be marred by dust...
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Stupid Goes Viral: Climate Zombies in IA, MO, UT, VT, and WA
They mindlessly deny the science of climate change. Their stupid is contagious. And if they win, humanity loses. I'm tracking Climate Zombies: every Republican candidate for House, Senate, and...
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I Am A Campaign Manager For The First Coffee Party Candidate!
Hello there friends. My name's Curtis Abbey and I've just been named campaign manager for Jeff Reed, a write-in candidate for US Congress in Missouri's 9th district. Jeff is a friend of mine from...
View ArticleJeff Reed: They're human beings, they're in love, let them marry
Curtis here, my candidate Jeff Reed took part in a virtual Q+A with the 20,000 member Beer Party group on Facebook. We had a good exchange, Jeff showed why his candidacy is worth supporting. Jeff Reed...
View ArticleCongressional races 2010, final update, MN, MS, MO, MT
Summary: MN has 8 reps: 5 D, 3 R. MS has 4 reps: 3 D, 1 R. MO has 9 reps: 4 D, 5 R. MT has 1 rep, a Repub. Possibly vulnerable: MN-01 (D) MN-06 (R) MO-03 (D) MO-04 (D) MO-08 (R)...
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Great News! My Candidate Jeff Reed Mentioned In Telegraph UK!
Hey there all, I announced a few weeks ago that I am a campaign manager for a write-in candidate for Congress from northeastern Missouri. Jeff Reed didn't like that our party failed to field a...
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