If that asshole prevented us from getting a strong candidate in the race,

by waiting until the day of the filing deadline, I'm gonna be PISSED.

This is an extremely annoying practice.  Rodney Alexander pulled it in LA last cycle.  

I'd support a system where the filing deadline for incumbents was a week before the filing deadline for challengers, just to prevent this kind of crap.

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by: texas dem @ Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 22:55:53 PM UTC

It's worse

Lewis filed for re-election all the way back in November and then withdrew at the last minute.

As expected, Anne Northrup filed this afternoon to reclaim her aseat from John Yarmuth.  The Louisville Courier Journal quoted Northrup as saying she had just thrown out thousands of Northrup for Congress bumper stickers.  Her arm was twisted by the Mitch McConnell faction within the state GOP.  At least one of her primary opponents, ex-U. Of Louisville and NFL player and developer Chris Thieneman says he'll spend hundreds of thousands of his own money and predicted a nasty race.  At least that's good.

And yes, we have no candidate in KY-5.  Ken Stepp joined the cattle herd lining up to oppose Mitch McConnell for the Senate.  

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by: David Kowalski @ Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 23:04:50 PM UTC

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If we're going to fail to file in a KY CD,

... then KY-05 is the one to fail to file in.  Hal Rogers (R) owns that seat until he's ready to retire.  Mind you, isn't he getting on up there in age?

However, I'd still prefer to file everywhere, cause there's always a seat or two with an unexpected event (medical issue, unexpected scandal, etc.).

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by: tilthouse @ Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 23:23:05 PM UTC

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and GOP money to drain n/t

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by: X Stryker @ Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 23:53:27 PM UTC

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Actually

I think David Boswell is running in KY-02. He did hold statewide office in the 1980s and is a state senator, IIRC.

Although Boswell has some oddities when it comes to conduct in his history.

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by: RBH @ Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 23:19:06 PM UTC

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One more thing

Republicans probably get robbed harder here than Dems.

after all, they almost had an uncontested primary with an untested candidate.

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by: RBH @ Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 23:25:57 PM UTC

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Interesting district

Bush won 65-34 in 2004, but Lewis only won 55-45 in 2006, and there are 269,000 registered Democrats vs. 164,000 Republicans

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by: plf515 @ Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 23:01:18 PM UTC

2004 House

Lewis ran ahead of Bush in 2004, getting 67.9% to W's 65.0%.  Maybe the state is getting bluer.  The GOper are split between a McConnell and a Fletcher faction (at least they were), and Democrats gained a House seat in 2004 (Chandler) and 2006 (Yarmuth) and the Governorship and Lt. Gov. (2007).

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by: David Kowalski @ Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 23:13:04 PM UTC

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It was a targeted district in '06

They ran a conservative state representative, Mike Weaver, against him. He got outspent 2-1, although I don't know if the DCCC put it any money.

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by: Johnny Longtorso @ Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 23:18:43 PM UTC

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I could be wrong...

... but didn't Weaver turn out to be a better candidate on paper than in real life?  He didn't strike me as the brightest bulb on the tree in '06...

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by: tilthouse @ Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 23:24:17 PM UTC

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Ron Weaver...

...actually did better than Ken Lucas, the KY-02 Democrat whom the DCCC heavily pushed and spent heavily for.

Follow the elections in Georgia at the 2010 Georgia Race Tracker.

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by: TheUnknown285 @ Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 23:56:23 PM UTC

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Obligatory and overused as of late:

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by: KainIIIC @ Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 00:18:01 AM UTC

It celebrates another Republican retirement...

...therefore, it can't be overused.

Follow the elections in Georgia at the 2010 Georgia Race Tracker.

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by: TheUnknown285 @ Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 00:24:29 AM UTC

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It hasn't been posted in the Hulshof

Front page yet, and we have yet to front page Tom Davis expected retirement for Friday.  

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by: JeremiahTheMessiah @ Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 00:27:20 AM UTC

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We never tire of it

It's a top 40 hit!

Keep it in heavy rotation for a few more months, until we get to 40 retirements!

Next year we'll go for 40 indictments.

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by: WoodyNYC @ Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 03:39:06 AM UTC

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This diary on congressional filing deadlines may come in handy

for anticipating this type of thing:

http://swingstateproject.com/s...

though it doesn't look like for a couple of weeks when PA and NM file.

NM holds no surprises as everyone's running for the Senate there, but I wouldn't be surprised to see some endangered PA Repubs. bail, maybe Gerlach or Murphy?

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by: verasoie @ Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 00:49:53 AM UTC

Retirements, etc.

Maybe English will retire (PA-3).  He does not look to be in the best of shape from the picture on his House web site.  Peterson, of course, already announced his retirement in PA-5.

Btw, neither of the 2 West Virginia Dems had an opponent per the WV Secretary of State site as of earlier in the afternoon.  Their due date was Saturday but I think some Republican was filing by mail?  Wait a few days for the dust to settle there.

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by: David Kowalski @ Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 01:10:02 AM UTC

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PVI

What's the PVI of KY-02?

party: Democratic, ideology: moderate, district: CT-01

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by: Glenn Magus Harvey @ Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 01:11:39 AM UTC

R+12.9

But Democrats enjoy a large registration advantage.  A conservative Democrat could make a real race of this.

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by: James L. @ Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 03:00:13 AM UTC

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