Swing State Project

Friday, October 27, 2006

Final Netroots Push: The $100,000 Challenge

Posted by DavidNYC

LATE UPDATE: Well, as I'm sure you've seen, we've blown way past $100,000 raised today. In fact, we've hauled in $275,000! We're also incredibly close to $1.5 million raised on the page, total. Who will help put us over the top?

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Today, Friday, is the last best day to donate to your favorite candidates. Here's why: Over the weekend, campaigns will make their final choices about where to spend money - ad buys, mailers, get-out-the-vote efforts, etc. After that point, almost all major spending decisions will be complete. That makes it hard to effectively spend money received during the last week of the campaign. Final-week contributions are appreciated, sure, but cash received by today is a lot more valuable.

That's why Swing State, Daily Kos and MyDD are doing one final fundraising push for the netroots page. The goal is as simple as can be: We want to raise $100,000 for the entire page today. And this time, we're gonna ask everyone to dig as deep as possible. At earlier points in the cycle, campaigns can use small-dollar donations to help build their lists so that they can seek more donations in the future. Right now, though, what Democrats across the country need is just cold cash. After today, you should volunteer your time. But today is the day to part with your hard-earned bucks.

All week long, we've been flogging incumbent Democrats, begging them to give as part the Use It Or Lose It campaign. But we have to put our money where our mouths are, too. And that's exactly what I'm going to do.

I just gave $500 to the Paul Hodes campaign. My student loans ran out in May, and while I've recently started work, I haven't been paid yet. I've been living off a combination of credit cards and wedding gifts for months now. But I can't afford not to give - who among us can? You don't need me to tell you that what's at stake right now is just so unbelievably important.

But there are more concrete, immediate reasons: The NRCC just announced that it would drop $366,000 worth of negative ads into this race. To put that into perspective, this is roughly a third of what Paul Hodes has raised throughout the campaign, all getting dumped into the district overnight. My $500 is a proverbial drop in the bucket compared to that, but if enough of us declare "Fuck it! We've had enough! We're going to give whatever we can!" then we'll be able to fight back. I know it.

And it's not just Hodes under assault. For all the GOP's alleged money woes, they've always outraised us and always will. Democrats all across the country are now on the receiving end of the Republican Party's malignant Wurlitzer, and it won't let up until the polls close. Every member of our party needs our help. Whether you give to the netroots candidates or someone else today, just please give.

Are you with me? Can we raise $100,000 today? Yeah? Well, then, let's do this thing!!!

UPDATE (James L.): Whoa, it looks like $100,000 in one day is not much of a challenge for the netroots community. You guys have raised over $210,000 so far, and the day's not nearly done yet. Markos is right: let's blow the roof off of Actblue. Let's bring our total haul to $1.5 million. It's only a matter of raising $100k more tonight. I know our community can do this. Let's send our netroots candidates off into their final week in style--with enough resources to compete.

And if you've already donated, please take the next logical step: help get out the vote! Do More Than Vote is a great resource full of links to many different ways you can help from all corners of the country. You can also host or attend a pre-Halloween phone party coordinated by Moveon.org, or sign up for Moveon's Call for Change program targeting Democratic-leaning voters. Remember: this is going to be a base turnout election. There's no need to waste time trying to convince reluctant fence-sitters to switch to the Democratic column--all we have to do is light a fire under the asses of Democrats and Democratic-leaners who haven't given the election much thought this year. Moveon.org is making it easy to help, from anywhere in the country. Like David says, let's do this thing.

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October Fundraising Reports

Posted by James L.

If you want to check up on how your favorite candidate is doing in the fundraising game for the crucial final stretch, Tray.com has all of the October 1-18 FEC filings catalogued. Here are a few notable numbers from the first 18 days of October:

ID-01: Larry Grant (D) - $150k raised, $65k Cash-on-Hand; Bill Sali (R) - $55k raised, $43k CoH
CA-11: Jerry McNerney (D) - $417k raised, $330k CoH; Richard Pombo (R) - $351k raised, $1.05m CoH
NC-08: Larry Kissell (D) - $135k raised, $35 CoH (that's not a typo); Robin Hayes (R) - $149k raised, $794k CoH
NH-02: Paul Hodes (D) - $160k raised, $56k CoH; Charile Bass (R) - $83k raised, $332k CoH
CA-04: Charlie Brown (D) - $416k raised, $382k CoH; John Doolittle (R) - $207k raised, $712k CoH
OH-12: Bob Shamansky (D) - $424k raised, $629k CoH; Pat Tiberi (R) - $152k raised, $869k CoH
CO-05: Jay Fawcett (D) - $132k raised, $93k CoH; Doug Lamborn (R) - $84k raised, $44k CoH
NE-03: Scott Kleeb (D) - $105k raised, $191k CoH; Adrian Smith (R) - $90k raised, $185k CoH
NY-29: Eric Massa (D) - $171k raised, $341k CoH; Randy Kuhl (R) - $66k raised, $232k CoH
WY-AL: Gary Trauner (D) - $94k raised, $190k CoH; Barbara Cubin (R) - $151k raised, $273k CoH
NY-19: John Hall (D) - $226k raised, $132k CoH; Sue Kelly (R) - $121k raised, $990k CoH
AZ-01: Ellen Simon (D) - $335k raised, $67k CoH; Rick Renzi (R) - $236k raised, $674k CoH
IL-14: John Laesch (D) - $99k raised, $82k CoH; Dennis Hastert (R) - $136k raised, $454k CoH

There's plenty more where that came from. Like David says above, the netroots candidates can really use some love right now to give them an extra boost for that final week.

Posted at 01:24 AM in 2006 Elections - House, Fundraising | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0) | Technorati

Monday, October 23, 2006

Action Alert: Use It or Lose It

Posted by DavidNYC

Just go here and do what Chris Bowers says: Call these ultra-safe Democrats and (politely) ask them to give 30% of their cash-on-hand to competitive races or party committees. Thanks to a campaign finance loophole, these guys are are the best-situated to drive large sums where they are needed most in the final two weeks of the election season.

I think the best talking point you can use is that any Dems who really give a lot now will be remembered glowingly by the grassroots in the future. Call `em now.

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Saturday, October 14, 2006

Son of 3Q Fundraising Reports Open Thread

Posted by DavidNYC

Come on, feel the noise:

District	Candidate	Party	3Q Raised	CoH
CA-50	Brian Bilbray	R	350	195
GA-08	Mac Collins	R	295	502
GA-12	Max Burns	R	632	604
IA-02	Jim Leach	R	71	177
IL-11	John Pavich	D	58	13
IN-09	Mike Sodrel	R	431	1,100
KY-03	Anne Northup	R	564	1,500
NM-01	Heather Wilson	R	1,000	1,400
NV-03	Jon Porter	R	412	189
NY-26	Tom Reynolds	R	658	1,900
OH-06	Charlie Wilson	D	368	462
OH-12	Bob Shamansky	D	105	602
PA-04	Melissa Hart	R	475	1,100
PA-08	Mike Fitzpatrick	R	385	446
TX-14	Ron Paul	R	332	365
VT-AL	Martha Rainville	R	289	239
VT-AL	Peter Welch	D	436	522
WI-08	Steve Kagen	D	150	146

All numbers are in thousands. If the "3Q Raised" number is in boldface, it means I combined a pre-primary report with the actual 3Q report to give a full picture of the quarter. Also, these numbers do not include loans made by the candidate. A couple of guys have lent their campaigns a lot of money - especially Steve Kagen and Bob Shamansky.

If you have any more numbers, please post them in comments (with links if you've got `em). Earlier numbers are available here and here.

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3Q Fundraising Reports Open Thread

Posted by James L.

Picking up where we left off, this weekend is the deadline for campaigns to file their finance reports for the third quarter of 2006, ending on September 30.

I've rounded up a few noteworthy tallies, but feel free to post any other numbers you see floating around.

Eric Massa (D, NY-29): $296k raised from 8/24 through 9/30, $162k raised from 7/01 through 8/23; $334k cash-on-hand ($900k total raised)

Mike Weaver (D, KY-02): $222k raised, $270k CoH ($390k total raised)

Larry Grant (D, ID-01): $184k raised, $73k CoH ($345k total raised)

Tessa Hafen (D, NV-03): $307k raised from 7/27 through 9/30, $46k raised from 7/01 through 7/26; $456k CoH ($1.11m total raised)

Angie Paccione (D, CO-04): $567k raised; $309k CoH ($1.33m total raised)

Mary Jo Kilroy (D, OH-15): $1.008m raised; $793k CoH ($2.055 total raised)
Deborah Pryce (R, OH-15): $1.4m raised; $2m CoH

OH-Sen: Sherrod Brown (D): $2.9m raised ($1.2m CoH); Mike DeWine (R): $2.7m raised ($4.5m CoH)

Very good fundraising by Massa, who has pulled in over $450k in the third quarter. Similarly, good fundraising numbers by the likes of Angie Paccione and Tessa Hafen lead to a solid impression of the Democrats' 2nd tier challengers this year. At the same time, though, Mike Weaver has the support of the DCCC's Red to Blue program, but you wouldn't know it by his fundraising.

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Thursday, October 05, 2006

3Q Fundraising Reports Start to Trickle In

Posted by James L.

Up until 9/29, money was the often the best indicator of a candidate's chances of success. That's still the case today, but the macro factors introduced by the scandal surrounding the House Republican Leadership cover-up of Mark Foley's appetite for young congressional pages may mitigate the Republicans' sizable cash-on-hand lead in many hot House races this year--quite possibly Senate races as well. Look at it this way: it doesn't help them anywhere. There are no heroes in the House Republican caucus on this issue.

Don't get me wrong: I'm not predicting that Democrats will win 100 seats in some kind of tsunami. But Republicans will get less mileage out of their warchests this year with Mark Foley and Dennis Hastert gobbling up headlines, while Democratic messages on values and security will carry more weight.

That said, third quarter fundraising reports are starting to trickle in. If you know of any fundraising figures for any campaign, please share the numbers in the comments. I'll update this thread accordingly. Here's what I've seen so far:

VA-Sen:

Jim Webb (D): $3.5m raised ($2.7m cash-on-hand; $4.6m total)

That's a pretty good increase, but he'll need even more to swamp out Allen in an expensive state like Virginia.

PA-07:

Joe Sestak (D): $1.14m raised ($1.53 CoH; $2.27m total)
Curt Weldon (R-Inc.): $0.91m raised ($1.12 CoH)

Simply stunning.

UPDATE (David): Some numbers from a couple of Republicans:

John Kline (R, MN-02): $173K raised, $775K CoH
Shelley Capito (R, WV-02): $800K raised, $1.04M CoH

Kline's opponent is FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley, who had just $100K on hand as of August 23rd. A recent SUSA poll here was not a cause for optimism, showing Kline with a 55-35 lead.

Meanwhile, Mike Callaghan is running against Capito. I really like Mike, but this has been a tough uphill battle all the way. WV-02 is not a wealthy district, and raising money here without national help is hard. Capito, meanwhile, has gotten a whopping 44% of her donations from PACs - Callaghan's taken just 2% of his total from that source.

One possible ray of light here is that Capito is on the board which oversees congressional pages, whose GOP overseer (Rep. John Shimkus) utterly failed to do his job. Callaghan has called on Capito to resign from the page board, but Capito has predictably pled ignorance. it remains to be seen what the fallout is from this entire sordid episode.

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Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Gov. Schweitzer's Actblue Page

Posted by James L.

Here's something that caught my eye on Actblue.com: Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana has his own fundraising page featuring all of the netroots candidates. I'm not sure how long this page has been up, but in any case, that's a pretty slick move!

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Friday, September 29, 2006

Netroots End-of-Quarter Fundraising Push Day 5

Posted by DavidNYC

The end of the quarter is not officially until tomorrow, Saturday. But as of this writing, we are so close to our goal I can taste it: 9,868 donors on the netroots page. I'm heartened to see that our fundraising pace has picked up each day. I'm betting we can blast through our goal (10,000 total donors) by the end of the day, and that Trauner, Grant and Walz will all clear a thousand contributions as well.

Today, though, we'd like to specially focus on a guy right at the middle of the list: Larry Kissell, running for Congress in North Carolina's 8th Congressional District. This race might well be unique this year: It's the only seat I know of which the DCCC decided to contest, then dropped (after another candidate quit the race), then picked up again. Indeed, around ten days ago, Kissell was added to the DCCC's "Emerging Races" list. What transpired to make this happen?

From my far-off vantage point, I see two major things as being as responsible. First, Kissell had a huge and energetic grassroots (and netroots) base that always believed in him, even when this race looked as uphill as can be. Indeed, this continual show of strength was the principal reason Kissell was added to the netroots page. And when the DCCC ran a contest to see who could sign up the greatest number of volunteers in just a brief period of time, the Kissell team raked in an astounding 900 new names. That earned the campaign a major fundraising e-mail from the D-Trip, which you may have even received today.

The other thing I've seen is a very creative and aggressive underdog attitude. Kissell & Co. didn't wait around for big money to fund a paid media campaign. Rather, they sought other ways to break through to voters. This was best exemplified by my favorite single political stunt of the year: Cheap gas. For two hours one day this summer, the Kissell campaign sponsored an event where gas was just $1.22 at a local filling station - the price when the incumbent, Robin Hayes, took office. It was a brilliant move that garnered tons of free media and community goodwill. It even inspired copycat moves by other Democrats. (You know what they say about imitation & flattery.)

And in terms of what we've been trying to accomplish with the netroots page, Larry Kissell is almost a picture-perfect example. All along we've looked to add races which were not getting tons of attention, which you might describe as "second tier." Our fervent hope was that by giving these campaigns a boost, we might help propel them on to the big players' short lists. We're certainly not claiming credit for putting Kissell on the DCCC's radar, but we'd like to think the blogosphere's support played a role in doing so.

So if you want to help out the quintessential grassroots campaign, please give to Larry Kissell. Right now he's at about 1,350 total donations. Surely we can get him to at least 1,400 by the end of the push, if not more. Of course, it goes without saying that all the netroots candidates are extremely worthy, and, if you can, the time to give is now.

As always, please tell us whom you've been giving to in the comments below. Thanks!

P.S. I'd also like to make a quick mention of another effort that's also using ActBlue. The Secretary of State Project is supporting Democratic candidates for Secretary of State in key swing states around the nation. Though these state-level campaigns tend to get over-looked, they shouldn't be: As you may know, SoSes are responsible for overseeing elections. After the debacles we experienced with Katherine Harris and Ken Blackwell, it's extremely important than we support good, honest candidates for these positions. The SoS project has helpfully assembled a list of candidates who need our help. Go check it out.

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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Netroots End-of-Quarter Fundraising Push Day 4

Posted by DavidNYC

Yee haw! We're almost at 9,500 total donors on the netroots page. Just 500 more donors to go to hit our goal of 10,000 donors. We're also getting very close to 1,000 contributions for Trauner (815), Grant (815) and Walz (760). Jim Webb, by the way, went over 3,000 donations and Joe Sestak is within shooting distance of 2,000. We have two-and-a-half days left: Surely out there in the blogosphere there are more than enough people who can help put us over the top by Saturday night.

And you know things are really heating up in the political world - there have been multiple newsworthy items on the netroots candidates every day this week. Below, James has a roundup of three polls (MN-01, NH-02 and WA-08), all of which are good news. The latest Quinnipiac poll still has Ned Lamont trailing, but the trendlines are favorable, which I think is what really matters. A SUSA poll on VA-Sen also shows a tight race - and a big shift toward Webb after Felix Allen's racist past was corroborated by more people.

As always, if you have anything to share - new stories on any of the candidates, who you've been donating to, etc. - please share in the comments.

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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Netroots End-of-Quarter Fundraising Push Day 3

Posted by DavidNYC

It goes without saying that I am incredibly pleased to see that Dan Seals has pushed past the 1,000 contributions mark on the netroots page. Now we just have to get Trauner, Grant and Walz to 1K. We need only around 900 total contributions to hit that goal. That's just 300 people giving to each of these three candidates. Meanwhile, Ned Lamont just went over 4,000 and Jim Webb is closing in on 3,000.

In terms of our overall goal, we're now fewer than 800 donors away from 10,000 total. With only four days left in the quarter (three-and-a-half, really), that means we still need over 200 new donors a day. Given the combined readership of MyDD, Swing State and DailyKos, we should be able to do that without breaking a sweat.

And some great stuff on the netroots candidates today, including CO-05 (Jay Fawcett) and ID-01 (Larry Grant).

As always, please tell us about any contributions you make in the comments. Thanks!

Posted at 02:35 PM in 2006 Elections, Fundraising, Netroots | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0) | Technorati

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Netroots End-of-Quarter Fundraising Push Day 2

Posted by DavidNYC

So, by now you probably already know the goal: 10,000 total contributors by the end of the quarter (ie, Saturday night) on the netroots page. Yesterday we had about 120 new donors, which is good, but is below what we need in order to hit the 10K mark. Fortunately, we've picked up the pace today, with about 100 new donors so far, so I'm confident we'll get there.

In the meantime, we have an intermediate goal: We want to see every candidate on the list get to 1,000 individual contributions. John Courage just passed that mark today, and Dan Seals is less than 50 away. So that leaves Larry Grant, Gary Trauner and Tim Walz, who combined need around 1,200 contributions to make it to the 1K plateau. (Remember, contributions are different from donors. If you donate to five candidates at once, that counts as one donor and five donations.)

To whet your appetite, Markos has some good posts today on several of the netroots candidates: Tim Walz's new bio ad, Jim Webb's new Iraq ad, and the formation of a "Republicans for Trauner" group out in WY. If you have anything more to share on these or any of the other netroots candidates, please let us know.

And as always, please tell us who you've been giving to in the comments.

P.S. ActBlue is expecting a major traffic spike this week. If you run into any problems, please e-mail info@actblue.com with your last name, ZIP code, and card type (Visa/MC/Amex/Discover) so that they can diagnose your issue.

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Monday, September 25, 2006

Netroots End-of-Quarter Fundraising Push

Posted by DavidNYC

I know it was just last month that we had a big fundraising drive, and I hate to have to start begging for contributions so soon after. But this Saturday, September 30th, is the final day of the fundraising quarter for all federal campaigns. And, most importantly, it's the last benchmark reporting period for this entire election cycle. Yes, of course campaigns will still raise money after 9/30. But this is their last chance to issue a public report and show good numbers for the quarter. It goes without saying that it's our job to help every Democratic campaign as best we can.

And in August, we did a ferociously good job of it over at the MyDD/DailyKos/SSP Netroots page. We raked in over 7,700 contributions totalling more than $167,000 in just a week. In fact, we wound up exceeding our own expectations so dramatically that we outstripped our goals multiple times. That push was one time where I didn't mind moving the goalposts!

This time, though, the goal is really, really simple. Go over to the Netroots page and scroll down a bit. Look for the blue line that reads "Total." Right now, under the "Donors" column, it reads 8,713. That's the total number of individuals who have given via this page, since its inception. The total number of contributions is much higher (24,630 to active candidates as of this writing), because many people give to multiple candidates. (The average is a little over three per donor.)

So what we want to do is hit an even 10,000 donors by midnight on Saturday. I know we can make this goal. Whether you give $10 or $1000, to one candidate or to ten, you'll get counted. And every dollar really does matter. That's not empty talk. The money donated via ActBlue is the "cheapest" cash a campaign can find. Apart from credit card processing fees (which are minimal), there are no expenses associated with raising this money - no postage to pay, no caterers to hire, no time spent on the phone by the candidate.

As always, there are tons of great Democrats out there who need our help. If you want to support the Netroots list, that's fantastic. And if you prefer to give your hard-earned cash to other Dems, terrific. If you are able to give, what matters most is that you do give, and give now. When the big boys - the party committees (like the DCCC), labor unions, 527s, interest groups - decide where to make a final push in October, they are going to look at the end-of-quarter fundraising reports. If you want your favorite candidates to rocket to the top of those short lists, it's crucial that they show good fundraising numbers.

The ten thousand donor mark is in reach. Let's make it happen!

P.S. Please tell us which campaigns you've given to in the comments below.

Posted at 02:59 PM in 2006 Elections, Fundraising, Netroots | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0) | Technorati

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Pick a Patriot, Any Patriot...

Posted by James L.

Russ Feingold's Progressive Patriots PAC is having another round of voting in its Pick a Progressive Patriot competition, this time for Senate challengers. More than just a $5,000 PAC donation, the winner will get a fundraising appeal by Feingold and his PAC. There are lots of good choices here who could use the scratch: Brown, Tester, McCaskill, Lamont, Carter, Webb... I don't know how you'll be able to make your mind. But once you do, vote here.

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Monday, September 18, 2006

9/18 Netroots Fundraising Push

Posted by James L.

Alright, rest assured, I'm not going to turn over Swing State Project into a week-long fundraiser again, but I am going to have to ask you to cough up a few bucks for the Netroots candidates on the DailyKos/MyDD/Swing State Project Actblue page today. In particular, Montana Democratic Senate candidate Jon Tester could use your help today. Montana is neither rich nor heavily populated, which means that the national netroots has to do some of the heavy lifting donor-wise to make sure that Jon Tester, a straight-talking populist progressive, can compete with Conrad Burns' big-dollar donations from corporate interests ($1.7m from business PACs alone). We don't have to raise that kind of money, but anything we can help raise for Jon will go a long way in a small media market state like Montana. And I wouldn't be making this suggestion if Jon didn't need the money--trust me, he does. To help, contribute here. Jon started the day at 2,911 donations, and he's closing in on 3,100 right now. Can we get him over the top by midnight?

And if you have a few extra bucks to spare, please consider helping out the other netroots candidates today, as well. We'd like to see Larry Grant, Gary Trauner and Tim Walz break 500 contributions (although my preferred benchmark would be 508--Ciro Rodriguez's total). And, while we're at it, can we get Paul Hodes above 1000? He's tantalyzingly close right now at 997...

Contribute today.

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Saturday, September 02, 2006

Pre-Primary House Fundraising Roundup

Posted by DavidNYC

Below is a chart compiling fundraising numbers for all candidates in all competitive races who recently had to file pre-primary reports. James & I drew financial data from the FEC's electronic filings, and we identified competitive races using Superribbie's most recent roundup. All numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand.

District	Democrat	Dem Raised	Dem CoH	Republican	GOP Raised	GOP CoH
AZ-01	Simon	$67,000	$335,000	Renzi	$118,000	$765,000
AZ-05	Mitchell	$155,000	$672,000	Hayworth	$516,000	$1,474,000
AZ-08	Giffords	$270,000	$335,000	Huffman	$164,000	$173,000
AZ-08	Weiss	$75,000	$92,000	Hellon	$62,000	$34,000
AZ-08	Latas	No Report		Graf	$192,000	$82,000
FL-08	Stuart	$115,000	$215,000	Keller	$36,000	$1,262,000
FL-08	Grayson	$25,000	$53,000
FL-08	Hartage	$16,000	$1,000
FL-09	Busansky	$94,000	$531,000	Bilirakis	$318,000	$1,190,000
FL-13	Jennings	$83,000	$281,000	Buchanan	$841,000	$1,439,000
FL-13	Schneider	$5,000	$60,000	Hudson	$150,000	$207,000
FL-13				Detert	$17,000	$49,000
FL-13				Clarke	$30,000	$18,000
FL-13				Flanagan	$9,000	$9,000
FL-16	Mahoney	$54,000	$344,000	Foley	$51,000	$2,780,000
FL-22	Klein	$126,000	$1,650,000	Shaw	$150,000	$2,740,000
MN-01	Walz	$105,000	$244,000	Gutknecht	$121,000	$840,000
MN-02	Rowley	$48,000	$101,000	Kline	$105,000	$697,000
MN-06	Wetterling	$503,000	$800,000	Bachmann	$418,000	$666,000
NH-01	Craig	$63,000	$130,000	Bradley	$102,000	$548,000
NH-01	Shea-Porter	$7,000	$17,000
NH-01	Dodds	$32,000	$3,000
NH-02	Hodes	$101,000	$410,000	Bass	$134,000	$503,000
NY-03	Mejias	$133,000	$256,000	King	$149,000	$1,590,000
NY-19	Hall	$193,000	$246,000	Kelly	$314,000	$1,265,000
NY-19	Aydelott	$58,000	$152,000
NY-19	Shuldiner	$12,000	$92,000
NY-20	Gillibrand	$202,000	$587,000	Sweeney	$276,000	$795,000
NY-24	Arcuri	$223,000	$380,000	Meier	$294,000	$571,000
NY-25	Maffei	$62,000	$171,000	Walsh	$106,000	$617,000
NY-29	Massa	$160,000	$263,000	Kuhl	$107,000	$528,000
VT-AL	Welch	$146,000	$709,000	Rainville	$121,000	$235,000
WI-08	Kagen	$20,000	$318,000	Gard	$436,000	$657,000
WI-08	Nusbaum	$191,000	$102,000
WI-08	Wall	$55,000	$77,000

Districts in italics are open seats. If I'm missing any major candidates, or you spot any mistakes, let me know. Also, the only race I left off is MD-03, which is a Dem-held open seat with a ton of candidates. (John Sarbanes, son of retiring Sen. Paul Sarbanes, is widely considered the front-runner in that district.)

UPDATE: In my initial chart, I mistakenly left off the three Arizona races. They are now included.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Netroots August Fundraising Push Round-up Charts

Posted by James L.

No hyperbole here: I was quite astounded by the total amount raised by the readers of DailyKos, MyDD, and Swing State Project over the past week. I want to thank you for your patience as SSP was pretty much dominated by this drive over the past 8 days. Thanks for sticking in there, and thanks for donating to the netroots candidates. From 12:00am EDT on Monday, August 21 to 12:00am EDT on Tuesday, August 29, we raised a jaw-dropping $167,137 for 17 strong Democratic challengers nationwide (plus about $4k for BlogPAC) from 7734 contributions. Your generosity yesterday simply amazed me, with nearly $70k coming in on Tuesday alone. Believe me, you've given a good boost to these candidates, especially those in low-dollar districts like ID-01's Larry Grant and Wyoming's Gary Trauner. Excellent stuff.

As promised, below are the fundraising round-up charts for yesterday and the week for each candidate. Even more impressive is the fact that an additional $8,000 trickled in since 12am EDT last night--a figure not reflected in the following totals. Very cool.

Candidate	District	Starting Donations	8/29 Donations	New Donations in Last 24hrs.	New Donations From 8/21 to 8/29
Ned Lamont	CT-Sen	3064	3,553	189	489
Jon Tester	MT-Sen	2056	2,646	230	590
Jim Webb	VA-Sen	1270	2,060	310	790
Eric Massa	NY-29	905	1,283	136	378
Joe Sestak	PA-07	876	1,350	197	474
Patrick Murphy	PA-08	687	1,094	167	407
Jerry McNerney	CA-11	681	1,177	216	496
Darcy Burner	WA-08	679	1,194	226	515
Linda Stender	NJ-07	508	902	165	394
Paul Hodes	NH-02	465	899	174	434
Larry Kissell	NC-08	427	891	199	464
John Courage	TX-21	415	823	173	408
Dan Seals	IL-10	375	756	162	381
Jay Fawcett	CO-05	375	850	227	475
Tim Walz	MN-01	0	354	200	354
Larry Grant	ID-01	0	344	264	344
Gary Trauner	WY-AL	0	341	341	341
Total		12,783	20,517	3,576	7,734

Continue reading below the fold for hard dollar figures. Thanks again for an amazing week!

Candidate	District	Raised at Start	8/29 Raised	Raised in Last 24hrs.	Raised From 8/21 to 8/29
Ned Lamont	CT-Sen	$110,042.51	$121,067.07	$3,751.97	$11,024.56
Jon Tester	MT-Sen	$59,730.84	$74,307.98	$5,386.94	$14,577.14
Jim Webb	VA-Sen	$40,452.38	$63,042.61	$6,952.53	$22,590.23
Eric Massa	NY-29	$21,042.29	$28,830.34	$2,471.94	$7,788.05
Joe Sestak	PA-07	$26,574.49	$38,535.92	$3,412.43	$11,961.43
Patrick Murphy	PA-08	$13,895.16	$22,072.64	$3,218.95	$8,177.48
Jerry McNerney	CA-11	$17,873.76	$29,671.25	$4,613.51	$11,797.49
Darcy Burner	WA-08	$13,209.06	$24,165.95	$3,585.78	$10,956.89
Linda Stender	NJ-07	$8,877.30	$15,964.54	$2,831.38	$7,087.24
Paul Hodes	NH-02	$8,817.34	$17,335.22	$3,025.76	$8,517.88
Larry Kissell	NC-08	$6,855.92	$14,716.64	$2,795.87	$7,860.72
John Courage	TX-21	$6,868.53	$13,968.26	$2,625.78	$7,099.73
Dan Seals	IL-10	$6,314.74	$13,863.27	$3,124.95	$7,548.53
Jay Fawcett	CO-05	$5,856.33	$14,136.34	$3,379.95	$8,280.01
Tim Walz	MN-01	$0.00	$8,033.32	$3,610.38	$8,033.32
Larry Grant	ID-01	$0.00	$6,764.77	$4,396.12	$6,764.77
Gary Trauner	WY-AL	$0.00	$7,072.16	$7,072.16	$7,072.16
Total		$346,410.65	$513,548.28	$66,256.40	$167,137.63

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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Final Netroots Push Post!

Posted by DavidNYC

I don't have much more to say at this point except: WOW. We started today with 4,158 total donations. I was honestly kinda worried that we'd fall short of 5,000, our stated goal. After all, we've been doing this fundraising drive for a week, it's almost Labor Day, etc. etc.

Well, we completely obliterated it. As of this writing, we have a whopping 5,753 total contributions. Chris Bowers wants us to shoot for 6,000 by the end of the day - and you know what? He's not crazy. Not at all. It's totally doable.

Can we get Grant & Trauner to 200? Seals to 700? Kissell to 800? If we can get to 6,000 overall, we can definitely clear all those benchmarks. And I promise, promise, promise that this will be the last time we up our goal. When we hit 6,000, we can definitely declare victory, pat ourselves on the back, and enjoy what we've done here

And then, tomorrow, though this push will be over, we get right back to work supporting all of our great Democratic candidates across the nation!

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Netroots Push Final Day Afternoon Update

Posted by DavidNYC

At midnight last night, we had amassed 4,158 donations since the start of our push. As of this writing, we've chalked up another 356 gifts and are now at 4,514 donations total. We are definitely shooting the moon today - our goal, as you know, is to hit 5,000 donations by midnight.

Here are a few milestones we should pass today in reaching that goal: Larry Grant just cruised by 100 donations, so that means Gary Trauner should pass that mark soon, too. Meanwhile, Patrick Murphy, Jerry McNerny and Darcy Burner are within shouting distance of 1,000 contributions apiece. And certainly everyone above and below should keep moving upward.

As you saw from James' post below, we've already cruised past $100,000 total raised since Monday the 21st. So this 5,000 donation goal is our last. I know we can make it. Let's do this thing!

P.S. As always, please tell us who you've contributed to in the comments. And a special request: If you're volunteering for any campaigns, tell us about that, too!

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Final Bleepin' Netroots August Fundraising Push Update!

Posted by James L.

This is it! I swear! The stretch run! By midnight tonight, we will finally be done nagging you to donate to the netroots-endorsed candidates (well, at least until the end of the cycle). I really appreciate your patience over the last week, and if you've given, we all thank you very much for your efforts to break the corrosive Republican grip on Congress this November. But we're not done yet! We have one final goal to reach: 5000 new donations by the end of the day. As you can see from the chart below, we've amassed over 4100 new donations over the past week. We'd like to make one last, all-out, balls-to-the-wall push today to bring that number up to 5000. We can do it, but that means that for everyone who's been sitting on their hands and can afford to contribute, now's the time to step up.

And we've already made major progress this week--raising in an astounding $100,000 in the dead of August. Believe me, you guys have turned heads by allowing key netroots candidates additional resources to compete this November. Please keep our momentum going and help us reach 5000 donations by the end of the day. Whether it's $5 to one candidate, or $100 to each candidate, your donation makes a difference.

I'm also really excited to share that our next (last?) netroots candidate has been added to the list today. If you've got Western pride, like me, you'll love this addition. Keep your eyes peeled for a DailyKos introduction soon.

Candidate	District	Starting Donations	8/28 Donors	New Donations in Last 24hrs.	New Donations Since Launch
Ned Lamont	CT-Sen	3064	3,364	18	300
Jon Tester	MT-Sen	2056	2,416	28	360
Jim Webb	VA-Sen	1270	1,750	36	480
Eric Massa	NY-29	905	1,147	11	242
Joe Sestak	PA-07	876	1,153	23	277
Patrick Murphy	PA-08	687	927	18	240
Jerry McNerney	CA-11	681	961	21	280
Darcy Burner	WA-08	679	968	20	289
Linda Stender	NJ-07	508	737	19	229
Paul Hodes	NH-02	465	725	24	260
Larry Kissell	NC-08	427	692	26	265
John Courage	TX-21	415	650	19	235
Dan Seals	IL-10	375	594	15	219
Jay Fawcett	CO-05	375	623	20	248
Tim Walz	MN-01	0	154	20	154
Larry Grant	ID-01	0	80	80	80
Total		12,783	16,941	398	4,158

Keep up the great work, people. As always, continue reading below the fold for the hard dollar numbers (which are really impressive).

Candidate	District	Raised at Start	8/28 Raised	Raised in Last 24hrs.	Raised Since Launch
Ned Lamont	CT-Sen	$110,042.51	$117,315.10	$471.59	$7,272.59
Jon Tester	MT-Sen	$59,730.84	$68,921.04	$762.60	$9,190.20
Jim Webb	VA-Sen	$40,452.38	$56,090.08	$1,553.63	$15,637.70
Eric Massa	NY-29	$21,042.29	$26,358.40	$260.57	$5,316.11
Joe Sestak	PA-07	$26,574.49	$35,123.49	$845.61	$8,549.00
Patrick Murphy	PA-08	$13,895.16	$18,853.69	$366.59	$4,958.53
Jerry McNerney	CA-11	$17,873.76	$25,057.74	$660.63	$7,183.98
Darcy Burner	WA-08	$13,209.06	$20,580.17	$325.62	$7,371.11
Linda Stender	NJ-07	$8,877.30	$13,133.16	$388.61	$4,255.86
Paul Hodes	NH-02	$8,817.34	$14,309.46	$552.62	$5,492.12
Larry Kissell	NC-08	$6,855.92	$11,920.77	$433.99	$5,064.85
John Courage	TX-21	$6,868.53	$11,342.48	$318.62	$4,473.95
Dan Seals	IL-10	$6,314.74	$10,738.32	$410.59	$4,423.58
Jay Fawcett	CO-05	$5,856.33	$10,756.39	$352.62	$4,900.06
Tim Walz	MN-01	$0.00	$4,422.94	$361.60	$4,422.94
Larry Grant	ID-01	$0.00	$2,368.65	$2,368.65	$2,368.65
Total		$346,410.65	$447,291.88	$10,434.14	$100,881.23

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Monday, August 28, 2006

Netroots August Fundraising Push Update #6 (The Weekender)

Posted by James L.

Boy, do I ever feel as giddy as a schoolboy today. If you want to know why, just read mcjoan's diary over on DailyKos highlighting the next Netroots candidate, Larry Grant of Idaho! Idaho! How crazy is that?! You may remember a post I wrote way back in May entitled ID-01: Wingnut of the Year where I made the case that the Republican nominee for this open seat, Club for Growth nutcase Bill Sali, is, perhaps, a bit TOO out there for the good people of bright red--no, no, make that crimson red Idaho. Seriously, how often do you see quotes like this--from top state Republican leaders?

The Speaker, Bruce Newcomb, told The Idaho Statesman, “That idiot is just an absolute idiot. He doesn’t have one ounce of empathy in his whole fricking body. And you can put that in the paper.”

So, needless to say, I'm pretty psyched that this race has entered our radar screens. I'll stop now, because I'm sure I'll write up another pro-Grant post later in the day. But in the meantime, please give Larry Grant a very warm welcome to the netroots Actblue page. Can we get 50 donors for Larry today? That would be phenomenal.

Before I forget, as promised, here's the weekend roundup chart detailing all the movement on the netroots candidates Actblue page. Thanks to your generous contributions, we amassed 460 donations and $10,000 over the past two days for strong progressives nationwide. You're making a real impact, so I would encourage anyone who has been sitting on their hands to open up your wallets if you can afford to. Whatever you can give, $5, $10, $50, or more, will really be appreciated by the campaigns involved (especially in a low-dollar district like Idaho, hint, hint).

Candidate	District	Starting Donations	8/27 Donors	New Donations in Last 48hrs.	New Donations Since Launch
Ned Lamont	CT-Sen	3064	3,346	29	282
Jon Tester	MT-Sen	2056	2,388	32	332
Jim Webb	VA-Sen	1270	1,714	44	444
Eric Massa	NY-29	905	1,136	18	231
Joe Sestak	PA-07	876	1,130	30	254
Patrick Murphy	PA-08	687	909	28	222
Jerry McNerney	CA-11	681	940	39	259
Darcy Burner	WA-08	679	948	31	269
Linda Stender	NJ-07	508	718	27	210
Paul Hodes	NH-02	465	701	23	236
Larry Kissell	NC-08	427	666	38	239
John Courage	TX-21	415	631	23	216
Dan Seals	IL-10	375	579	23	204
Jay Fawcett	CO-05	375	603	26	228
Tim Walz	MN-01	0	134	49	134
Total		12,783	16,543	460	3,760

Thanks again to SSP reader KCinDC for helping out with last night's data grab. You rock!

Candidate	District	Raised at Start	8/27 Raised	Raised in Last 48hrs.	Raised Since Launch
Ned Lamont	CT-Sen	$110,042.51	$116,843.51	$569.78	$6,801.00
Jon Tester	MT-Sen	$59,730.84	$68,158.44	$720.02	$8,427.60
Jim Webb	VA-Sen	$40,452.38	$54,536.45	$1,173.87	$14,084.07
Eric Massa	NY-29	$21,042.29	$26,097.83	$190.02	$5,055.54
Joe Sestak	PA-07	$26,574.49	$34,277.88	$995.03	$7,703.39
Patrick Murphy	PA-08	$13,895.16	$18,487.10	$540.04	$4,591.94
Jerry McNerney	CA-11	$17,873.76	$24,397.11	$851.04	$6,523.35
Darcy Burner	WA-08	$13,209.06	$20,254.55	$630.02	$7,045.49
Linda Stender	NJ-07	$8,877.30	$12,744.55	$505.02	$3,867.25
Paul Hodes	NH-02	$8,817.34	$13,756.84	$525.03	$4,939.50
Larry Kissell	NC-08	$6,855.92	$11,486.78	$1,065.05	$4,630.86
John Courage	TX-21	$6,868.53	$11,023.86	$365.04	$4,155.33
Dan Seals	IL-10	$6,314.74	$10,327.73	$372.03	$4,012.99
Jay Fawcett	CO-05	$5,856.33	$10,403.77	$450.04	$4,547.44
Tim Walz	MN-01	$0.00	$4,061.34	$1,225.09	$4,061.34
Total		$346,410.65	$436,857.74	$10,177.12	$90,447.09

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Saturday, August 26, 2006

Netroots August Fundraising Push Update #5

Posted by James L.

Yesterday was another great day for the Netroots candidates during our August fundraising push. Our newest addition to the page, MN-01's Tim Walz, got off to a great start with 75 donations in his first full day on the page. As I'm writing this, Tim is only two donations shy of joining the 100 club. Can we push him over the edge this afternoon?

In even better news, Netroots all-star Larry Kissell received a major boost when the DCCC's vice-chair, Rep. Artur Davis, moved to support his campaign. This is exactly what we wanted to happen with our fundraising push: give candidates an extra boost so that groups like the DCCC, labor, and PACs would take notice. Of course, Kissell will still need all the extra help that we can give him, so please consider his campaign when you decide which Netroots candidates to support in the next several days.

Yesterday was another good day for the Netroots candidates, with the readers of DailyKos, MyDD, and SSP bringing in over 350 new donations and $10,000 for strong progressive Democrats across the country. Like I said yesterday, the campaigns involved are noticing your support and are extremely grateful for it. Here's the latest chart detailing the action over the first five days of our push. All in all, we've raised over $80,000 from 3,300 donations over the past few days. Wow!

Candidate	District	8/20 Donors	8/25 Donors	New Donors in Past 24hrs.	New Donors Since 8/20
Ned Lamont	CT-Sen	3064	3,317	25	253
Jon Tester	MT-Sen	2056	2,356	30	300
Jim Webb	VA-Sen	1270	1,670	39	400
Eric Massa	NY-29	905	1,118	17	213
Joe Sestak	PA-07	876	1,100	26	224
Patrick Murphy	PA-08	687	881	16	194
Jerry McNerney	CA-11	681	901	21	220
Darcy Burner	WA-08	679	917	16	238
Linda Stender	NJ-07	508	691	16	183
Paul Hodes	NH-02	465	678	13	213
Larry Kissell	NC-08	427	628	16	201
John Courage	TX-21	415	608	15	193
Dan Seals	IL-10	375	556	15	181
Jay Fawcett	CO-05	375	577	17	202
Tim Walz	MN-01		10	75	85
Total		12,783	16,083	357	3,300

Before I forget, I'd like to once again say thanks to Swing State Project readers KCinDC and Predictor for helping me with today's chart. I really appreciate your help, guys! Continue reading below the fold for a detailed breakdown of the amount raised for each candidate. And, if you have the means to do so, please help us keep our momentum going.

Candidate	District	8/20 Raised	8/25 Raised	Raised in Past 24hrs.	Raised Since 8/20
Ned Lamont	CT-Sen	$110,042.51	$116,273.73	$477.53	$6,231.22
Jon Tester	MT-Sen	$59,730.84	$67,438.42	$692.52	$7,707.58
Jim Webb	VA-Sen	$40,452.38	$53,362.58	$982.53	$12,910.20
Eric Massa	NY-29	$21,042.29	$25,907.81	$293.95	$4,865.52
Joe Sestak	PA-07	$26,574.49	$33,282.85	$2,257.51	$6,708.36
Patrick Murphy	PA-08	$13,895.16	$17,947.06	$302.51	$4,051.90
Jerry McNerney	CA-11	$17,873.76	$23,546.07	$737.52	$5,672.31
Darcy Burner	WA-08	$13,209.06	$19,624.53	$197.52	$6,415.47
Linda Stender	NJ-07	$8,877.30	$12,239.53	$242.52	$3,362.23
Paul Hodes	NH-02	$8,817.34	$13,231.81	$112.52	$4,414.47
Larry Kissell	NC-08	$6,855.92	$10,421.73	$187.52	$3,565.81
John Courage	TX-21	$6,868.53	$10,658.82	$327.52	$3,790.29
Dan Seals	IL-10	$6,314.74	$9,955.70	$327.51	$3,640.96
Jay Fawcett	CO-05	$5,856.33	$9,953.73	$397.51	$4,097.40
Tim Walz	MN-01		$2,836.25	$2,543.11	$2,836.25
Total		$346,410.65	$426,680.62	$10,079.80	$80,269.97

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NC-08: DCCC Changes Its Mind, Moves to Back Kissell!

Posted by James L.

Phenomenal news, people. As you know, we began the August Netroots fundraising push with the goal of lifting up our netroots-endorsed candidates with a strong surge of online fundraising at a traditionally weak time of the summer for such activities. The goal was not so much to give campaigns the necessary funds to push them over the top, but to give them a fundraising "push" that would make larger donors and the DCCC take notice.

Well, guess what? The DCCC just noticed, and they're moving to back Netroots candidate Larry Kissell. (For more on Kissell's compelling story, see our earlier write-up about this race.) From the Charlotte Observer:

A Democratic Party official said Friday that the party's congressional campaign arm made a mistake in throwing its support to an 8th District candidate who later quit the race.

In directing more than $30,000 to Fayetteville lawyer Tim Dunn last year, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee bypassed Larry Kissell, a Montgomery County teacher. Dunn, an Iraq war veteran, was seen as a favorite before dropping out of the race in March.

Kissell went on to win the 8th District's May primary. He faces Republican U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes in November.

"The DCCC made a mistake in assessing this race," U.S. Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., and a vice chair of the committee. "But the voters are smarter than we are."

Davis appeared with Kissell at an evening rally Friday at Charlotte's Veterans Park.

He said party interest in Kissell's race represented "a huge shift." He said he plans to ask the committee to make the race one of its national priorities. That could translate into money and other aid from the party as well as trade unions and other groups traditionally aligned with Democrats.

Amazing. This is exactly what we wanted to happen for our Netroots candidates. With minimal resources based on small dollar donations like yours, Kissell made waves in the district, earning headlines for his low-budget campaign tactics. Now, the "big boys" are promising to pile on in a meaningful way.

Who else can we help push into the DCCC's sights? Jay Fawcett? Dan Seals? Jerry McNerney? Let's see how far we can take this thing. Great work, people!

Posted at 01:16 PM in 2006 Elections - House, Fundraising, Netroots, North Carolina | Comments (5) | TrackBack (0) | Technorati

Friday, August 25, 2006

I Need Some Help Tonight

Posted by James L.

As you know, I've been keeping close track of all the action on the combined SSP/DailyKos/MyDD Actblue page this week during our last major fundraising push of the summer. Every night at midnight Eastern, I've been taking a snapshot of the page and inputting the data into a spreadsheet file. Tonight, however, there's a very good chance that I won't be online at midnight eastern (10pm local), so I'm throwing this out there to any of our readers who are able to lend a hand. I would appreciate it very much if someone could take a screenshot of the page at exactly 12:00am EDT and e-mail it to me, or post the numbers in the comments. I'll be sure to give you a shout-out during my next update.

On a related note, the Swing State Project has raised over $6200 for progressive Democrats during the past four days. That's some serious mojo for the little blog that could. Can we make it to $7000? And while we're on the subject, who have you donated to this week?

UPDATE (David): Check out this great introduction of the newest netroots candidate, MN-01's Tim Walz.

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Netroots August Fundraising Push Update #4

Posted by James L.

Well, so we had an "off" day yesterday for the Netroots August Fundraising Push. But if you think about it, it wasn't "off" by any means. We had set a goal of 100 new donors for House challengers, and 250 for Senate challengers over a seven day period. And, with the exception of one candidate (Ned Lamont), we've already smashed apart those fundraising goals--in just four days. Moreover, as you can see from the chart below (which captures the numbers at midnight EDT every night), many of the House challengers are threatening to break through the new goal of 200 donations, and we haven't got too far to go to get Ned Lamont and Jon Tester to 300 donations this week (Jim Webb has been the undisputed netroots fundraising heavyweight this week).

All in all, from the great readers of MyDD, DailyKos, and Swing State, we've brought in over $70,000 for Netroots-endorsed candidates in the past four days. That's some pretty impressive action! And believe me, the campaigns involved have noticed, and are very grateful for the support in this traditionally sleepy time of the summer. Also, I have no doubt that when the newest Netroots candidate is introduced on DailyKos soon, we'll see some renewed buzz on the page.

Candidate	District	8/20 Donors	8/24 Donors	New Donors in Past 24hrs.	New Donors Since 8/20
Ned Lamont	CT-Sen	3064	3292	38	228
Jon Tester	MT-Sen	2056	2326	41	270
Jim Webb	VA-Sen	1270	1631	57	361
Eric Massa	NY-29	905	1101	21	196
Joe Sestak	PA-07	876	1074	24	198
Patrick Murphy	PA-08	687	865	20	178
Jerry McNerney	CA-11	681	880	31	199
Darcy Burner	WA-08	679	901	34	222
Linda Stender	NJ-07	508	675	17	167
Paul Hodes	NH-02	465	665	22	200
Larry Kissell	NC-08	427	612	36	185
John Courage	TX-21	415	593	27	178
Dan Seals	IL-10	375	541	22	166
Jay Fawcett	CO-05	375	560	34	185
Tim Walz	MN-01		10	10	10
Total		12,783	15,726	434	2,943

We had a bit of a break yesterday, but let's see if we can ramp it up over the next few days. If you haven't done so, and you have the means to contribute, please consider supporting one of the netroots candidates today. If all this number crunching isn't your thing, David and I have been running a few blurbs about some of the candidates to give you a better sense of some of the races. So far, we've done Larry Kissell, Joe Sestak, and Jerry McNerney. Hopefully we'll write up a few more as time permits.

As always, read below the fold to see the hard dollar figures that we've raised over the past few days.

Candidate	District	8/20 Raised	8/24 Raised	Raised in Past 24hrs.	Raised Since 8/20
Ned Lamont	CT-Sen	$110,042.51	$115,796.20	$943.16	$5,753.69
Jon Tester	MT-Sen	$59,730.84	$66,745.90	$1,003.13	$7,015.06
Jim Webb	VA-Sen	$40,452.38	$52,380.05	$2,068.21	$11,927.67
Eric Massa	NY-29	$21,042.29	$25,613.86	$553.15	$4,571.57
Joe Sestak	PA-07	$26,574.49	$31,025.34	$408.17	$4,450.85
Patrick Murphy	PA-08	$13,895.16	$17,644.55	$368.13	$3,749.39
Jerry McNerney	CA-11	$17,873.76	$22,808.55	$538.20	$4,934.79
Darcy Burner	WA-08	$13,209.06	$19,427.01	$743.18	$6,217.95
Linda Stender	NJ-07	$8,877.30	$11,997.01	$233.15	$3,119.71
Paul Hodes	NH-02	$8,817.34	$13,119.29	$338.16	$4,301.95
Larry Kissell	NC-08	$6,855.92	$10,234.21	$623.15	$3,378.29
John Courage	TX-21	$6,868.53	$10,331.30	$493.17	$3,462.77
Dan Seals	IL-10	$6,314.74	$9,628.19	$328.11	$3,313.45
Jay Fawcett	CO-05	$5,856.33	$9,556.22	$743.17	$3,699.89
Tim Walz	MN-01		$293.14	$293.14	$293.14
Total		$346,410.65	$416,600.82	$9,677.38	$70,190.17

Posted at 10:59 AM in 2006 Elections, Fundraising, Netroots | TrackBack (0) | Technorati

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Netroots August Fundraising Push: Support Larry Kissell

Posted by James L.

If there's one candidate who actually tugs at your heartstrings this cycle, it's Larry Kissell. Larry's story is all too familiar to the voters of North Carolina's 8th Congressional District. After graduating from University, Larry climbed through the ranks of the local textile industry for 27 years before free trade agreements and corporate consolidation finally took its toll and he was forced to pursue a new career as a social studies teacher. Many of his 800 coworkers were not as fortunate. Now Larry is running for Congress on an economically progressive platform in a district that's been coping with increasingly leaner times under their Republican congressman, Robin Hayes.

Hayes, mindful of his constituent's extreme distaste for the economic effects of globalization and corporate trade pacts, initially said that that he was "flat-out, completely, horizontally opposed to CAFTA," and insisted that "it's not in the best interests of the core constituency I represent," and that "there is no way I could vote for CAFTA." (Source) However, it didn't take long before the Republican strong-arms bullied and bribed Hayes into voting for the Central American Free Trade Agreement, much to the locals' disgust.

This race was originally a DCCC target, but their preferred candidate, Iraq War vet Tim Dunn, dropped out (and so did they). However, with limited resources but an endless supply of great ideas, Kissell's campaign has converted a low budget into a buzz-generating, free media-earning campaign. His best move yet was to sell gas for $1.22/gallon--its price when Hayes was first elected in 1998, as a way to tie the incumbent and his big oil supporters with high gas prices. The move was a stroke of genius for the Kissell campaign, and the event gobbled up lots of local newspaper headlines and radio buzz. The Hotline praised the move as an example that all attention-starved second-tier Democratic campaigns should follow this fall. Even national media sources like CNN were jolted, too:

How much do you want to bet that those 500 voters--Democrats, Independents, and Republicans alike--became dyed in the wool Kissell supporters? Chances are, nearly all of them became Kissell converts. After all, Larry did more for them with one cheap tank of gas than Hayes has done for them in 8 years in Congress.

Recent polling shows that Kissell is well within striking distance of Hayes, but he needs your help to keep his momentum going. Based on his campaign's performance so far, Larry knows how to make your small-dollar donations go far!

Contribute to Larry Kissell and the Netroots candidates today.

Posted at 12:03 PM in 2006 Elections - House, Fundraising, Netroots, North Carolina | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0) | Technorati

Netroots August Fundraising Push Update #3

Posted by James L.

Day 3 of our week-long August Netroots fundraising push has come and gone, and I'm already running out of synonyms for "wow." In 72 hours, we have smashed apart our original fundraising goal of 100 donations for each of our Netroots-endorsed House challengers by a margin of 50% or more. Our Senate endorsements have done extremely well, too. Jim Webb has already amassed over 300 new donations, and Jon Tester and Ned Lamont are on the precipice of meeting our goal of raising 250 new donations for Senate challengers this week on the combined MyDD/DailyKos/Swing State Project Actblue page. And, best of all, the momentum has not stalled--we've brought in 889 new donations yesterday, and pushed the total donations on the Netroots page over $500,000. That means we've raised over $60,000 in 72 hours for strong progressive candidates all across the country. Below is the latest chart detailing the action:

Candidate	District	8/20 Donors	8/23 Donors	New Donors in Past 24hrs.	New Donors Since 8/20
Ned Lamont	CT-Sen	3064	3254</