Friday, October 27, 2006
Final Netroots Push: The $100,000 Challenge
Posted by DavidNYCLATE 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?
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.
Posted at 04:45 PM in 2006 Elections, Fundraising, Netroots | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0) | Technorati
Friday, September 29, 2006
Netroots End-of-Quarter Fundraising Push Day 5
Posted by DavidNYCThe 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.
Posted at 02:02 PM in 2006 Elections, Fundraising, Netroots | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0) | Technorati
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Netroots End-of-Quarter Fundraising Push Day 4
Posted by DavidNYCYee 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.
Posted at 02:46 PM in 2006 Elections, Fundraising, Netroots | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0) | Technorati
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Netroots End-of-Quarter Fundraising Push Day 3
Posted by DavidNYCIt 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 DavidNYCSo, 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 DavidNYCI 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
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...
Posted at 06:30 PM in Fundraising, Netroots | TrackBack (0) | Technorati
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 |
Posted at 01:49 PM in 2006 Elections, Fundraising, Netroots | TrackBack (0) | Technorati
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Final Netroots Push Post!
Posted by DavidNYCI 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!
Posted at 06:40 PM in 2006 Elections, Fundraising, Netroots | TrackBack (0) | Technorati
Netroots Push Final Day Afternoon Update
Posted by DavidNYCAt 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!
Posted at 03:24 PM in 2006 Elections, Fundraising, Netroots | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0) | Technorati
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 |
Posted at 01:17 AM in 2006 Elections, Fundraising, Netroots | TrackBack (0) | Technorati
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 |
Posted at 11:30 AM in 2006 Elections, Fundraising, Netroots | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0) | Technorati
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 |
Posted at 04:19 PM in 2006 Elections, Fundraising, Netroots | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0) | Technorati
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.
Posted at 03:04 PM in Fundraising, Netroots | Comments (10) | TrackBack (0) | Technorati
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 | 67 | 190 |
| Jon Tester | MT-Sen | 2056 | 2285 | 80 | 229 |
| Jim Webb | VA-Sen | 1270 | 1574 | 100 | 304 |
| Eric Massa | NY-29 | 905 | 1080 | 73 | 175 |
| Joe Sestak | PA-07 | 876 | 1050 | 61 | 174 |
| Patrick Murphy | PA-08 | 687 | 845 | 51 | 158 |
| Jerry McNerney | CA-11 | 681 | 849 | 57 | 168 |
| Darcy Burner | WA-08 | 679 | 867 | 71 | 188 |
| Linda Stender | NJ-07 | 508 | 658 | 49 | 150 |
| Paul Hodes | NH-02 | 465 | 643 | 61 | 178 |
| Larry Kissell | NC-08 | 427 | 576 | 53 | 149 |
| John Courage | TX-21 | 415 | 566 | 55 | 151 |
| Dan Seals | IL-10 | 375 | 519 | 55 | 144 |
| Jay Fawcett | CO-05 | 375 | 526 | 56 | 151 |
| Total | 12,783 | 15,292 | 889 | 2,509 |
If anyone's keeping score, that means that the readers of DailyKos, Swing State, and MyDD, in just 72 hours, have raised about 33% more than the conservative blogosphere's Rightroots project has for the entire cycle. Way to go, team! If you haven't had the chance to join in on our August fundraising push, and have the means, please do so here. Keep the momentum going!
Click "Continue Reading" for another chart detailing the actual hard dollars raised over the first 72 hours of the push.
| Candidate | District | 8/20 Raised | 8/23 Raised | Raised in Past 24hrs. | Raised Since 8/20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Lamont | CT-Sen | $110,042.51 | $114,853.04 | $1,447.15 | $4,810.53 |
| Jon Tester | MT-Sen | $59,730.84 | $65,742.77 | $1,896.18 | $6,011.93 |
| Jim Webb | VA-Sen | $40,452.38 | $50,311.84 | $2,728.29 | $9,859.46 |
| Eric Massa | NY-29 | $21,042.29 | $25,060.71 | $1,763.20 | $4,018.42 |
| Joe Sestak | PA-07 | $26,574.49 | $30,617.17 | $1,078.21 | $4,042.68 |
| Patrick Murphy | PA-08 | $13,895.16 | $17,276.42 | $1,025.08 | $3,381.26 |
| Jerry McNerney | CA-11 | $17,873.76 | $22,270.35 | $1,287.15 | $4,396.59 |
| Darcy Burner | WA-08 | $13,209.06 | $18,683.83 | $2,031.27 | $5,474.77 |
| Linda Stender | NJ-07 | $8,877.30 | $11,763.86 | $808.15 | $2,886.56 |
| Paul Hodes | NH-02 | $8,817.34 | $12,781.13 | $1,175.28 | $3,963.79 |
| Larry Kissell | NC-08 | $6,855.92 | $9,611.06 | $852.19 | $2,755.14 |
| John Courage | TX-21 | $6,868.53 | $9,838.13 | $878.18 | $2,969.60 |
| Dan Seals | IL-10 | $6,314.74 | $9,300.08 | $1,017.16 | $2,985.34 |
| Jay Fawcett | CO-05 | $5,856.33 | $8,813.05 | $933.20 | $2,956.72 |
| Total | $346,410.65 | $406,923.44 | $18,920.69 | $60,512.79 |
Posted at 11:11 AM in 2006 Elections, Fundraising, Netroots | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0) | Technorati
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Netroots August Fundraising Push: Support Joe Sestak
Posted by DavidNYC
Joe Sestak, a recently retired Vice Admiral, took everyone by surprise with his impressive entrance into the race for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. A political unknown, he raised over $400,000 less than two months after declaring his candidacy. Needless to say, people - the netroots included - took notice.
We quickly learned that Sestak was running in a district that had moved markedly to the left over the years - from R+4.4 in the 90s to D+3.6 - something the local bloggers had, in fact, been pointing out for some time. Sestak's entrace crystallized this fact for the rest of us. Yet despite this shift, incumbent Curt Weldon hadn't received a serious challenge in years.
But then it got better: Those of us not familiar with Weldon soon realized he was a totally unhinged conservative extremist. While Curt Weldon was off selling access to the highest bidder, Joe Sestak was honorably serving his country.
It was hard to believe that Weldon had gone unchallenged for so long, but with a strong Fighting Dem clearly well-positioned to put up a tough fight, we realized Joe Sestak was a perfect fit for the netroots page - and, it turns out, vice-versa. From the Washington Post, just a few days ago:
Sestak is getting support from traditional sources such as labor unions and newer ones such as the "Net roots" -- online activists who are channeling significant sums to anti[-Iraq ]war Democrats. He has raised $230,000 online this cycle, including thousands through blogs."We really hit a vein," he said.
Indeed he has. Around a month after the netroots endorsement, Sestak was added to the first wave of the DCCC's Red to Blue list. This fit perfectly into our strategy of helping to get the ball rolling so that the big boys take notice and come in later. Of course, it's our privilege to stick with Joe until he crosses the finish line in November. So please consider contributing or volunteering today.
Posted at 04:30 PM in 2006 Elections - House, Fundraising, Netroots, Pennsylvania | TrackBack (0) | Technorati
Netroots August Fundraising Push Update #2
Posted by James L.
The Netroots August fundraising push continues to amaze. As you know, our goal is to amass 100 new contributions for each House candidate and 250 for each Senate candidate on the combined MyDD/DailyKos/Swing State Project Actblue page. After a few minutes of crunching the numbers, it amazes me to say that we've smashed the fundraising goals for 7 of the 11 House challengers, and are well on our way towards meeting our Senate goals as well--and all this after only 48 hours into our week-long fundraising push. You guys, from all across the netroots, have really delivered for the netroots-endorsed candidates at a traditionally tough time for fundraising (the dead of August). Below is a chart breaking down the action over the past 48 hours--I've removed, of course, the static totals for past candidates (Ciro Rodriguez and Francine Busby) as well as for BlogPAC, which is not the focus of this fundraising push.
| Candidate | District | 8/20 Donors | 8/22 Donors | New Donors in Past 24hrs. | New Donors Since 8/20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Lamont | CT-Sen | 3064 | 3,187 | 62 | 123 |
| Jon Tester | MT-Sen | 2056 | 2,205 | 73 | 149 |
| Jim Webb | VA-Sen | 1270 | 1,474 | 86 | 204 |
| Eric Massa | NY-29 | 905 | 1,007 | 50 | 102 |
| Joe Sestak | PA-07 | 876 | 989 | 53 | 113 |
| Patrick Murphy | PA-08 | 687 | 794 | 48 | 107 |
| Jerry McNerney | CA-11 | 681 | 792 | 53 | 111 |
| Darcy Burner | WA-08 | 679 | 796 | 59 | 117 |
| Linda Stender | NJ-07 | 508 | 609 | 45 | 101 |
| Paul Hodes | NH-02 | 465 | 582 | 64 | 117 |
| Larry Kissell | NC-08 | 427 | 523 | 46 | 96 |
| John Courage | TX-21 | 415 | 511 | 42 | 96 |
| Dan Seals | IL-10 | 375 | 464 | 43 | 89 |
| Jay Fawcett | CO-05 | 375 | 470 | 45 | 95 |
| Total | 12,783 | 13,634 | 769 | 1,620 |
This is fantastic momentum, and if you haven't had the chance yet to make a contribution, and you have the means, please consider doing so. This is especially vital for three House challengers (Darcy Burner, Eric Massa, and Paul Hodes) who have to submit early fundraising reports for the period ending at midnight tonight. For more numbers, click on "Extended Entry" and see exactly how much each Netroots candidate has raised over the first 48 hours of this push.
| Candidate | District | 8/20 Raised | 8/22 Raised | Raised in Past 24hrs. | Raised Since 8/20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Lamont | CT-Sen | $110,042.51 | $113,405.89 | $1,496.12 | $3,363.38 |
| Jon Tester | MT-Sen | $59,730.84 | $63,846.59 | $1,584.47 | $4,115.75 |
| Jim Webb | VA-Sen | $40,452.38 | $47,583.55 | $2,100.98 | $7,131.17 |
| Eric Massa | NY-29 | $21,042.29 | $23,297.51 | $1,163.96 | $2,255.22 |
| Joe Sestak | PA-07 | $26,574.49 | $29,538.96 | $1,028.06 | $2,964.47 |
| Patrick Murphy | PA-08 | $13,895.16 | $16,251.34 | $1,034.92 | $2,356.18 |
| Jerry McNerney | CA-11 | $17,873.76 | $20,983.20 | $1,373.06 | $3,109.44 |
| Darcy Burner | WA-08 | $13,209.06 | $16,652.56 | $1,727.09 | $3,443.50 |
| Linda Stender | NJ-07 | $8,877.30 | $10,955.71 | $892.04 | $2,078.41 |
| Paul Hodes | NH-02 | $8,817.34 | $11,605.85 | $1,647.10 | $2,788.51 |
| Larry Kissell | NC-08 | $6,855.92 | $8,758.87 | $841.54 | $1,902.95 |
| John Courage | TX-21 | $6,868.53 | $8,959.95 | $840.03 | $2,091.42 |
| Dan Seals | IL-10 | $6,314.74 | $8,282.92 | $946.92 | $1,968.18 |
| Jay Fawcett | CO-05 | $5,856.33 | $7,879.85 | $922.10 | $2,023.52 |
| Total | $346,410.65 | $388,002.75 | $17,598.39 | $41,592.10 |
Posted at 11:41 AM in 2006 Elections, Fundraising, Netroots | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0) | Technorati
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Netroots August Fundraising Push: Support Jerry McNerney
Posted by James L.
As the August combined Netroots fundraising push kicks into gear, it's time that we look back upon each of the Netroots-endorsed challengers and remind ourselves why their fight is worthy of our resources and attention this fall. Let's start with CA-11 challenger, Jerry McNerney.
McNerney is in the unique position of being endorsed by BOTH of his opponent's Republican primary challengers (including former Rep. Pete McCloskey, author of the Endangered Species Act), and being on the receiving end of major assistance from local and national environmental groups who are scrambling to defeat the incumbent, Richard Pombo. Pombo was made infamous for using taxpayer's money to go on a family vacation to various national parks--and then turning around and proposing the sale of these national parks to the same developers who supported his campaigns.
McNerney, on the other hand, is a true progressive champion, and as a former CEO of a wind power company, he would be an invaluable voice in the next Congress for renewable and alternative energy policies. If McNerney could catch the eye of the DCCC with the help of a strong netroots and grassroots push, Pombo would be facing a perfect storm against him this November.
Please support Jerry McNerney and the Netroots candidates today.
Posted at 02:00 PM in 2006 Elections - House, California, Fundraising, Netroots | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0) | Technorati
Netroots August Fundraising Push Update #1
Posted by James L.All I have to say is: wow. Earlier today, Swing State Project, MyDD, and Dailykos kicked off a week-long campaign to promote the combined Netroots Actblue page. Using 12:00AM EDT, August 21 as our benchmark, the goal was to "see each House candidate on the list get 100 new contributions over the next week, and each Senate candidate 250." I've been tracking the numbers as they've come in over the first 24 hours of the promotion, and based on this, we are well on our way to meeting and exceeding these goals.
Below is a chart detailing the movement in terms of each candidate's total number of donors over the day:
| Candidate | District | 8/20 Donors | 8/21 Donors | New Donors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Lamont | CT-Sen | 3064 | 3125 | 61 |
| Jon Tester | MT-Sen | 2056 | 2132 | 76 |
| Jim Webb | VA-Sen | 1270 | 1388 | 118 |
| Eric Massa | NY-29 | 905 | 957 | 52 |
| Joe Sestak | PA-07 | 876 | 936 | 60 |
| Patrick Murphy | PA-08 | 687 | 746 | 59 |
| Jerry McNerney | CA-11 | 681 | 739 | 58 |
| Darcy Burner | WA-08 | 679 | 737 |