Smart choices for checks and balances

by Alisa

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These are the races I think are the most important for winning in November. If I had $30, I’d get $10 each to McCaskill, Webb and Ford.
How did I pick these candidates? They are the candidates that I think are the most likely to make a difference. The senate candidates are all from toss-up races (although Tennessee is a long-shot, but it is surprisingly competitive.)
For the house, I generally looked for one of two things from competitive races. Either I wanted a competitive race in a seat where there is also a competitive senate race (I am assuming that GOTV work and a strong Dem presence helps both races.) Or I am looking for a race where the district went for Gore and Kerry in the past, while having a Republican congressional representative now. I excluded some races that met those criteria because they either had a huge disparity of money one way or the other, or something else seemed to make it less competitive.
(Note, I did not include a page for Shays’ opponent, Diane Farrell, who really should have one, based on every criterion I’ve outlined. The reason is that Shays, in my opinion, has more integrity than 90% of the Republican house combined. Yes, we can’t be sentimental, but with limited dollars, he isn’t the person I’d target. Otherwise, I really did include people based nearly entirely on competitiveness.)

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