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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 12:33 PM
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Did we lose any Dems in any of the "safe" districts?
Just wondering.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 12:38 PM
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1. Boxer held here in CA
Yay!
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 12:39 PM
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2. We did in '94. David Price lost in that wave
but won by > 10 points this time.
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 12:40 PM
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3. Only 4 out of progressive congress lost, most losses were blue dogs. Without a strategy to...
...get information to the voters in the districts where the blue dogs ran we can expect more of this.

I'm will to get behind something vs nothing, Tim Kaine is handing us nothing.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 12:43 PM
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5. Who were the four progressives? nt
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 12:41 PM
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4. Californians passed Proposition 20, which will change the way Congressional districts are drawn
It's supposed to bring about an end to "safe" districts.

It's an extension of Proposition 11 from 2008, which created a redistricting commission for state legislative districts.

There was also a proposition (27) on the 2010 ballot to repeal the redistricting commission and give that power back to the state legislature before it even took effect. 27 went down in flames.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 12:45 PM
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6. Go here ->
http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/house/big-board

We lost one that was definitely supposed to win, others in the second column seem like they should also have been "safe" in a normal election cycle.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 12:46 PM
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7. Thanks, Hugh nt
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 12:52 PM
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12. Thanks for that link
It does show how bad it was.
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pscot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 12:46 PM
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8. My congressman is hanging on by a thread
Rick Larsen is a somewhat liberal good guy. He has a 500 vote lead over John Koster who is a cement head. A third of the votes still uncounted.
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 12:47 PM
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9. Oberstar, MN 8
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 12:48 PM
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10. Yes. Jim Oberstar in Minnesota's Eighth District. He's been there for more than 30 years. Head of
the transportation committee. It's a damn shame.
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Roma Donating Member (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 12:52 PM
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11. Ann Kirkpatrick in Arizona and Jim Oberstar in Minnesota
We have homes in both states, My wife votes up there and I vote down here. Both of us lost.
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