House Dems could pick up 20 or more seats this year, building on remarkable successes winning three special elections this year in long-held Repub districts: Mississippi Travis Childers (54%) beat Greg Davis (46%) in a district Bush carried with 63% in 2004; Louisiana Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. (49%) beat Woody Jenkins (46%) in a 2004 59% Bush district; Illinois Bill Foster (52%) beat Jim Oberweis (48%) in a 2004 55% Bush district held by former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert for 21 years.
The San Francisco Bay Area's nearest competitive Congressional races include Congressman Jerry McNerney (CA-11), a top target of the Repubs, and Dem challengers Charlie Brown (CA-4), Bill Durston (CA-3) and Jill Derby (NV-2). You can meet and support them all at a Sunday June 1 Champagne Brunch Reception, details at http://www.democracyaction.org...
• Congressman Jerry McNerney knocked off Environmental Enemy #1 Richard Pombo in 2006, brings renewable energy expertise to the House and constituent services to his district, and now faces former State Assemblyman, former State Board of Equalization conservative Dean Andal.
(Thanks for the info! If anybody else has similar information for other areas, please post it. And hey, don't forget about Jerry McNerney's virtual phone banking. You can do it from home, and Skype provides free long distance calling. - promoted by SFBrianCL)
Take Back Red California Volunteer Bulletin
SPECIAL 11/3 UPDATE
GOTV Special Bulletin
TIME TO GET OUT THE VOTE!
NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE BACK CONGRESS!
Four days til the election, folks--and it's all coming down to turnout, getting voters to the polls.
The Republicans have a well-funded, well-oiled machine to Get Out The Vote. The Democrats have
YOU . . . the grassroots volunteers...You're the key!
Every single voter contact is critical right now--every knock on a door, every phone call.
