Check in for your Congressional District. How does it look for 2012?

[MineralMan]

I'm in Minnesota CD-4. Our incumbent is Betty McCollum, and she's almost certain to be re-elected. A very good progressive congresswoman.

We neighbor on MN CD-6 and, while Michele Bachmann has some Democratic challengers, it's a long shot that she won't win again.

How about your district? Who's currently in office and who's running, and what are the realistic chances for a Democratic win? Nobody knows congressional districts like residents of the district. Let's see if we can get a feel for November. Be sure to indicate political party. Few people know every member of Congress.

[jwirr]

1. Is there a link to the party site that leads to district news? My reps will most likely be reelected

but I would like to be in touch with local leaders.

[MineralMan]

2. There are links to the Minnesota DFL website at the Precinct link

in my signature line, or just go here: http://dfl.org/ You should be able to find what you're looking for.

What district are you in?

[jwirr]

10. Cloquet.

[MineralMan]

12. I'm not sure which district that is.

On Edit: You're in MN CD-8.

[jwirr]

18. Yes. Our biggest problem is Craavack.

[MineralMan]

19. I think he's beatable, though.

That moving his family to NH is a good lever. I'd sure like to see him gone...let him join his family.

[jwirr]

26. Yes and he is none to supportive of the unions and up here that makes a big difference.

[tabbycat31]

3. I got redistricted from NJ-6 to NJ-4

NJ-6 has a safe Democratic incumbent battling two teabaggers (there will be a primary, one was the 2010 nominee who I would call NJ's Michele Bachmann) for the nomination. I cried when I found out this would not be my district anymore.

NJ-4 had an opportunity, but IMO we blew it at the county convention. The current incumbent is one of the biggest misogynists in congress (he tried to redefine rape) and we had the chance to go at him with a woman. She lost at the convention to a man who can self-fund. IMO the only man who lives in the district with the money and name recognition to take this guy down is currently on tour (Bruce Springsteen).

[MineralMan]

4. Thanks for the information.

Bad news, though, in your new district, it seems. Maybe a strong GOTV effort will bring out enough Democrats for an upset.

[tabbycat31]

8. I'm all for a strong GOTV effort

As a field staffer on a campaign, that is my specialty.

However, 2/4 of the strong Democratic towns in the county are not in the district as it is one gerrymandered for a Republican. This incumbent has been in office for 32 years now, and if the county party (run by men and about 80% of the convention attendees were men) knew the implications of running a woman for this seat we could have at least put up a fight. NJ does not have a single woman in the congressional delegation (there are others running this year too) and this could have made a real impact.

[LiberalEsto]

5. a bit discouraging in Maryland's 6th

We got redistricted from Chris Van Hollen's 8th District in order to put more Democrats in the 6th, where the incumbent is Republican Rep Roscoe Bartlett,

Disappointingly, the Democratic primary winner for the 6th was John Delaney, who is not only a bank owner but donated $2400 to a Tea Party candidate a year or two ago.

Delaney has a lot of money. I have no idea whether he has a chance of unseating Bartlett, who I believe is the only Republican member of Maryland's congressional delegation.

[MineralMan]

6. Well, I hope Delaney wins, even if he isn't the best Democrat.

If he votes with the Democratic caucus, that will be a gain of a seat. We need every seat we can get in the House. Thanks!

[footinmouth]

7. New York 26 or 27

I'm not sure, but I think my area has been redistricted. I was so thrilled when we elected Kathy Hochul in the 26th. She's the first Dem to hold the seat in years. The useless Tom Reynolds was replaced with the short-lived Christopher Lee and then we got Kathy. I think they took my town out of the mix and put us into Brian Higgins district. That's ok too because I think his re-election chances are better than Kathy's. As long as it's my rep has a "D" alongside his/her name, I'm good with it.

I'm not sure how Hochul will fare. There's a teabagger who wants the seat along with Chris Collins, the guy who just lost his job as County Executive. The district is pretty red. I hope she survives.

[MineralMan]

9. Thanks for the report.

Good luck for your district and the surrounding ones. Your Secretary of State's website should let you find out which district you'll be in. It's important information.

[Bluerthanblue]

11. Ann Mclane Kuster is running against

Charlie Bass. It was a really close election when Bass took the seat.

Hoping and doing all I can to see that she's elected.

[MineralMan]

15. Good luck with the campaign. It sounds like she could

win with a good campaign effort.

[maddezmom]

13. Mine is Kevin Brady(R) TX-8

http://www.texastribune.org/directory/kevin-brady/

and don't see him losing. He actually resides in my town and there are Brady signs everywhere.

His Dem opponent is Neil Burns who also live here.
http://www.neilburnsforcongress.com/

here is the total field:
District 8:
Kevin Brady (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Harold Thomas (R) - Businessman & Truck Driver
Larry Youngblood (R) - Retired Businessman, Ex-Teacher & Tea Party Activist
Neil Burns (D) - Retired Oil Company CFO
Roy Hall (Libertarian) - Credit Counselor
http://www.politics1.com/tx.htm

[MineralMan]

16. Texas is tough, but good luck!

[FreeJoe]

45. Same district

I don't think that a Democrat has done better than 40% here in decades. With my congressional district, all statewide races, and all local races going heavily to Republicans, I often vote in their primary so that I can have at least some influence on the election.

[Fawke Em]

14. In East Tennessee, there are no strong Democratic candidates.

However, actress Park Overall has filed to run as a Democrat against Bob Corker for his Senate seat:

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Empty Nest" sitcom star Park Overall is adding her name to the list of actors-turned-politicians with a run for a Senate seat in Tennessee.

"I have officially filed (papers) to run against Bob Corker for the U.S. Senate," Overall told The Greenville Sun on Thursday. "Somebody had to do it and if nobody else will do it, I will do it."

Let's hope that's not her campaign slogan.

Tennessee native Overall, 55, is best known as sassy nurse Laverne on the 1988-1995 NBC sitcom "Empty Nest," a spin-off of "The Golden Girls." She also had recurring roles on "Reba" and "The Critic," and starred in Lifetime movies "Fifteen and Pregnant" and "The Price of a Broken Heart," about a wife who sues her husband's mistress.

http://news.yahoo.com/tv-actress-park-overall-running-senate-213423384.html

[MineralMan]

17. Tennesee's a tough nut to crack, I'm sure.

[Morning Dew]

20. MN CD-5. Keith Ellison - need I say more?

Chances are SURE WIN but still not as good as the Sabo years when the Pukes barely bothered to run a candidate - I imagine they'll run someone but it won't matter.

[MineralMan]

31. Yes, CD-5 is pretty iron-clad secure, thank goodness.

[JNelson6563]

21. 1st District MI now red, will be blue in November.

Gigantic district of 31 counties. It will be blue this time around, I'll bet you $10,000!

[MineralMan]

32. I'll drink to that, for sure.

[Brickbat]

22. Also in Minnesota's Fighting Eighth. Getting Cravaack out is my top political priority this year.

[Brother Buzz]

23. Everyone is playing musical chairs in my area.

Open seats everywhere and incumbent Congressmen running in new districts thanks to gerrymandering. Northern California will be an area that merits watching, and I'm hopping may add one Democratic seat - Lungren's seat! The two districts to watch will be CA 10 (the Democratic astronaut, Jose Hernandez, is in this race) and CA 7 (Ami Bera vs Dan Lungren) .



My old district, CA 10, moved into a red area and may flip, yet I've been moved into a red district, CA 3 that has a strong, strong probability of flipping.

[derby378]

24. TX-32 here - we've got two Democrats vying to replace Pete Sessions

Walter Hofheinz and Katherine Savers McGovern. I'll probably run into both of them again at tomorrow's candidate forum. Sure wish one of them would kick that jackass Sessions out of Congress.

[rurallib]

25. IA-02 good incumbent democrat

district slightly reconfigured, but right now things don't look too bad.
But there is real concern what a shitload of money can do.

[trackfan]

27. I'm in California 31st - Xavier Becerra

It's a lock. Sometimes they don't even bother to run a Republican in this district.

[HooptieWagon]

28. FL Bill Young

He used to be OK, could work with Dems, but past few terms he votes R party line. Retirees hear love him, though, so hell likely get reelected until he retires.

[Cleita]

29. Like it always does. The incumbent runs alone like an uncrowned king. Our

Democrats won't run anyone against him. So you can either vote for him or not vote for him, but he will still be taking the oath of office the following January. Oh, my Congressman is Majority Party Whip, Kevin McCarthy. No one even will try to be a write in candidate.

[sadbear]

30. TX-17, Bill Flores running unopposed, at least in the general

There may be some teabagger candidate in the primaries, but no Democrat even bothered to show up. What's worse is that after redistricting, TX-17 stretches into the Austin area to take away votes from Lloyd Doggett.

[former9thward]

33. I'm in AZ-9 which is a new district taking in parts of Phoenix, Tempe and Scottsdale.

The district actually has more independents than either party with Dems and Reps pretty even with each other. Three Democrats are beating each other up for the nomination whiles the Reps seem to be settled on theirs. Too early to make a prediction especially since it is a new district.

[Kaleva]

34. Michigan's 1st Congressional District will probably remain Repub.

This area historically leans Republican and the last time an incumbent was defeated was back in 1966 and the incumbent at the time was a Democrat.

[surrealAmerican]

35. For those who don't know ...

... you can check here: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members
Just type in your zip code or search the map.

I'm in IL-9: our Democratic rep. will be re-elected.

[MineralMan]

36. Really good information. Thank you!

I'm bookmarking it.

[blue neen]

37. Redistricting: PA-12 (Murtha's old district)

The two Democrats, Jason Altmire and Mark Critz are locked in a fierce primary battle. Our primary is April 24, so the ads and phone calls are really ratcheting up now.

Both of them are Blue Dogs, so this is a tough choice to make and a tough call as to who is going to win.

I'm not really sure who the Republicans have running.

[Odin2005]

38. My DINO blue dog idiot Collin Peterson is a shoe in.

He keeps Big Ag happy.

[BumRushDaShow]

39. PA-2 & a link

Chaka Fattah.

The district has been Democratic for who knows how long... Even if they eventually go-ahead with the re-drawn lines, there's not much difference for this district.

I was hunting around to find who was running in the primaries for the 7th & 8th and found this great link for "Ballotpedia" where you can to pick a state and then see who's running at each level of government:

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Am hoping we can flip some seats back - man we need to!!!

[MineralMan]

40. Thanks for that link!

[davsand]

41. Illinois 13. Progressive Dem David Gill is running against a Republican to be named later.

GOP longtimer Tim Johnson announced after the primary that he's decided not to seek re-election--in spite of his recent Primary win. That leaves it up to the Repub Party Chairs from the congressional district to choose who will be slated on the ballot to replace Johnson. I have heard and seen a lot of comments our of local GOP stalwarts that they are SERIOUSLY pissed off at the situation. That split--while it won't guarantee David's win--sure is nice to see.

Dr David Gill is a Progressive. Period. There is no other way to describe him, and he'd probably be pissed at me if I DID say anything else. I've known and honestly liked David for several years. He's taken hits for having run and lost before, but that really is not an accurate way to describe the situation because we were re-districted. This new district is not the gerrymandered GOP hell hole that it used to be, and polls indicate that this could be a seat the Dems can pick up. David isn't taking PAC or corporate cash, and did I remember to add he's REALLY progressive?

Here's Blue America's welcome to David Gill:

http://blueamerica.crooksandliars.com/howie-klein/blue-america-welcomes-dr-david-gill-d-

I am and have been supporting and working for David Gill.

David's Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/GillforIL13




Laura

[MineralMan]

42. I hope you succeed in that race.

That would be wonderful!

[dsc]

43. NC4 (David Price)

and he will win barring an act of God, but this is actually bad news since we are the Democratic vote sink, every white liberal in the triangle and black voter west of Wilson and south of Durham is in this district, making several of the adjoining districts Republican seats. We will for sure lose Miller and have him replaced with either Coble (a nephew of Jesse Helms or the person who indicted Edwards). We are likely to lose Kissle and McIntyre as well as have Elmer shored up all because of this district.

[madinmaryland]

44. Pretty much from the top down, all of the democrats that are on my ballot will win. Very Democratic

in this part of Maryland!

[SoCalDem]

46. two words..sad ones too

Mary Bono

[RebelOne]

47. No chance for a Democrat in my district.

I am in the red, red state of Georgia in a red, red county. And there are very few Democrats (almost none) on the ballot. Tom Price is the rep in my district.

[taterguy]

48. The Linville Gorge is in my district. It looks great

As far as scenery is concerned.

As for congressional representation, it sucks.

[anti-alec]

49. Our deep blue district is safe.

It's Diana DeGette.. she does some good work, but some bad....

Since she's in a safe district, thinking about working for Ed Perlmutter to get rid of yet another Coors slime.

[Blue_In_AK]

50. Barring a sudden death,

Dandy Don Young (or as we like to call him "Yon Dung&quot will continue to be Alaska's lone representative.