do you live in a district with a Dem or GOP congress person?

[WI_DEM]

Poll question: do you live in a district with a Dem or GOP congress person?

I thought it would be interesting to find out how many of us live in a congressional district with a Democratic or Republican congressman? Feel free to tell us who it is if you wish.

I'm lucky I live in Madison and my representative is Tammy Baldwin.

Poll result (181 votes)
Democratic	(93 votes, 51%)	Vote
Republican	(86 votes, 48%)	Vote
Independent	(0 votes, 0%)	Vote
I can't remember	(2 votes, 1%)	Vote

[Mistress Quickly]

1. Republican

Charlie Norwood

[flowomo]

2. Then you should vote in your own poll!

I have the pleasure of being represented by Shuster Lite.... Bill, son of the notorious Bud... PA 9th

[WI_DEM]

3. I have voted

thank you.

[flowomo]

5. No harm intended.... just when I first saw it...

it had all Repubs and no Dems

[flowomo]

7. Now that I think about it.... you never said Baldwin was a Dem...

[ButterflyBlood]

17. she is

n/t

[NMDemDist2]

4. John Shadegg

ick

[sabbat hunter]

82. until 2000 .....

census and the subsequent redistricting, my area always had a republican representative. but peter king no longer covers my area, instead we are represented by steve israel.
btw long island which for a long time was a republican bastion, now has two democratic county leaders, 4 out of 5 house members are democrats and the nassau legislature is a democratic majority.

and in nassau republicans still out number registred democrats by about a 4 to 3 majority.


peace
david

[coloradodem2005]

6. Republican

Tom Tancredo.

[eyesroll]

8. F. Jim Sensenbrenner

[woofless]

9. D Rick Larsen

[Darkamber]

20. Rick Larson here as well...

And he's a great representative as well....

[Joe_VB]

10. Repuke...

Right-Wing Scumbag and Chicken-Hawk Randy Forbes. Thank you re-districting.

[newyawker99]

64. Hi Joe_VB!!

Welcome to DU!!

[beyurslf]

11. R

[sybylla]

12. Ron Kind-D Wisconsin

But he's moving dangerously close to the middle and is on the board of the NDOL. Still way better than a puke any day.

[Itchinjim]

13. Jim Freaking Nussle

The man is abhorent.


x 10

[no name no slogan]

14. Martin Olav Sabo, MN 5th

A decent Democrat if ever there was one. Also, another co-sponsor of Dennis Kucinich's Department of Peace bill. Write your congressperson and ask them to cosponsor it!

[Doomsayer13]

15. Democrat Lois Capps

stand up lady

[Hekate]

56. Lois Capps is my Congresswoman, too

Democrat for the Central Coast here in California: hardworking, decent, sincere, intelligent. Good lady.

Hekate

[NWHarkness]

16. Democrat Sander Levin

I'm a proud supporter.

[fujiyama]

74. He's great

I saw him kicking that other woman's ass (another rep from MI...forgot her name) on some local thing on NBC this morning.

The Levin brothers are great.

[ButterflyBlood]

18. Gil Gutknecht (R)

[no name no slogan]

39. My sympathies-- but you've got a VERY good Dem there this year (n/t)

[lojasmo]

83. ibid.

G.G. is my nemesis.

[elperromagico]

19. Representative Mike Ross (AR-4; Democrat)

The district also went to Gore in 2000.

[nickinSTL]

21. William Lacy Clay

Lacy Clay, Democrat, St. Louis

And 2 Repub Senators.

[democratreformed]

22. Congressman Vic Snyder (D) - Arkansas

Senator Blanch Lincoln (D) - Arkansas

[R3dD0g]

30. Vic's great ain't he?

Did he even draw an opponent this year?

Trying to remember I ventured over to the Repukes of Ark website (I feel dirty and violated) and couldn't find a list of candidates over there.

[democratreformed]

60. Oh yeah, some very nasty Repub opponents

See my post over at the Arkansas forum.

I love Vic. He is, indeed, GREAT. My daughter is goint to be interning for him this summer.

[napi21]

23. Nathan Deal R-GA

[TN al]

24. Jim Cooper...

... and he is great but I still live in Tennessee and have to deal with Frist and Alexander. And too many people who love *. Jerks!

[Kathleen04]

25. Ken Calvert (R) n/t

[GoldenOldie]

26. AZ - Jim Kolbe

He is not known for his independent thinking.....he follows the Neocon line.

[doc03]

27. Ted Strickland D

We had the Bush ass-kisser Bob Ney and gained Strickland from redistricting. Strickland voted against the IWR, great supporter of active military and veterans issues. His district covers a narrow band about 300 miles along the Ohio river.

[DaveSZ]

28. R- Lamar Smith

Neocon racist piece of shit




I think of Doggett as the man who truly represents Austin.

[Mattforclark]

29. Chet Edwards (D)

[DaveSZ]

31. :)

I like Chet Edwards.

Do you think he'll survive redistricting?

[Mattforclark]

52. If I have anything to do with it

he will.

Seriously though, his opponent is extreme right enough to cause HERSELF problems. Chet also has a huge $ advantage, and she came out of a very nasty primary battle, but unfortunately Club for Growth will be chipping in for her. All told though, I would say that things are looking significantly better than they were 3 months ago. That said, it will still be tough.

[scarletwoman]

32. Jim Oberstar - a GREAT Democrat!

Also a co-sponsor of the Department of Peace bill.

I live in the wonderful 8th Congressional District of MN -- the heart and soul of the DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party).

sw

[LiberalFighter]

33. Reagan Dime Idiot

[jsw_81]

38. My GOP rep named her *son* after Reagan

[Gemini Cat]

43. Yep. Same here.

The Reagan dime indeed!

[amazona]

34. the execrable David Vitter

He does not represent me, I can assure you. At least he's better than my former so-called representative, Bob Livingston, king of the hypocrites. Better in that he sends me less blowhard mailings and hasn't yet been caught paying for S&M antics. Not that I necessarily think there's anything wrong with S&M antics, but I don't see why I should be pelted with all sorts of holy roller wingnut blowhard propaganda mailed at taxpayer's expense by someone indulging in that sort of thing with a paid performer not his wife.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

48. Who could forget Bob "High Horse" Livingston.

When the bell rung midnight it turned into a hobby horse.


Edit: Norm Dicks (D)WA, a frothy bit of nothingness.

[Hippo_Tron]

78. I live in Vitter's district as well...

My Republican friends simply love this guy and think that he would've had a chance at the senate even if John Breaux had decided to run again. For Louisiana's sake, I hope we keep this asshole out of the US senate.

[LWolf]

35. Howard "Buck" McKeon-R

[jsw_81]

36. Republican

Jennifer Dunn's district in the Seattle suburbs. But she's retiring this year and we have a real shot at finally taking the seat,

[AntiCoup2K4]

41. So is Dave Ross really gonna run, or is that just a joke.

Hey, "the radio guy" vs "the cop who took 20 years to get evidence on a guy who was obviously guilty as sin."

Sounds like a great battle to me

[SOteric]

37. Jim McDermott

[One Taste]

40. Republican Tim Murphy..anyone know anything about him?

I actually know him personally as I was friends with his daughter, but I know absolutely nothing about his politics. Anyone care to enlighten me?

[mndemocrat_29]

42. Collin Peterson (MN-7)

A Democrat (though a moderate one)

[Dying Eagle]

44. WI 8th CD

Mark Green

[dawn]

45. Christopher Cox (R)

He's been there forever. I don't like his views, but he does respond to my emails via snail mail.

[Arugula Latte]

46. David Wu -- Dem.

nt

[WillyT]

47. Robert Matsui - CA 5th

Yo, Bob !!!

[vision]

49. Graves (R) MO

[MrChupon]

50. Marilyn Musgrave (Bigot-CO) here

makes me want to

[aldian159]

51. IL 9th Jan Schakowski, a wonderful Democrat

I go to school in the IL 5th, Rahm Emanuel, another great Democrat.

[IndianaGreen]

53. Democratic Congresswoman Julia Carson

We also have a Democratic mayor and a Democratic Governor. Democrats also control the State House.

Our Democratic Senator Evan Bayh is a DINO and few of us think of him as a Democrat.

[CreekDog]

54. Ellen Tauscher D-CA (10th Dist.: Walnut Creek)

Sen. Barbara Boxer D
Sen. Dianne Feinstein D

Ellen Tauscher won this seat 4 years after it was created to be the only "Republican" district in the Bay Area. The area has gone solidly Democratic in recent years as the Republicans have gone solidly wacky.

[demosincebirth]

55. A working mans friend...Pete Stark

Don't mess with Pete!

[Piperay]

57. Jane Harman...Democrat

in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

58. Steve Chabot - Ohio 1st CD

Pity me, dammit! I have one of the worst knuckle-dragging morons in the U.S. Congress "representing" me.

[goddess40]

59. Great Representation

I live in Wisconsin and have the great Dave Obey as my congressional representative. My senator is Russ Feingold. You can't get any better than that.

[Cornus]

61. Dem Donald Payne - NJ

[mgarretson]

62. Repugs

I grew up in OK-5 with the wonderful Ernest Istook (R) as my Representative... and now that I'm off at college I have the honor and priviledge of being represented by Mr. Tom Cole (R) of "A Vote for Kerry is a Vote for the Terrorists" fame.

Ain't life grand?

I'm looking forward to having a Senator Brad Carson with a Big 'Ole "D" behind his name come November...

<Smiley added on Edit>

[MallRat]

63. Stephen Lynch (D)

9th Congressional District, Massachusetts.

The 9th is a strange district- it runs through South Boston, and then west through southeastern Massachusetts, but it clips a number of upscale suburban communities whose politics are more socially progressive.

We had Joseph Moakley (D) for many years, who was also a old-time Southie Democrat: socially conservative, but liberal on just about everything else. When he passed away, it marked the first time that the seat would genuinely be up-for-grabs.

Two socially-progressive Democrats ended up splitting the vote (Jacques and Joyce), and Lynch won the primary. Interestingly, the primary was held on September 11th; we may never know how that may have affected turnout in the suburbs.

Anyway, the Republican didn't have a prayer in the general election. I anticipate that the Southie political machine will ensure that Stephen Lynch remains our Representative for a long, long time.

-MR

[union_maid]

65. Democrat

Steve Israel.

[grannyfran]

66. Denny Hastert

Illinois, 14th Cong. District. And all the fools just love him around here. Call him "da coach". I knew his predecessor -- a smart politician who wooed Dems as well as Repubs, a gentleman and very leery of the neo-con Republicans which were fairly new to the scene before Hastert. He passed away, and we ended up with Hastert, and that was the end of my flirtation with the Republicans.

[Hippo_Tron]

77. Hey, it could be worse...

Bugman could be your representative.

[Sean Reynolds]

67. Democrat that ACTS like a Republican.

I should have held out voting.

I'm in Jim Matheson's district.

[MilDem]

70. True

But a Democrat from Utah? You aren't going to have too many of those. At least he's a vote for Democratic leadership in the house if nothing else.

[rebellious woman]

68. All Democrat {Mass.}

John Olver Rep. Senators Kerry/Kennedy

[MilDem]

69. Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA)

Quite likely the most right-wing member of the California delegation.

[5thGenDemocrat]

71. Dale Kildee (D)

Fifth District, Michigan. My senators and governor are Democrats, too.
John
So's my state representative.

[LibDemAlways]

72. I was re-districted a couple of years ago from the district of

moderate Dem, Brad Sherman, into vile repuke Elton Gallegly, former mayor of Simi Valley, who never met a shitty piece of anti-people legislation he wasn't willing to vote for. He's a total Bush lackey. People in this district - which is actually quite working-class - must be complete morons to keep voting for this turd.

[hippywife]

73. Dem~Only sort of

Brad Carson is hardly anyone's dream Dem. Ugh!

[in_cog_ni_to]

75. Repuke....Jerry Weller.

I'm surrounded by repukes in my village. It's nightmarish and sad.

[Hippo_Tron]

76. Standard Neocon Repuke who now wants to be a senator...

Luckilly Louisiana has a trend of keeping Republicans out of our US Senate seats.

[Quetzal]

79. Ed Case (D) 2nd district Hawaii

Hopefully, he will defeat the homophobe Mike Gabbard in November.

[MrSlayer]

80. Representative Robert Brady (D-PA 1st)

[Kal Belgarion]

81. Sherwood Bohlert (RINO)

Bohlert (Or "Sherry", as he's called) is a RINO. He's a pro-choice, anti-gun, pro-environment Republican. His district's 60% Republican, so he needs that little (R) next to his name to get re-elected. Sherry's been in the house for 20 years, and he's done a pretty good job. Occasionally, he has to give token kisses to the Republican administration, but that can easily be overlooked.

I'm just glad that the Republicans around here don't care enough to really look at a candidate's record, and just vote the party line. Sherry's not a Bush or Regan Republican. More like a...oh...Teddy Roosevelt Republican.

[dontstopthere]

84. phil gingrey (R-GA) *nt*