Bill Halter isn't the only progressive that needs our support: Updated list of 2010 candidates

[liskddksil]

AR:

Bill Halter is announcing his candidacy for Senate against incumbent Blanche Lincoln.
www.billhalter.com

CA:

Ami Bera is running against Republican Dan Lundgren in the 3rd district.
http://www.beraforcongress.com

Marcy Winograd, is a progressive activist running against blue-dog Jane Harman in the 36th district.
www.winograd4congress.com

Bill Hedrick is running for Congress in the 44th district and came within 2% of winning in 2008.
www.billhedrickforcongress.com

CO:

Andrew Romanoff is the former Colorado House Majority Leader, who has bucked the establishment and even the President to run a primary against incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet. Bennet voted against the cram-down amendment as part of the foreclosure legislation, and despite authoring the letter on the public option, only tepidly endorsed it until a few months ago.
http://www.andrewromanoff.com

FL:

State Senate minority leader Al Lawson is running against blue-dog incumbent Allen Boyd, who voted against the health-care bill, in the 2nd Congressional District.
www.allawsonforcongress.com

Doug Tudor is a progressive Democrat running in the primary against self-proclaimed "blue-dog" Lori Edwards in Florida's 12 Congressional District. Congresswoman Wasserman-Schultz and the DCCC are working on behalf of Edwards.
http://www.teamtudor.org

MN:

Tarryl Clark is running against Michele Bachman in the 6th congressional district.
www.tarrylclark.com

NC:

Billy Kennedy, a farmer and local radio show host, recently declared his candidacy for the 5th district against Republican Virginia Fox.
http://www.billykennedyforcongress.com /

NH:

Ann McLane Kuster is running in the 2nd congressional district, which is being vacated by Paul Hodes.
http://www.kusterforcongress.com /

OH:

Jennifer Brunner, is currently Secretary of State in Ohio, and was responsible for cleaning up the mess her predecessor Ken Blackwell left in time for the 2008 election. Sen. Menendez and the DSCC have to tried to stifle her candidacy in favor of Lee Fisher.

http://www.jenniferbrunner.com

PA:

Congressman Joe Sestak, is taking on Senator Arlen Specter. The state establishment and White House are all backing Specter who will likely lose to Pat Toomey.
http://joesestak.com

Lois Herr is running for Congress in the 16th district against incumbent Republican Joe Pitts, of the Stupak / Pitts anti-abortion amendment.
http://www.herr2010.com

RI:

Rhode Island State Representative Betsy Dennigan, who is progressive and pro-choice, is running in a primary against current Rep. James Langevin, who voted for the Stupak amendment.

http://betsydenniganforcongress.com

SC:
Rob Miller is running against Congressman Joe "you-lie" Wilson.
www.robmillerforcongress.com

[Zenlitened]

1. K&R. This is an excellent resource--thanks for posting! -n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Please, people, keep in mind that Bill Halter is an Arkansas 'progressive' like Bill Clinton.

[rampart]

3. copied, with credit, to my local forum.

thanks.

[njlib]

4. For more info on supporting progressive candidates

www.thefullcourtpress.org

[liskddksil]

5. Kick for 2010 Progressives

[Hell Hath No Fury]

6. Fantastic information!

Will bookmark and donate -

[rhett o rick]

7. Does anyone keep a running thread of this type of information? nt

[liskddksil]

8. I'm doing my best to post updated lists as I hear about more candidates.

[rhett o rick]

11. Bless you. nt

[lbjdem]

9. Joe Sestak is no progressive

I had the opportunity to meet Joe Sestak and listen to him answer questions from a group at Shippensburg University.

Sestak opposes single payer health care, and even opposes the Kucinich Amendment which would permit states to enact their own single payer health care systems. Sestak would permit that only if individuals can choose to keep their private health insurance and opt out. He relayed a personal story about his daughter who overcame some kind of serious affliction (brain tumor, I believe) and suggested she would have died under a Canadian style system.

Joe Sestak is a hawk. He believes in more, better, bigger war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. While he believes we need an "exit strategy", he offered no definition of victory in the region.

Then again, if your personal definition of a progressive is someone who supports giving $100B / year to companies to deny insurance claims and spending $1T a year to kill brown people in south asia and the middle east, he just might be the candidate for you.

[rhett o rick]

12. So would you rate him higher or lower than Specter? nt

[liskddksil]

10. One more

NC: Elaine Marshall running for Senate, is openly supporting the public option and other progressive issues. She also polls better than her opponents against incumbent Sen. Burr.

www.elainemarshall.org/

[mmonk]

13. I will vouch for Elaine.

I worked on her campaign when she won Secretary of State in NC.

[nyc 4 Biden]

14. kick for great post and rec for mets avatar.

bookmarked too.

[liskddksil]

15. Thanks..Go Mets!

[ThomWV]

16. K&R + I wish this board had "Stickies" because this is too good a resource to fall by the wayside

[liskddksil]

17. that would be nice.