ElectBlue Now Targeting Georgia Senate Race

We are pleased to add Georgia Democrat Jim Martin to our list of targeted US Senate candidates for this cycle. Martin is challenging incumbent Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss in the Peach State. Making economic issues the focal point of his campaign, Martin has surged in recent polls and now is tied with Chambliss in this critical race. Voter turnout and campaign funding will be crucial to a Martin victory.

A Democratic pick-up of the Georgia seat would be a huge step towards the sixty-seat Senate majority Dems need to prevent Republican obstruction of vital legislation in the next Congress. We urge out readers to support Jim Martin in whatever way they can. Note that we have added a direct link to the Martin Campaign website in the left margin of this page. Please click on it today to contribute to Jim's campaign.

Regrettably, we have removed Bob Tuke in Tennessee from our list of targeted candidates. Underfunded and lacking the support of a strong, united Democratic Party, the Tuke campaign has not gotten off the ground and appears to be only a pro forma effort. We still urge our Tennessee readers to vote for Tuke, a good and decent man, but we must advise Volunteer State Democrats that any financial contributions towards a sixty-seat Democratic majority in the US Senate would be better made to any one of the Democrats in hotly contested races in four states that border Tennessee: NC, GA, KY and MS.

Similarly, in spite of a valiant effort, Larry LaRocco's campaign for the US Senate appears to have hit a wall in rock-ribbed Republican Idaho. As we are doing in TN, we urge Idaho Democrats to vote for LaRocco, but suggest that contributions to Jeff Merkley's campaign in neighboring Oregon would better serve the goal of getting sixty Democrats in the Senate.

Idaho Debate Tomorrow. Watch it here.

Watch tomorrow's debate on ElectBlue between Democrat Larry LaRocco and Republican Jim Risch.  We will provide a live streaming video of the debate beginning at 5pm PT/6pm MT/7pm CT/8pm ET.

Sept. 9, 2008

BOISE, IDAHO — The second debate in Idaho’s U.S. Senate race happens tomorrow, Sept. 10, in Sandpoint.

Democratic candidate Larry LaRocco and Independent candidate Rex Rammell will hold a traditional, live debate, with a 21st century twist: this debate will be streamed live over the internet at www.laroccoforsenate.com/debate. North Idaho College Political Science Professor Tony Stewart will moderate. Questions will come mostly from internet viewers.

What:                  U.S. Senate Debate in Sandpoint
When:                 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. PT, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. MT, Sept. 10
Where:                Sandpoint Center Community Room, 414 Church Street, Sandpoint, ID

Republican candidate Jim Risch was invited to the debate, and has yet to respond. He did not respond to an invitation to the first debate either. When Rammell and LaRocco proposed this series of debates to be held in major cities across Idaho, a spokesman for Republican candidate Jim Risch responded by disparaging this public discourse.