Hat tip to ontheleftcoast for two candidate suggestions that I will add to this round of candidate pool additions. One of our supported candidates lost their primary, but one won their contested race(congrats Admiral Joe Sestak. May you be Senator this January), and one fights on in a runoff(our first award recipient Lt. Gov. Bill Halter). PeanutButterPAC was very happy with the 5/18 primary results and will include a few winners to add to our pool as well.
The 27 that remain in our candidate pool are:
Alan Grayson (Florida 8th)
André Carson (Indiana 7th)
Barbara Boxer(California Senate)
Bill Halter (Arkansas Senate)
Billy Kennedy(North Carolina 5th)
Carol Shea-Porter(New Hampshire 1st)
Craig Pridemore(Washington 3rd)
Elaine Marshall (North Carolina Senate)
Jim McGovern(Massachusetts 3rd)
Joe Sestak (Pennsylvania Senate)
John Hall (New York 19th)
John Yarmuth (Kentucky 3rd)
Justin Coussoule (Ohio 8th)
Keith Ellison(Minnesota 5th)
Kendrick Meek (Florida Senate)
Kirsten Gillibrand (New York Senate)
Lois Herr (Pennsylvania 16th)
Mac D’Alessandro (Massachusetts 9th)
Marcy Winograd (California 36th)
Paul Hodes (New Hampshire Senate)
Regina Thomas (Georgia 12th)
Rodney Glassman (Arizona Senate)
Roxanne Conlin (Iowa Senate)
Sheila Smoot (Alabama 7th)
Tarryl Clark (Minnesota 6th)
Tom Perriello (Virginia 5th)
Tommy Sowers (Missouri 8th)
These are our newest inclusions:
U.S House Candidates:
1. Jonathan Tasini,-NY-15 candidate in a primary against incumbent Charlie Rangel. His campaign site here
2. Manan Trivedi-PA-06 primary winner running against GOP incumbent Jim Gerlach. His page here
3, Suzan DelBene- WA-08 challenger to GOP incumbent Dave Reichert. Her page here
4. Tom Hayhurst-IN-03 special election candidate for a now open seat, and Democratic nominee for November. His page here.
U.S Senate candidates
1. Jack Conway- KY-Sen Democratic Nominee running against wingnut Rand Paul. A Must win for Dems. His campaign site here.
2. Vic Rawl. SC-Sen challenger to GOP extremist Jim DeMint. His campaign site here.
Tags: candidate pool, IN-03, Jack Conway, Jonathan Tasini, KY-Sen, Manan Trivedi, NY-15, PA-06, SC-Sen, Suzan DelBene, Tom Hayhurst, Vic Rawl, WA-08
