18 House Republicans hold districts that Kerry won last year

[KingFlorez]

Democrats only need 15 seats to win the House and with an anti-Bush environment that could make it easy for those district to flip next year. I think we have found candidates for most of these districts, which is good because these are the ones we have a shot at.

[Conker]

1. That's good news, but it means nothing if election fraud occurs.

[Maraya1969]

3. We just have to put our goons there like they did. And hope all the

work that the voting fraud groups have done will pay off. IOW = we must demand a paper receipt or we will riot.

[Conker]

14. You're right we should probably riot.

When other countries are fed up with election results, and fraud they riot.

[WCGreen]

6. Then, we might as well just forget the whole thing.....

[dkofos]

8. How do you think they got there??

[patricia92243]

2. Does this mean they were Democrat and have since turned Republican?

That is bad news.

[KingFlorez]

4. No, they elected Republicans to Congress

While voting for John Kerry for President. These are majority or narrowly Democratic districts that have elected Republican House members.

[depakid]

10. What it likely means is that they dislike Bush but

still favor Republicans as a party.

Some would say that's because the Dems seemingly bend over backwards to pander to the right and legitimize their policies, while repeatedly failing to stand up for traditional Democratic principles.

There's a reason why the Dems- as a party are held in such low esteem around the country and in these congressional districts- and if they don't do something about it- as a party- and soon, they're going lose yet again in 2006.

[Demoiselle]

5. Can you list them for us? (I might even send a little money!) eom

[NewJeffCT]

7. I live in one of them

the 2nd district in Connecticut - won by (r) Rob Simmons for Congress, but Kerry in the presidential election.

[speedoo]

9. I assume another one is Chris Shays' district.

Shays is a very moderate repub who has taken an anti Iraq war position, I believe.

He would be very tough to beat.

[NewJeffCT]

11. Shays is another

We have 3 Republican reps who masquerade as moderates at home, but vote party line 80%+ of the time in Washington - Chris Shays, Nancy Johnson & Rob Simmons. I think Shays' district is slightly R leaning, as there is a lot of OLD money there... but, a lot of that old money is very moderate on social issues. Johnson's district is a lot of the so-called Reagan Democrats, blue collar types who tend to be more conservative on social issues.

[depakid]

12. The only way to get rid of these types

is to tar them with the stench of Republicanism. Nationalize the elections and make it about all Republicans and everything they stand for (and don't stand for).

That would be a comparatively EASY theme to run with at this point- in every district.

[PurityOfEssence]

13. Yeah, but they won their elections while their districts went for Kerry.

I see some very heartening signs too, and I think the House is the most important issue in the next election, but think about this for a minute. All of the Representatives stand for election every two years, and even if some areas went for Kerry, they also either elected or re-elected Republicans at the same time, on the same day and with the same damned ballot.

Nice point, though...

[Toots]

15. Well they were voted in even if the vote went to Kerry so why not again?

Congress comes up for re-election every two years. Every single one needs to compaign almost constantly. I suspect the same logic will apply as it did in 2004. It is very very hard to get rid of an incumbant.