Tom Allen

ME-Sen (Map)

Congressman Tom Allen has represented southern Maine-- all that state's population centers other than Auburn-Lewiston and Bangor-- since 1996. Since then he has established a reputation as a solidly dependable progressive leader whose initiatives and leadership reflect the forward-looking, independent values of his fellow Mainers. After a great deal of pressure he has agreed to challenge deceitful rubber stamp Senator Susan Collins, who had vowed to step down this year. Lieberman is doing all he can to help her break that vow. You might want to help Tom make her keep her promise. Take a look at Tom's q&a session at Firedoglake on June 9. Your donation could go to getting this TV spot on the air in Maine.

Raised on this page: 294 5,407
Raised across ActBlue: 3,473 137,090

Mark Begich

AK-Sen (Map)

Finally an independent-minded Democrat who can bring the long-stale career of Ted Stevens to a well-deserved end! Just by campaigning he's already pressured Stevens into looking out for Alaskans for a change-- instead of just for his campaign contributors. With Mark pushing for Webb's GI Bill, Stevens backed down from his 100% rubber stamp support of Bush on vets matters and voted for the vets for a change. Now that Stevens has been indicted on multiple corruption charges even the most gullible voters are re-thinking their support of this self-serving kleptomaniac. In July Mark visited with us at FDL and talked about his vision for Alaska. Your donation could go to getting this TV spot on the air in Alaska.

Raised on this page: 271 2,764
Raised across ActBlue: 10,849 286,420

Jeff Merkley

OR-Sen (Map)

Jeff Merkley has a long and distinguished record as someone who fights effectively for working families. His record in Oregon is as long as that of Senator Gordon Smith's but otherwise the two have little in common. Smith, a typical rubber stamp Republican who tries voting like a moderate a few months before he has to face the voters, has been as consistent a champion of special interests as Jeff has been of ordinary Oregonians. After Jeff won the Democratic primary in May, he stopped by FDL to introduce himself. Since then he's been running one of this year's most grassroots-oriented senatorial campaigns anywhere. Your donation could go to getting this TV spot on the air in Oregon.

Meanwhile, watch Jeff Merkley putting the Wall Street bailout/giveaway into perspective: Absolutely No Blank Check To Secretary Paulson.

Raised on this page: 681 10,447
Raised across ActBlue: 9,190 610,757

Rick Noriega

TX-Sen (Map)

You want someone who combines core progressive values, proven competence and demonstrated strength of character in Washington? How about someone like that replacing the single worst Republican in the entire U.S. Senate? Meet Texas Rep. Rick Noriega. Rick is deployed in the Texas Army National Guard right now and his campaign is basically diverting all its energy to helping with the recovery from the devastating effects of Hurricane Ike. They haven't done a TV ad for us so we found this one that the campaign used to respond to one that John Cornyn ran a few months ago. (And here's another.)

Raised on this page: 973 21,416
Raised across ActBlue: 23,738 1,787,764

Andrew Rice

OK-Sen (Map)

Andrew Rice, a progressive leader in the Oklahoma state senate, is taking on the giant of that state's extremist politics, James Inhofe. And as bad as Inhofe is, that's how excellent Andrew is! We're not talking about some barely-better-than-a-Republican red state Democrat. We're talking about a real leader for all of America. And we're talking about the Oklahoma here which gave us Woody Guthrie, Will Rogers and Bill Moyers. Andrew has been very active in engaging the netroots in his campaign. This was my very first take on him last May. And here's his first live session at FDL on October 6, 2007. Your donation could go to getting this TV spot on the air in Oklahoma.

Raised on this page: 597 11,466
Raised across ActBlue: 9,838 335,211

Blue America PAC

Raised on this page: 226 1,822
Raised across ActBlue: 15,101 608,793