electioninspection skywrnchsr509@aol.com These are the candidates representing the Democratic party running in the state of Texas. public true 0.00 0 Rick Noriega false TX-Sen noriega 4800.00 1787764.55 23738 http:// https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18187 0.00 0 This Senate seat is held by Republican John Cornyn. The Democrat running is Lt. Colonel Rick Noriega, a State Representative in the Texas House. Noriega has a great shot of winning this seat with his great background and with Cornyn's unpopularity. The one thing Noriega needs is money. Texas is second is size only to Alaska and has way more people to reach. This is a winnable seat but only if cash comes quickly. Tom Daley false TX-03 tom daley 4800.00 12748.00 128 http://www.tomdaleyforcongress.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18611 0.00 0 The third district is held by Republican Sam Johnson. The Democrat here is attorney Tom Daley. Daley's campaign has yet to gain serious traction. The district does have a 10% african american population and will recieve a small turnout boost with Obama on the ballot but without some serious money, Daley will not be in a position to take advantage of it. Glenn Melancon false TX-04 melancon 4800.00 17706.07 144 http://www.melanconforuscongress.net https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/17699 0.00 0 The fourth district is held by Republican Ralph Hall. The Democrat is the 2006 nominee, Glenn Melancon. Hall is a party switcher who changed his affiliation from Democrat to Republican in 2004. Due to this, he has decent support among conservative Democrats making him very tough to beat in this R+16 district. He faced a edxpensive primary but still has more than 37 times the amount of money Melancon has and thats after Melancon improved his minuscule fundraising from 2006. This race will need a ton of cash to make it competetive. Michael Skelly false TX-07 skelly 4800.00 2731.84 84 http:// https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18678 0.00 0 The 7th district is held by Republican John Culberson. The Democrat is businessman Michael Skelly. Skelly has been a complete surprise with his fundraising outraising Culberson in the first quarter and he boasts nearly 3 times as much cash on hand. Skelly will need that and more if he hopes to overcome the lean of this R+16 district but even if he can't, making the NRCC spend some of their few resources here would simply make my day. Al Green false TX-09 green 4800.00 5.00 1 http://www.algreenforcongress.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12857 0.00 0 Al Green is the Congressman from the 9th district. This is majority minority district but is leans heavily to the Democrats. Green is safe. Larry Joe Doherty false TX-10 doherty 4800.00 54736.82 689 http:// https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18014 0.00 0 The 10th district is held by Republican Michael McCaul. the Democrat here is The judge on the popular television show Texas Justice Larry Joe Doherty. Doherty has had some great fundraising to date and despite a semi-competetive yet expensive primary, he still has almost half as much money as the incumbent. Send him a few dollars more to make this race even harder on the Republicans. Roger Waun false TX-13 waun 4800.00 1647.00 15 http://www.rogerwaun.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/17957 0.00 0 The 13th district is held by Republican Mac thornberry. The Democrat here is 2006 nominee Roger Waun. Waun ran an underfunded race here in 2006 and got blownout and his fundraising hasn't improved much. Without significant funds, Waun won't be competetive here and with this R+ 25 district, its not likely he will be even with significant funds. Ruben Hinojosa false TX-15 hinojosa 4800.00 14350.00 21 http://www.rubenhinojosa.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12858 0.00 0 Ruben Hinojosa is the congressman from the 15th district. This is a majority hispanic district and it tilts toward the Democrats. Hinjosa wins handily here and his moderate voting record gives Republicans little ammunition to throw at him. Silvestre Reyes false TX-16 reyes 4800.00 16150.01 19 http://www.reyes2006.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12859 0.00 0 Silvestre Reyes is the congressman from the 16th congressional disrict. This is a majority hispanic district and it is a Democratic district with a D+9 PVI. Reyes is best known for his work in the INS and helping to close down the border near El Paso. He has a moderate to conservative voting record compared to most Democrats and will be incredibly tough for a Republican to take out. Chet Edwards false TX-17 edwards 4800.00 251.47 12 http://www.chetedwards.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12860 0.00 0 Chet Edwards is the congressman from the 17th congressional district. This district is is dark red territory clocking in at R+18. While Edwards has one of the more conservative voting records in the house, the fact that he sits in this staunchly conservative district means that he is better than any Republican the seat would hold. Sheila Jackson Lee false TX-18 jackson 4800.00 8590.36 2240 http:// https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12861 0.00 0 Sheila Jackson Lee is the congresswoman from the 18th district. This district is heavily Demoacratic and Lee boasts a voting record to match it. She should have no trouble getting re-elected. Dwight Fullingim false TX-19 dwight fullingim 4800.00 3005.00 22 http://www.dwight08.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/19457 0.00 0 The 19th district is held by Republican Randy Neugebauer. The Democrat in this race is public affairs consultant Dwight Fullingim. Fullingim is a veteran and was a first lieutenant. Fullingim will need a significant cash infusion to make this race work. Charles Gonzalez false TX-20 gonzalez 4800.00 0.00 0 http:// https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12862 0.00 0 Charles Gonzalez is the congressman in the 20th district. Gonzalez has a moderate voting record and will be difficult for a Republican to defeat in this democratic district. Nick Lampson false TX-22 lampson 4800.00 71890.26 172 http://www.lampson.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12863 0.00 0 Nick Lampson is the Congressman from the 22nd district. This is heavily Republican territory. The R+15 PVI shows this. Lampson won this seat as the sole benficiary of Tom DeLay's scandal ridden tenure as Speaker of the House and when he resigned, the write-in campaign of Shelley Sekula-Gibbs failed to take hold and Lampson is now in a positon to defend this district. The Republicans had a bitter and expensive primary and Lampson holds the early advantage but it will literally take millions to hold this seat so send him a few bucks to help keep the Republicans out and in the cold. Ciro Rodriguez false TX-23 rodriguez 4800.00 5402.62 29 http://cirodrodriguez.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12864 0.00 0 Ciro Rodriguez is the congressman from the 23rd congressional district. This district leans to the Republicans. Rodriguez is one of the most progressive Democrats from texas and will face a moderately difficult challenge this year. Tom Love false TX-24 love 4800.00 575.00 7 http://www.tomlovefortexas.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18844 0.00 0 The seat is held by Republican Kenny Marchant. The Democrat is Tom Love. While Love collected more total votes in the primary portion of the election than Marchant did, it is not expected to carry over. Love will need much more money in order to compete. Lloyd Doggett false TX-25 doggett 4800.00 12194.09 3252 http://www.doggettforcongress.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12865 0.00 0 Lloyd Doggest is the congressman from the 25th district. He wins in the district easily and should not have any problems being re-elected this year. Ken Leach false TX-26 leach 4800.00 1844.01 19 http:// https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18555 0.00 0 This district is held by Republican Michael Burgess. The Democrat here is Ken Leach, a former congressional aide and vietnam veteran. Leach has not filed an FEC report so it will be interesting to see if his connections allow his fundraising to pop. If it doesn't, this race will be unwinnable. Solomon Ortiz false TX-27 ortiz 4800.00 6400.00 11 http:// https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12866 0.00 0 Solomon Ortiz is the congressman from the 27th district. Ortiz is another Democrat that easily wins his district and wil lnot have an issues being sent back to Wachington this year. Henry Cuellar false TX-28 cuellar 4800.00 1350.00 3 http://www.henrycuellar.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12867 0.00 0 Henry Cuellar is the congressman from the 28th district. Cuellar, despite his diffeences with some Democrats, he has been easily re-eletced and will continue that rend in 2008. Gene Green false TX-29 green 4800.00 30.00 1 http:// https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12868 0.00 0 Gene Green is the congressman from the 29th district. He is the same as the 2 above him, he'll win easily, end of discussion. Eddie Bernice Johnson false TX-30 johnson 4800.00 5814.17 2194 http:// https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12869 0.00 0 Eddie Bernice johnson is the congresswoman from the 30th district. See the 3 above her for info. Brian Ruiz false TX-31 ruiz 4800.00 7435.50 116 http://ruizforcongress.com https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18399 0.00 0 This seat is held by Republican John Carter. The Democrat here is local activist Brian Ruiz. Ruiz has a small base to work with in the local hispanic population. He has not filed an FEC report and will really need a major fundraising boost to do anything in this Republican district. Eric Roberson false TX-32 eric roberson 4800.00 23323.00 103 http://www.ericroberson.org/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18723 0.00 0 This seat is held by Republican Pete Sessions. The Democrat here is attorney Eric Roberson, who appears to be attempting to get his act together. He posted his best fundraising quarter, at a dismal 21,000 in the first quarter. Roberson will need to build upon that to make this a race by really upon things in the coming quarters.