Eric Fredricksen efredricksen@gmail.com I&#39;ve done my best to gather a list of candidates for Senate that are in close races, and whose politics are pretty consistently progressive. Socially liberal fiscal conservative don&#39;t interest me, nor vice versa. <p> My goal is to fill the Senate with Democrats, not mislabeled Republicans that vote for bad stuff. It can be hard to pin these politicians&#39; positions down, but hopefully I&#39;ve weeded out the elephant grass.</p> public true 6940.00 2 Jeff Merkley false OR-Sen merkley 4800.00 601262.18 9083 http://www.jeffmerkley.com https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18219 2300.00 1 Merk&apos;s politics are progressive and pleasing, and this race is as tight as a tiger bite. Al Franken false MN-Sen franken 4800.00 512642.75 17067 http://www.alfranken.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/16471 2340.00 2 We all know Al is a sensible guy, politically, and is the Joseph Conrad of comedians. This race is too close to call, so let&apos;s make it go the right way. Jeanne Shaheen false NH-Sen jeanne shaheen 4800.00 346568.11 4363 http://jeanneshaheen.org/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18422 2300.00 1 Jeanne Shaheen the dancing machine is maybe a few tiny points up in the race right now, and her record shows mostly pretty good politics. Bruce Lunsford false KY-Sen bruce lunsford 4800.00 125862.82 3518 http://www.bruce2008.com https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/20008 0.00 0 Ol Bruce seems to have pretty good politics, and is real close - within a few points. Kay Hagan false NC-Sen hagan 4800.00 2393166.73 18694 http://kayhagan.com https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18560 0.00 0 Like Bruce, Kay here has politics that are mostly pretty progressive, and is only barely edging out her opponent. Mark Begich false AK-Sen mark begich 4800.00 286420.34 10849 http://www.begich.com https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/19109 0.00 0 It would feel real good to be rid of Ted Stevens. Beggy here is a little more conservative than I&apos;d like; he want&apos;s to open up ANWR, I guess. But for a dude from AK he&apos;s really not bad, and mostly seems to do the right thing. His lead over Tube Series is shrinking, so he might need a good push. Mark Udall false CO-Sen udall 4800.00 167017.35 4039 http://www.markudall.org/home.asp https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/17975 0.00 0 So far I haven&apos;t been able to get a real close fix on this particular Udall&apos;s progressiveness (his whole family, practically, is running for something), so I&apos;m giving the benefit of the doubt here until I can get a better read. Meanwhile he&apos;s several points up, so while this isn&apos;t the best race to support in my view, it&apos;s still a good one. Tom Allen false ME-Sen allen 4800.00 137090.54 3473 http://www.tomallen.org/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18023 0.00 0 Although about 10 points out right now, Tom&apos;s voting record is solid, to the extent that he pretty much stuck to the party line on the Washington Post&apos;s &quot;key votes&quot;. That&apos;s usually a good thing. Hopefully this race is not a lost cause.