There will be plenty of attention to the Presidential race this year, and for good reason. Keeping the White House has got to be the highest priority for Republicans of all stripes.
One of the goals of The Next Right is to provide a central location at which junkies, activists, interest group people, etc. can find good information. If people are operating off of the same information, hopefully we as a movement can start to get on the same page.
We would like to invite contributors who know about these races to write about these races and others that might be important. Stuart Rothenberg’s list of races and his categorization are below.
| Tilt R |
Toss Up |
Tilt D |
| AK AL (Young, R) | AL 5 (Open; Cramer, D) | GA 8 (Marshall, D) |
| IL 10 (Kirk, R) | AZ 1 (Open; Renzi, R) | NH 1 (Shea-Porter, D) |
| LA 4 (Open; McCrery, R) | CA 11 (McNerney, D) | NJ 3 (Open; Saxton, R) |
| NY 13 (Open; Fosella, R) | FL 16 (Mahoney, D) | |
| NY 29 (Kuhl, R) | KS 2 (Boyda, D) | |
| NC 8 (Hayes, R) | LA 6 (Cazayoux, D) | |
| TX 22 (Lampson, D) | MN 3 (Open; Ramstad, R) | |
| WA 8 (Reichert, R) | MS 1 (Childers, D) | |
| NJ 7 (Open; Ferguson, R) | ||
| NY 26 (Open; Reynolds, R) | ||
| NM 1 (Open; Wilson, R) | ||
| OH 15 (Open; Pryce, R) | ||
| OH 16 (Open; Regula, R) | ||
| PA 10 (Carney, D) |
My sense is that these are basically correct. A number of these depend on primaries. (note that Redstate’s Erick Erickson has posted a calendar and feed of primaries) For example, if former Rep. Jeb Bradley (NH) wins his September 9th primary, I suspect that race moves into Toss Up. However, if Don Young (AK) wins his primary, I suspect it moves into Tilt D. (local polling suggests that)
I also suspect that Darren White (NM-1) is, perhaps, our best recruit of the cycle, and will probably be able to pull this off.
I want to know more. What is out there?