Post Date April 03, 2012

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Released on April 3, 2012:

NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PAC ANNOUNCES NEW ENDORSEMENTS IN KEY HOUSE, SENATE CONTESTS TO END WAR ON WOMEN

Washington, D.C. –Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, this morning announced another round of endorsements for the 2012 cycle from her organization’s political action committee. The organization’s PAC closed out the first quarter of this year with nearly $180,000 in contributions to candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

“From attacks on contraceptive coverage in the Senate to an all-male panel testifying against …

Post Date March 22, 2012

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Released March 22, 2012:

SNAP Endorses Ann McLane Kuster for Congress

In 2010, we sent two organizers to New Hampshire to fight for an activist who was running against an ultimate Blue Dog – a former chairperson on Joe Lieberman’s presidential campaign. She won that fight, and despite the Republican wave, was just barely denied the chance to serve her constituents in Washington. In 2012, we’re proud to support Ann McLane Kuster again, and our organizing fellows are committed to making sure this election ends differently.

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Post Date March 17, 2012

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Published in the Union Leader, March 17 2012:

Democrats rally for campaign fight

…Ann McLane Kuster, who is running against U.S. Rep. Charles Bass, R-N.H. for the 2nd Congressional District seat, told the crowd that, with the economy starting to recover, Republicans have slowed down criticism of Democrats on economic issues to focus on social issues. She and several other speakers criticized recent state and national efforts by Republicans to block funding to agencies such as Planned Parenthood and to allow employers with religious objections to exclude …

Post Date March 16, 2012

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Published in Roll Call, March 16 2012:

Top 10 Vulnerable: Targets on Their Backs

In our November Election Preview, we wrote that we expected several Members on this list wouldn’t make the next one because of retirements. Sure enough, Reps. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.), Dan Burton (R-Ind.) and David Dreier (R-Calif.) all decided to call it quits.

Redistricting is still the biggest common denominator for the vulnerable lawmakers who made our cut. But it’s not what put all of them here. New Hampshire is one of just a handful …

Post Date March 14, 2012

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Released March 14, 2012:

Democracy for America Endorses Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) and Anne McLane Kuster (NH-02)

Burlington, VT – Today Democracy for America (DFA) endorsed Carol Shea-Porter and Anne McLane Kuster in New Hampshire for Congress. Both women are progressive champions fighting to protect Social Security and Medicare for the people of New Hampshire.

“I am proud to endorse Carol Shea-Porter and Anne McLane Kuster,” said Jim Dean, Chair of DFA. “Anne and Carol are exactly the kind of leaders we need in Congress right now — strong …

Post Date February 22, 2012

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Published February 22, 2012:

NH-02: Endorsing Ann McLane Kuster for the Daily Kos Orange to Blue list

One of the great heartbreaks of election night 2010 (a night that saw a lot of heartbreaks) was Ann McLane Kuster’s narrow loss in New Hampshire’s second district to Republican Charlie Bass, who had previously represented the district from 1995 to 2007 before being defeated by Paul Hodes. It was a heartbreak not just because the loss was so narrow—48.3 percent for Bass to 46.8 percent for Kuster, the second-closest …

Post Date February 16, 2012

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Published in the Huffington Post, February 16 2012:

Democracy For America Names Top 10 Progressive House Candidates For 2012

WASHINGTON — Democracy for America, the grassroots group founded by former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, has named its top 10 progressive candidates in this year’s House races.

The group said Thursday the top candidates are Alan Grayson and Lois Frankel in Florida, Norman Solomon and Jose Hernandez in California, Mark Pocan and Kelda Roys in Wisconsin, Ilya Sheyman in Illinois, Angela Zimmann in Ohio, Eric Griego in New Mexico, …

Post Date February 01, 2012

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Published on February 1 2012:

The Grassroots energy on the left - Greg Sargent

Will Republicans again benefit from a big “enthusiasm gap” in the 2012 elections, just as they did in 2010? There are various ways of gauging the energy level of the Democratic base — the metrics seem mixed — but here’s one that perhaps suggests the left will be very energized indeed this year.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is set to announce some surprising fundraising numbers this morning — and the key is that …

Post Date January 18, 2012

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Published January 18 2012:

House Democrats’ plan to win back the majority

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (N.Y.) today unveiled the Republican-held and open seat targets he believes will fuel his party’s campaign to retake the House majority this November.

“It’s going to be razor-close,” Israel told reporters, saying the House was in play but that he would make no grand pronouncements about victory. “Optimism has never won an election in all of human history, realism does.”

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