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From the House Race Hotline for Tuesday, May 6,2008

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ALASKA (R/AT-LARGE -- YOUNG)

A Hard Story To Tell

Tue. May 6, 2008


'06 nominee Diane Benson (D) said 5/5 that "a major focus of her campaign" for the '08 Dem nod "will be to help other women overcome violence and indifference." Benson is a "survivor of repeated sexual assaults" and now that her story is "widely known" she wants "to use her campaign to make a difference." Speaking at a presser 5/5, Benson "said more funding for shelters is needed." Benson: "I'm running (for Congress) regardless of all this stuff that's happened to me. And other women should start to get the message they too could be empowered to go on, that life is possible" (Cockerham/Demer, Anchorage Daily News, 5/6).

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5/6/2008 Frontpage

Special Elections

  • 1 MISSISSIPPI 01 (R/TUPELO -- WICKER): Did We Miss Cheney's Events For Oberweis Or Jenkins?

Open Seats

  • 2 CALIFORNIA 04 (R/ROSEVILLE -- DOOLITTLE): Getting Dinged
  • 3 COLORADO 02 (D/BOULDER -- UDALL): Gettin Lots Of Lovins
  • 4 KENTUCKY 02 (R/BOWLING GREEN -- LEWIS): Things Never Really Got Haire-y
  • 5 NEW YORK 25 (R/SYRACUSE -- WALSH): Oaks Falls
  • 6 NEW YORK 26 (R/ROCHESTER -- REYNOLDS): You Do Your Job, And I'll Do Mine
  • 7 WYOMING AT-LARGE (R/CHEYENNE -- CUBIN): Oh, Don't Be So Cheyenne

Freshmen

  • 8 FLORIDA 13 (R/SARASOTA -- BUCHANAN): Not Just Four The Fun Of It
  • 9 LOUISIANA 06 (D/BATON ROUGE -- CAZAYOUX): Voters, Cazayoux Hear Me?
  • 10 PENNSYLVANIA 10 (D/WILLIAMSPORT -- CARNEY): The WH effect

Veterans to Watch

  • 11 ALASKA (R/AT-LARGE -- YOUNG): A Hard Story To Tell
  • 12 ILLINOIS 10 (R/DEERFIELD -- KIRK): Up Next, Picard
  • 13 INDIANA 09 (D/BLOOMINGTON -- HILL): Magic Carpet Coattails
  • 14 MISSOURI 06 (R/ST. JOSEPH -- GRAVES): A Shallow Graves For Alternative Energy
  • 15 NEW YORK 13 (R/STATEN ISLAND -- FOSSELLA): And Into The Vacuum Goes The NY Press
  • 16 UTAH 03 (R/PROVO -- CANNON): Party Is Thicker Than Blood?

National Briefing

  • 17 BATTLE: One More Chance

Other Updates

  • 18 INDIANA/NORTH CAROLINA: Primary Colors
  • 19 KENTUCKY 06 (D/FRANKLIN -- CHANDLER): Team America: World Police

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