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By Aaron Blake - 10/27/09
09:10 AM ET
The National Republican
Congressional Committee (NRCC) on Tuesday added 32 candidates to
its Young Guns program.
The committee is also
bumping nine candidates to the second level of the program,
which is devoted to preparing challengers and open-seat
candidates for the 2010 election.
The announcements come two weeks after third-quarter financial
reports went public. Those reports showed many Republican
candidates asserting themselves in newly targeted races, and the
large addition to the Young Guns program reflects the new map.
New to the program are
Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier, who recently moved from
Colorado’s Senate race to challenge Rep. Ed Perlmutter
(D-Colo.); three candidates for Rep. Mark Kirk’s (R-Ill.) open
seat; former Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.); and two potential
challengers to Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.).
In addition to Walberg, repeat candidates on the list also
include Rep. Ron Klein’s (D-Fla.) challenger, Allen West, and
Rep. Gerry Connolly’s (D-Va.) challenger, Keith Fimian.
Also, nine candidates moved from the program’s first step, “on
the radar,” to its second step, “contender.” They are: Rep.
Bobby Bright’s (D-Ala.) challenger Martha Roby, Rep. Betsy
Markey’s (D-Colo.) challenger Cory Gardner; Florida’s 12th
district open-seat candidate Dennis Ross; Rep. Walt Minnick’s
(D-Idaho) challenger Vaughn Ward; Rep. Frank Kratovil’s (D-Md.)
challenger Andy Harris; Rep. Carol Shea-Porter’s (D-N.H.)
challenger Frank Guinta; Rep. Harry Teague’s (D-N.M.) challenger
former Rep. Steve Pearce; Rep. Steve Driehaus’s (D-Ohio)
challenger former Rep. Steve Chabot; and Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy’s
(D-Ohio) challenger Steve Stivers.
If these candidates advance beyond that step, they will have
reached the third and final stage of the program, “young guns.”
Four of the 13 candidates who were initially named to the
program three months ago have not advanced beyond the first
stage. They are: Rep. Loretta Sanchez’s (D-Calif.) challenger
Van Tran; Rep. Debbie Halvorson’s (D-Ill.) challenger Adam
Kinzinger; Hawaii’s 1st district open-seat candidate Charles
Djou; and Rep. Martin Heinrich’s (D-N.M.) challenger Jon Barela.
All but Djou fell behind in the money chase in the third
quarter.
The full list:
NRCC Young Guns -
Contenders: (IVC Candidates are in red)
Martha Roby (AL-02)
Cory Gardner (CO-04)
Dennis Ross (FL-12)*
Vaughn Ward (ID-01)
Andy Harris (MD-01)
Frank Guinta (NH-01)
Steve Pearce (NM-02)
Steve Chabot (OH-01)
Steve Stivers (OH-15)
NRCC Young Guns - On The
Radar:
Jesse Kelly (AZ-08)
Tim Griffin (AR-02)
David Harmer (CA-10)
Van Tran (CA-47)
Justin Bernier (CT-05)
Ryan Frazier (CO-07)
Allen West (FL-22)
Charles Djou (HI-01)
Beth Coulson
(IL-10)
Bob Dold (IL-10)
Dick Green (IL-10)
Adam Kinzinger (IL-11)*
Ethan Hastert (IL-14)
Todd Young (IN-09)
Alan Nunnelee (MS-01)
Steve Fincher (TN-08)
Tim Walberg (MI-07)
Ed Martin (MO-03)
Vicky Hartzler (MO-04)
Bill Stouffer (MO-04)
Jon Barela (NM-01)
Lou Huddleston (NC-08)
Randy Altschuler (NY-01)
Michael Allegretti (NY-13)
Nan Hayworth (NY-19)
Tom Reed (NY-29)
Jim Renacci (OH-16)
Bob Gibbs (OH-18)
Rob Cornilles (OR-01)
Steve Welch (PA-06)
Pat Meehan (PA-07)
Scott DeJarlais (TN-04)
Scott Rigell (VA-02)
Keith Fimian (VA-11)
Dan Kapanke (WI-03)
Sean Duffy (WI-07)
Reid Ribble (WI-08)
*Denotes NRCC Endorsed
Candidate
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