Orange to Blue roundup, 9/28/2012

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In the meantime, here's a brief look at what's new in the Orange to Blue races.

Speaker Pelosi Project:

CA-10: Freshman tea partier Rep. Jeff Denham sure didn't take long to learn the ways of D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. ' California Congressman Jeff Denham spent more than a thousand dollars in tax payer funds in April and May to spend the night in hotels in San Francisco and Sacramento, an expense he said was necessary to make appearances on various morning television shows.
He was on TV to denounce lavish spending by the Obama administration on, among other things, hotels and conferences.

As usual. Help Jose Hernandez get rid of one more of these Republican hypocrites. He needs the help. The Chamber of Commerce just went into the district with almost $500,000 in ad buys for Denham.

CA-41 and CA-47 The Chamber isn't just helping out Denham. They're spending $3.3 million in California in the next week. Two more Orange to Blue candidates targets: $218,000 against Mark Takano (CA-41) and $317,000 against Alan Lowenthal (CA-47).

MN-06 Former congressman and current candidate Rick Nolan voted way back when for a single payer health system. So now, former Sen. Norm Coleman's Super PAC is spending $110,000 on a new TV ad in the Duluth market starting Friday saying that Nolan voted to end Medicare. Of course.

NH-01 and NH-02 PPP polled New Hampshire for the PCCC and found Carol Shea Porter in a dead heat against Rep. Frank Guinta in the 1st, with Shea Porter leading 48-47. In the 2nd Ann McLane Kuster has a comfortable six point lead over Rep. Charlie Bass, 51-45.

Upgrade the Senate:

HI-Sen: Democrat Mazie Hirono is reminding Hawaii voters of something Republican Linda Lingle wants them to forget in her new statewide ad: Yes, Lingle is a Republican, voting for Mitt Romney and even serving as a co-chair on his campaign committee.

Daily Kos for Marriage Equality:

Washington: This is refreshing:

Leaders representing Catholic, Jewish, Protestant, Unitarian Universalist, and several other faith traditions gathered in Seattle to voice their support for Referendum 74, the ballot measure that would grant equal marriage rights to Washington's same-sex couples.

Speakers discussed the nearly 300 faith leaders and congregations that have endorsed marriage equality across the state. Not only are these religious communities vocally announcing support for the Referendum, but they are also taking action. In conjunction with Washington United for Marriage, the coalition working to maintain marriage equality in the state, many of these leaders are volunteering by collecting pledge cards and working on phone banks.