Candidates

2008 Candidates

Jeanne Shaheen (Maine)
Former Governor Jeanne Shaheen is challenging Republican incumbent John Sununu.

2006 Candidates

Darcy Burner (WA-8)
Darcy is running against incumbent Republican Dave Reichert in Washington State's 8th Congressional District. Darcy has worked in the high tech industry, including positions at Microsoft, where she headed the Microsoft women's organization, Hoppers. She is running on a platform that includes a Woman's right to choose, investing in the environment, and fully implementing the recommendations by the 9/11 Commission.

Phyllis Busansky (FL-9)
Phyllis a former Chairman of the Hillsborough County Commission and served as the first Executive Director of Florida's welfare-to-work agency. She is running for the seat opened by Mike Bilirakis' retirement and will probably be running against his son. In 1995 Phyllis was named "Public Official of the Year" by Governing Magazine. She is on the faculty of the School of Public Health at Columbia University where she teaches a seminar in leadership and coalition building.

Chris Carney (PA-10) VICTORY
Chris is running against Republican Don Sherwood in Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District. An Associate Professor at Penn State, Chris is also a Lt. Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves and has served overseas. Chris Has a plan to win in Iraq and leave with honor, explaining that a U.S. battalion should return home for every Iraqi battalion that is activated. Chris wants to focus our defense resources on real homeland security, especially front-line responders such as police and medical personnel. He also supports policies to make the U.S. less dependent on fossil fuels, and he wants to reform health care so that the 45 million uninsured Americans will get healthcare benefits.

Angie Paccione (CO-4)
Currently, Angie is a state representative who is taking on incumbent Marilyn Musgrave. Musgrave has been called one of the "13 Most Corrupt Members of Congress" by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). With a PhD in Education, Angie has dedicated her career to teaching and helping students achieve. In the Colorado legislature she was the Chair of the Democratic Majority Caucus. Her legislative achievements include increasing funding for the Colorado College Opportunity Fund, making health insurance more affordable for returning military personnel, and helped make mortgages more affordable to Colorado residents.

Dan Seals (IL-10)
Dan is challenging Representative Mark Kirk in one of the congressional districts that voted for John Kerry but still has a Republican Representative. Dan is a graduate of both the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where he received his M.A. in International Economics, and the University of Chicago where he earned his MBA. Dan worked for the Department of Commerce as a Presidential Management Fellow. More recently Dan worked in the business world, taking management positions for Sprint and GE Financial Services.

Jerry McNerney (CA-11) VICTORY
Jerry will take on Representative Richard Pombo in California's 11th Congressional District. Jerry is highlighting his record as an engineer in developing alternative energy sources against Pombo who has one of the worst environmental records in Congress -- a problem compounded by the fact that he is the Chairman of the House Energy and Resources Committee. Jerry has even picked up the endorsements of district Republicans, including former Representative Pete McCloskey who challenged Pombo in the primary. Jerry's expertise as a businessman and alternative energy consultant will help serve both his district and the nation well.

John Cranley (OH-1)
John Cranley is running in Ohio's First Congressional District against Republican incumbent Steve Chabot. While Chabot is known as one of President Bush's most loyal minions, John Cranley is known for co-founding the Ohio Innocence Project. When John Cranley became Finance Chairman on the Cincinnati City Council, he inherited a city deficit of $35 Million. Cranley rose to the challenge and for five consecutive years has balanced city budgets with bipartisan support while reducing property taxes and putting more cops on the street.

Victoria Wulsin (OH-2)
Dr. Victoria Wulsin is challenging Jean Schmidt in Ohio's Second Congressional District. Vic was Cincinnati's city epidemiologist, where she fought deadly outbreaks of disease like whooping cough and influenza. She directed a health literacy program in Adams County, OH, and she is chair of the free Health Resource Clinic. Vic is a uniformed member of the U.S. public health service, and Most recently she founded SOTENI International, a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing HIV and AIDS among orphans in Kenya . Her medical work has taken her to over 20 countries. Dr. Wulsin is looking to replace "Mean Jean's" ideological extremism with her own experience and pragmatism.

Larry Grant (ID-1)
Larry served as Vice-President and first-general counsel for Micron Technologies from 1985-1995. He then worked for VLSI Technologies in Silicon Valley before retiring and returning to Idaho. Larry is a member of the board of directors of the Frank Church Institute at Boise State University. He also previously served as a director of Western Idaho Training Company in Caldwell, Idaho, which provides employment opportunities for people with disabilities, and as a member of the advisory council to the University of Idaho School of Business. He will bring his pragmatic, business approach along with his belief in fairness for all to the halls of Congress. Larry lives in Fruitland, Idaho, with his wife of 39 years, Pam Howe Grant. They have a son, Ron, and two grandsons.