The Poker Players Alliance has released a list of 58 Congressional candidates that their Political Action Committee will be endorsing in the upcoming elections. The list is bipartisan, and made up mostly of incumbents –only two of the candidates on the list are challengers.
A quick look at the list shows a number of these candidates are in hotly contested races, so it’s extremely important that you get out and vote on November 2nd: Key amongst these races is Michael Bennett (D-CO) who is in a tough race against Tea-Party candidate Ken Buck in Colorado, and currently trails by a few percentage points in the polling –every vote counts!
The PPA has been very active in lobbying Congress this year, and we actually saw some headway made in repealing UIGEA legislation, and passing a comprehensive Online Poker bill, HR 2267. Even with passage of the bill in 2010 looking slim at this point, we have to keep electing officials who have our best interests. Below you will find a complete list of the 58 candidates endorsed by the PPA’s PokerPAC.
The two challengers endorsed by the PPA are:
- John Callahan (D-PA)
- Joe Garcia (D-FL)
The 56 incumbents endorsed by the PPA:
- John Adler (D-NJ)
- Robert Andrews (D-NJ)
- Joe Barton (R-TX)
- Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- Judy Biggert (R-IL)
- Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
- John Campbell (R-CA)
- Russ Carnahan (D-MO)
- Lacy Clay (D-MO)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- John Conyers (D-MI)
- Joe Courtney (D-CT)
- Steve Driehaus (D-OH)
- Barney Frank (D-MA)
- Jim Gerlach (R-PA)
- Alan Grayson (D-FL)
- Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
- Dean Heller (R-NV)
- Jim Himes (D-CT)
- Paul Hodes (D-NH)
- Steve Israel (D-NY)
- Darrell Issa (R-CA)
- Paul Kanjorski (D-PA)
- Peter King (R-NY)
- Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH)
- Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL)
- Leonard Lance (R-NJ)
- John Larson (D-CT)
- Christopher Lee (R-NY)
- Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ)
- Connie Mack (R-FL)
- Dan Maffei (D-NY)
- Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
- Betsy Markey (D-CO)
- Jim McDermott (D-WA)
- George Miller (D-CA)
- Walt Minnick (D-ID)
- Jim Moran (D-VA)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Scott Murphy (D-NY)
- Ron Paul (R-TX)
- Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
- Tom Perriello (D-VA)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Jared Polis (D-CO)
- Harry Reid (D-NV)
- Linda Sanchez (D-CA)
- Adam Schiff (D-CA)
- Robert Scott (D-VA)
- Pete Sessions (R-TX)
- Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Mel Watt (D-NC)
- Anthony Weiner (D-NY)
- Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA)
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