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Blue Dog votes "Aye" for health care takeover, throws in the towel, won't seek reelection. http://www.kansascity.com/842/story/1587369.html 11/23/2009 |
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U.S. Representative Dennis Moore to retire from the House. sad news. http://www.kansascity.com/842/story/1587369.html 11/23/2009 |
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No More Moore - RT@graveidea Dennis Moore won't seek re-election says KC Star http://bit.ly/55UkPg || Really? Can it be so? :D 11/23/2009 |
Dennis Moore Retiring: Democrat Leaving Heavily Republican District
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Moore, who represented Kansas' 3rd district, will issue a statement today explaining his decision and outlining his plans. He is expected to finish out his term, which ends in January 2011. ...
Dennis Moore Retiring: Democrat Leaving Heavily Republican District
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Moore, who represented Kansas' 3rd district, will issue a statement today explaining his decision and outlining his plans. He is expected to finish out his term, which ends in January 2011. ...
A retirement in the House
Ben Smith's Blog —
A Democrat from a right-leaning Missouri Kansas district will retire, the local press reports.
This matters, as Cillizza explains, mostly because:
If Moore is the first of a series of Democratic incumbents who decide to take a pass on running for re-election in what is shaping up to be a very tough environment, it will widen the playing field considerably and raise Republicans chances of winning a significant number of seats in the midterms.
Report: Blue Dog Dennis Moore Won't Seek Re-Election
TPM Election Central —
... Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS), a Blue Dog Democrat from a key swing seat, will not be running for re-election in 2010, the Kansas City Star reports. ...
KS-03 Congressman Dennis Moore To Retire
MyDD —
... The Kansas City Star reports that the six-term Democratic Congressman Dennis Moore, a Blue Dog, who represents the heavily Republican Kansas Third Congressional district will not seek re-election in 2010. Rep. Moore won 56 percent of the vote in last year's election against his Republican challenger, state senator Nick Jordan. President Obama narrowly carried the KS-03 with 51 percent of the vote though in 2004, Bush took 55 percent. ...
Monday's campaign round-up
Political Animal —
MONDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP.... Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers. * In a disappointment for the DCCC, which hopes to keep retirements to a minimum, Rep. Dennis Moore (D) of Kansas announced this morning that he'll retire at the end of this term. Republicans immediately declared it a major pick-up opportunity, but it's probably best described as a swing district -- Bush carried it easily in 2000 and 2004, but President Obama narrowly won Kansas' 3rd last year. * With two ...
A READER EMAILS: “This morning 6 term Congressman Dennis Moore, (D), Kansas 3rd District, announced…
Instapundit —
... A READER EMAILS: “This morning 6 term Congressman Dennis Moore, (D), Kansas 3rd District, announced that he will not seek reelection. A member of the Blue Dog Coalition, Moore was one of the first targets of the Tea Party movement when hundreds demonstrated at his Overland Park, Kansas office in mid-February, 2009.” More on that here. ...
Poll: Dems will lose votes next year if ObamaCare passes — or if it doesn’t
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... — and the prospects of a GOP wave loom larger, the choice for progressives will become either passing whatever is feasible or handing control of the House to Republicans in November and achieving nothing. At the rate The One’s numbers are sinking, they should be wising up at any time now. In very much related and very much important news, a Blue Dog who’s held a red seat for the past 12 years has suddenly decided now might be a good time to retire . Quote: “Moore, who won his last race 56 to 40 percent over Jordan, was in trouble because of his support for many of President ...
Rating Change: Kansas Race Now More Competitive
Top Stories from CQ —
... , and Republicans are aiming for a further tilt in their favor — if they can avoid a contentious primary. Moore unexpectedly announced Monday morning he would not run for re-election after six terms in the House. “It is time for a new generation of leadership to step forward,” Moore ...
So Many GOP Contenders for One Kansas Seat
Top Stories from CQ —
... as having too much of a good thing. When Moore announced his retirement Nov. 23, Republicans knew they had a tremendous opportunity to pick up the Sunflower State seat that they had been targeting since the congressman won his first term in 1998. “If anything, the challenge is we have too many good candidates,” Topeka GOP consultant David Kensinger said. “As problems go, that’s a pretty good one to have.” Several of the GOP candidates entered into an informal agreement about the potentially competitive primary next August. In a Nov. 23 meeting, local party leaders and ...
