I don't know that it's much of a surprise that a first term Congressman in what has been considered a more conservative district is a target of the GOP, but John Adler makes the list:
Republicans hope an improved national political environment will help them contest many of the seats it recently lost. Of the 70 targets, 45 are freshmen and sophomores elected in the 2006 and 2008 wave elections.
House Republicans also appear confident that difficult votes on health care and energy legislation will put battle-tested members from conservative districts in trouble. There are over a dozen Blue Dog Democrats on the list, including those who have coasted to re-election in recent years.
When asked recently, potential challenger Diane Allen said it was "kind of early" for her to make a decision yet, but that she was watching and he hadn't done what she felt he needed to do yet. Their challenger in 2008, Chris Myers has been rumored to be the next Senator from Burlington County when the current Senator Phil Haines is appointed to be a judge in the fall, seemingly taking him out of the running. I'll put the full list and NRCC memo below the fold. Adler is the only NJ Democrat targeted by the NRCC.
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Sent: 7/31/2009 5:50:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: TARGET DISTRICTS FOR 2010
Hi friends, Below you will find a list of 70 districts that the NRCC is targeting this cycle. As Chairman Sessions stated earlier this week at a pen and pad briefing, "There are people proactively coming to us. We are doing far less recruiting and more catching." With that said we have the opportunity to focus on many more districts and some unusual districts that haven?t been targeted in a long time. We are very excited about our prospects in 2010 and look forward to having your support! If you have questions about a particular district please shoot me a note.
Have a great weekend!
AL-02 Rep. Bobby Bright NM-01 Rep. Martin Heinrich
AL-05 Rep. Parker Griffith NM-02 Rep. Harry Teague
AR-01 Rep. Marion Berry NV-03 Rep. Dina Titus
AR-02 Rep. Vic Snyder NY-01 Rep. Tim Bishop
AR-04 Rep. Mike Ross NY-13 Rep. Mike McMahon
AZ-01 Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick NY-19 Rep. John Hall
AZ-05 Rep. Harry Mitchell NY-20 Scott Murphy
CA-11 Rep. Jerry McNerney NY-24 Rep. Mike Arcuri
CA-47 Rep. Sanchez, Lo. NY-25 Rep. Dan Maffei
CO-04 Rep. Betsy Markey NY-29 Rep. Eric Massa
CT-04 Rep. Jim Himes OH-01 Rep. Steve Driehaus
FL-08 Rep. Alan Grayson OH-15 Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy
FL-22 Rep. Ron Klein OH-16 Rep. John Boccieri
FL-24 Rep. Suzanne Kosmas OH-18 Rep. Zack Space
GA-12 Rep. John Barrow OK-02 Rep. Dan Boren
HI-01 Rep. Abercrombie OR-01 Rep. David Wu
IA-03 Rep. Leonard Boswell OR-04 Rep. Peter DeFazio
ID-01 Rep. Walt Minnick OR-05 Rep. Kurt Schrader
IL-11 Rep. Debbie Halvorson PA-03 Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper
IL-14 Rep. Bill Foster PA-04 Rep. Jason Altmire
IN-08 Rep. Brad Ellsworth PA-07 Rep. Joe Sestak
IN-09 Rep. Baron Hill PA-10 Rep. Chris Carney
KS-03 Rep. Dennis Moore PA-11 Rep. Paul Kanjorski
KY-06 Rep. Ben Chandler PA-12 Rep. Jack Murtha
LA-03 Rep. Charlie Melancon SD-AL Rep. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin
MD-01 Rep. Frank Kratovil TX-17 Rep. Chet Ewards
MI-07 Rep. Mark Schauer UT-02 Rep. Jim Matheson
MI-09 Rep. Gary Peters VA-02 Rep. Glenn Nye
MO-04 Rep. Ike Skelton VA-05 Rep. Tom Perriello
MS-01 Rep. Travis Childers VA-09 Rep. Rick Boucher
NC-08 Rep. Larry Kissell VA-11 Rep. Gerry Connolly
ND-AL Rep. Earl Pomeroy WI-03 Rep. Ron Kind
NH-01 Shea-Porter WI-07 Rep. Dave Obey
NH-02 Rep. Paul Hodes WI-08 Rep. Steve Kagen
NJ-03 Rep. John Adler WV-01 Rep. Alan Mollahan
