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At-risk Dems added to Frontline program
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Feb 23, 2009 07:05pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, February 24, 2009 01:05:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Reid Wilson
Posted: 02/23/09 04:31 PM [ET]
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee named Monday 40 of its most vulnerable junior members who would be added to the party's Frontline program, designed to protect the most at-risk incumbents.
Frontline gives those most susceptible to Republican challenges added supervision and measurable goals as they prepare for the 2010 elections. Members of the program will be pushed to focus on fundraising and outreach efforts.
The goal is to put freshmen in an early position to avoid GOP assaults, which DCCC chairman Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said were responsible for Democrats being forced to spend money to protect just 10 of 34 Frontline members from the 2008 cycle.
This year's class will be headed by DCCC vice chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Rep. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), himself an alum of the program.
The majority, 29, of members on the Frontline program this year are freshmen elected in November. They include members like Reps. Bobby Bright (D-Ala.), Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Ohio), Frank Kratovil (D-Md.) and Tom Perriello (D-Va.), all of whom won by just a handful of votes. |
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