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Netroots Winners

The Democratic netroots won bragging rights in the battle of the blogosphere Tuesday.

Ridiculed from the right for two years over a poor won-loss record for blog-backed candidates, the netroots came through this year with a handful of wins -- seven to be exact. Five House candidates and two Senate candidates who won they endorsements of Democratic bloggers will be members of the 110th Congress. Two other House candidates are trailing by less than 1,000 votes.

That gives them a guaranteed record of 7-12 this year and the potential to see the number rise to 9-12. By contrast, the conservative bloggers behind the "Rightroots" campaign finished 2-19.

Here are the results, via the latest numbers from CNN:

House
Winners
-- Paul Hodes (New Hampshire): 53 percent
-- Jerry McNerney (California): 53 percent
-- Patrick Murphy (Pennsylvania): 50 percent
-- Joseph Sestak Jr. (Pennsylvania): 56 percent
-- Tim Walz (Minnesota): 53 percent

Losers
-- Francine Busby (California):, special run-off
-- Darcy Burner (Washington): 49 percent
-- John Courage (Texas): 24 percent
-- Jay Fawcett (Colorado): 41 percent
-- Larry Grant (Idaho): 45 percent
-- Larry Kissell (North Carolina): 50 percent, down less than 500 votes
-- Eric Massa (New York): 48 percent
-- Ciro Rodriguez (Texas): 41 percent, defeated in primary
-- Dan Seals (Illinois): 47 percent
-- Linda Stender (New Jersey): 48 percent
-- Gary Trauner (Wyoming): 48 percent, down less than 1,000 votes

Senate
Winners
-- Jon Tester (Montana): 49 percent
-- James Webb (Virginia): 50 percent, leading but recount possible

Losers
-- Ned Lamont (Connecticut): 40 percent

Posted by Danny | 07:42 PM

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