Recap of hottest races-and hottest parties
Welcome to Election Day. Tonight congressional candidates will gather with their supporters in hotel ballrooms and community halls across the country to watch the returns come in. Winning means being able to party on in the future. For those that lose, they’ll still party. Many will likely go through the revolving door to become lobbyists where their jobs will include setting up fundraising parties for others.
Here at Party Time over the last few weeks, we’ve written on the fundraising parties thrown for candidates in some of the hottest races–who presumably have some the hottest parties. You can read about Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) here; Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) here; the Minnesota Senate race here; Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO here; and the Colorado Senate race here.
And below is a list with links to the parties thrown for candidates in the most competitive House and Senate races, as identified by the National Journal. (As always, we must caution that our Party Time database contains the invitations we receive from anonymous lobbyist sources. It is highly unlikely that we receive all the invitations to all the parties that have been thrown. We’re always happy to receive more invitations.)
Senate
1. VA: Jim Gilmore (R) v. Mark Warner (D)
2. NM: Steve Pearce (R) v. Tom Udall (D)
3. CO: Bob Schaffer (D) v. Mark Udall (D)
4. NH: John Sununu (R) v. Jeanne Shaheen (D)
5. AK: Ted Stevens (R) v. Mark Begich (R)
6. NC: Elizabeth Dole (R) v. Kay Hagan (D)
7. OR: Gordon Smith (R) v. Jeff Merkley (D)
8. MN: Norm Coleman (R) v. Al Franken (DFL)
9. GA: Saxby Chambliss (R) v. Jim Martin (D)
10. LA: Mary Landrieu (D) v. John Kennedy (R)
House
1. NY-13: Bob Straniere (R) v. Michael McMahon (D)
2. NY-25: Dale Sweetland (R) v. Dan Maffei (D)
3. AZ-01: Sydney Hay (R) v. Ann Kirkpatrick (D)
4. VA-11: Keith Fimian (R) v. Gerry Connolly (D)
5. FL-16: Tim Mahoney (D) v. Tom Rooney (R)
6. IL-11: Martin Ozinga (R) v. Debbie Halvorson (D)
7. OH-16: Kirk Schuring (R) v. John Boccieri (D)
8. TX-22: Nick Lampson (D) v. Pete Olson (R)
9. AK-AL: Don Young (R) v. Ethan Berkowitz (D)
10. FL-24: Tom Feeney (R) v. Suzanne Kosmas (D)
0 CommentsPARTYFINDER™ Hints
Beneficiary: congressional candidate, lawmaker, or entity which collects funds raised at party
Host: person who is hosting party-often, but not always, a registered federal lobbyist
Venue Name: where the party is
Entertainment Type: type of gathering, such as "breakfast," "ski trip," "bowling"
Other Lawmakers Mentioned: lawmakers mentioned on invitation who are used as a draw for the event
Sunlight's Party Time is a project to track parties for members of Congress or congressional candidates that happen all year round in Washington, D.C. and beyond. (read more)
We also post information we receive about parties where members of Congress are expected to participate—such as convention or inaugural parties.
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