Staten Island is New York City’s least densely populated borough and its voting tends to be more conservative than the rest of the city. The borough was represented in the Congress by a Republican in recent years until Democrat Michael McMahon took office in 2008. Republican Michael Grimm is challenging McMahon in next week’s election.
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Congressional Candidates' Views on Clean Energy, Climate Change: CT-Senate
Connecticut leans Democratic – the state legislature, all five Congressional Districts and both Senate seats are currently occupied by Democrats (Joe Lieberman is a former Democrat, who ran as an Independent in 2006) – but that hasn’t led to an uncompetitive or uninteresting race to replace retiring Senator Chris Dodd.
Read More »Congressional Candidates' Views on Clean Energy, Climate Change: PA-Senate
Pennsylvania is a key swing state, solidly”purple” in the current red/blue parlance. Democrat Joe Sestak, a former Vice Admiral and current U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania’s 7th District (western Philadelphia suburbs), and Republican Pat Toomey, who represented Pennsylvania’s 15th Congressional District (Allentown, Bethlehem) from 1999 to 2005, are running neck and neck to represent the state in the U.S. Senate.
Read More »Congressional Candidates' Views on Clean Energy, Climate Change: IL-11
South of Chicago there’s a borderland between the city and the prairies of downstate Illinois. The 11th Congressional district encompasses much of this region, where the factories and shopping centers of the suburbs fade into rural cornfields. The district is a political boundary as well, with Chicago’s Democratic machine meeting the heavily Republican tradition of southern Illinois, which dates back to the days of Abraham Lincoln.
Read More »Congressional Candidates' Views on Clean Energy, Climate Change: NV-Senate
Arguably the most consequential race this November will take place in Nevada, where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is being challenged by Republican Sharron Angle. Saying there are stark differences between these candidates is an understatement, particularly when it comes to clean energy and environmental policy.
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