09.07.07
Greg Goode Gains National Attention

NRCC

It took House Speaker Nancy Pelosi less than 100 hours to prove to the American people what the consequences of a Democrat majority really were -- and the poll numbers prove it. Voters across the country are fed up with the failed leadership of the Democrats, while Republicans in the U.S. House have every intention of making our stay in the minority as brief as possible.

With 202 members, the largest Republican minority in over 50 years, we are within striking distance of the majority. And we are playing to win.

One of the NRCC's greatest successes of the past nine months has been our candidate recruitment effort. We already have strong Republican candidates challenging more than 40 Democrats in seats around the country -- more than twice the number necessary to regain the majority. Twenty-two of these districts were won by President Bush in both 2000 and 2004, and twenty-three of these districts are either open seats or districts represented by freshmen.

BELOW ARE JUST A FEW OF THE GREAT CANDIDATES RUNNING THIS CYCLE:

• Georgia-08: Maj. General Rick Goddard, the former commander of the Warner Robbins Air Force Base, is challenging Jim Marshall, who squeaked by 51-49% in 2006.
  
• Connecticut-05: Popular State Senator David Cappiello is challenging freshman Democrat Chris Murphy
  
• Illinois-08: Successful businessman Steve Greenberg is challenging Melissa Bean, who won only 51% of the vote in 2006 in a district that gave President Bush 56% of the vote in 2004.
  
• Indiana-08: Indiana State University official Greg Goode is challenging freshman Brad Ellsworth in a district that gave President Bush 62% of the vote in 2004.
  
• California-11: Former State Assemblyman and California Board of Equalization Member Dean Andal is running against freshman Democrat Dennis McNerney in a district President Bush won with 53.9% of the vote in 2004.
  
• Kansas-03: Entrepreneur and State Senator Nick Jordan is challenging Dennis Moore is a district that gave President Bush 55% of the vote in 2004.
  
• New York-19: Successful businessman Andrew Saul is challenging freshman John Hall, who won only 51% in 2006 in a 54% Bush district.
  

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