Jean Hay Bright (D-ME) for U.S. Senate

From mainefem...

Please add Jean Hay Bright D-ME) for U.S. Senate, also, Renee? Done. And she's listed on the Howard-Empowered Act Blue page as well.

She has zilch seed monies--had to run in a primary w/a good-enough progressive Dem. (won it by a mere 600 votes--disgustingly low turnout in the primary!); so is starting over from scratch.

David & Jean are down in So. ME today (Lisbon/Lewiston area), and there's very little WiFi up here; which makes blogging dicey (she did start an account on Booman; and is ready to diary on Kos--but does have pricey DSL @her home/office on the farm--according to what David told me--her hubster, treasurer, campaign mgr., and all 'round utility person)!

Blogging while stumping up here is difficult--due to the rural nature of ME (high speed internet access is an issue up here, for sure).

Snowe has over $2M in her coffers.

Snowe must be a tad nervous, as she's already opened a campaign office/hired staff in Bangor--that's unheard of--candidates always have their main offices in Portland (and if Snowe is that 'secure' in her position, she wouldn't have bothered--esp. this early on).

So, Snowe is indeed concerned about at least CD#2 (which comprises the vast nature of ME's geography/voter demographics, actually).

Jean does openly list her F.E.C. monies on her portal; and no--she does not/will not waste people's hard-earned monies on "consultants."

Nada.

She's very frugal (same as yours truly!)--is cognizant about snail mail contributions as more desirable (very patient person), as the campaign doesn't have to deduct the credit card "processing fees."

Maine has clean elections monies, but *not* for federal candidates (otherwise, Jean would gladly opt for that route--we've worked diligently over the years to initiate and maintain the clean elections' coffers--it ain't easy)!

They only cover state legislative candidates, local/municipal/county positions, and Gubernatorial.

Boxer has her listed on PAC for Change; and I absolutely don't know why Boxer has listed Bob Casey as "progressive." Blows my mind--i.e., how Dems. across the country are coopting the word "progressive" (DLC is notorious for doing that, for instance).

Progressive female Democratic candidates don't win races, as the seed monies simply aren't there (which is why Emily's List exists), but they don't focus upon *progressive* female Dems.

Bob Fertik (over @ImpeachPAC) did endorse Jean re: his PAC, so that was a boost when she needed it after the primary (flat broke).

From Renee: I also added the other suggested candidates from the comments to the sidebar, but have not yet added them to the Act Blue page. Patience, grasshoppers. ;-)

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