Ten Buck Fridays: Winner's Circle

A short but very sweet "Ten Buck Fridays" poll ― short because we're starting on Tuesday, but sweet because it's a winner's circle this week. All of the candidates featured in this week's poll have won in previous TBF polls. Many were considered to be underdogs early in the election season, but now they're much more competitive. All of these candidates need our help...

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Poll closes at 7:00 A.M. Eastern on Friday, October 8

The TBF poll in a nutshell: This is a poll designed to promote rising conservative stars. At the end of the week, the winner will be promoted by a nationwide network of over 80 conservative blogs and will receive a flurry of contributions from patriots across the country.

*Note: Vote only once. Duplicate votes WILL BE DELETED. This is not a contest to determine who can click on a mouse the most. Poll results can fluctuate as a result of mass cheating if large numbers of illegitimate votes need to be deleted. To minimize confusion, please vote from home if possible.

Candidate information...

Sharron Angle (NV-Sen)

• Sharron Angle now leads Harry Reid
• Angle is the REAL deal... "a real grassroots outsider" who hates the GOP establishment.
• Nevada's Largest Newspaper Endorses Angle

Renee Ellmers (NC-02)

• Renee Ellmers is running against the pugnacious Bob Etheridge.
• As a Surgical Intensive Care Nurse, Ellmers is an outspoken critic of government-run health care.
• Ellmers on the issues
• Renee Ellmers on Facebook
• Ellmers on Twitter

Stephen Broden (TX-30)

• Look who Broden is running against: Dallas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson falls apart in Anderson Cooper Interview
• Alter or abolish
• Stephen Broden on the issues.
• Broden on Facebook
• Steven Broden on Twitter

Donna Campbell (TX-25)

• Donna Campbell on taxes
• Campbell on reality TV
• Dr. Campbell on health care reform
• Donna Campbell on the issues
• Campbell on Facebook
• Donna Campbell on Twitter

Chip Cravaack (MN-08)

• Cravaack is taking on eighteen-term incumbent Rep. Jim Oberstar
• Brad intervies Chip Cravaack on WDSM
• About Chip Cravaack
• Chip Cravaack on the issues

Joel Demos (MN-05)

• Demos: This only works if...
• Joel Demos is running against Keith Ellison.
• Who is Keith Ellison?
• Joel Demos on the issues
• Demos on Facebook
• Joel Demos on Twitter

Jesse Kelly (AZ-08)

• Jesse Kelly on the issues
• Kelly on Twitter
• Jesse Kelly on Facebook
• Kelly on the Mark Levin Show

B.J. Lawson (NC-04)

• TBF Congratulates B.J. Lawson

Anna Little (NJ-06)

• Anna is a wife, a mother of three children, and currently serves as Mayor of the Borough of Highlands, New Jersey.
• Anna Little won the GOP primary in NJ-06 despite a 10:1 financial disadvantage.
• Anna Little's website

Ilario Pantano (NC-07)

• Are we one giant credit card?
• Scott Sipprelle on the issues
• Sipprelle on Facebook
• Scott Sipprelle on Twitter
• Sipprelle on YouTube

Very good reference: The Top 50 Races YOU Can Help to Win.

Check this out too: http://www.40seats.com/

Ten Buck Fridays: Congratulations Chip Cravaack!

This week the TBF poll results were tighter than ever before... but Chip Cravaack was the winner!

Please rally behind this week's winner and give generously to Chip! (As shown below, don't forget to note "Ten Buck Fridays" in the occupation field.)

Chip Cravaack is running to unseat an eighteen-term incumbent, Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN). Chip introduces himself in this video:

My interest was especially piqued with this comment:

"It's going to take every American, every person in district 8 to take our country back. And it starts with every Congressional seat, every Senate seat that's available. And we need every seat. Because we need to get our country back."

As Lilac Sunday eloquently noted earlier this week in her open letter to Rush Limbaugh, this is exactly why TBF exists:

Dear Rush,

You've said that we should nationalize every House and Senate race in 2010. Well, I want to let you know that there is a small but growing group of bloggers who are trying to do just that. The effort is called Ten Buck Fridays.

Ten Buck Fridays is a small-d democratic moneybomb project of the patriotic blogosphere. Back in May, a blogger called Conscientiously Conservative declared her intent to donate $10 to a different worthy national Congressional candidate each week, and the concept is spreading across the web.

Each week, voters decide which conservative Congressional candidate needs their support the most, and everyone is encouraged to donate what they can to the winner. There is no middleman, no national committee; anyone motivated to donate sends their support to the candidates directly. The poll that closed last Friday morning was carried on 60 blogs and received over 2000 votes...

As of now, at least 65 blogs have helped to spread the word about Ten Buck Fridays, and over 2,600 people voted in this week's poll!

Again, TBF congratulates Chip Cravaack on his win. Please send him some of your hard-earned money so that he can go to Congress and fight against the Democrats' extreme agenda...

From Chip Cravaack's donation page:

*Don't forget to "label" your donation as shown above!

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Chip Cravaack on the issues

Great interview with Chip Cravaack on WDSM

Oberstar LOVES French oysters.

TBF goals and guidelines

TBF blogs and other supporters

Tell the big talkers about TBF:

• ElRushbo@eibnet.com
• http://www.hannity.com/contact
• marklevin.show@citcomm.com
• http://boortz.com/more/email_boortz.html
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• hugh@hughhewitt.com

Updates:

• Proof Positive:

  Thank you for your vote and for supporting conservative candidates to take back our country.
• The Conservative Lady: It's encouraging to see so many good, conservative candidates throughout this country.
• Maggie's Notebook: Thank you for helping us unseat Rep. Jim Oberstar, an 18-term congressman.
• Conservative Hideout 2.0: Remember to mention Ten Buck Fridays.
• Before It's News: A donation of $10 from every voter would send a nice money bomb to Mr. Cravaack
• ResistNet: Chip is running against an 18-term Democrat
• No Sheeples Here: Ten Buck Friday — Chip Cravaack Edition
• Reaganite Republican: The idea is to make the donations online, directly to the candidate.
• SGP: I am proud to be helping out in this effort.
• Lilac Sunday: The consequences of inaction are clear
• Free Republic: While $10 is great, $20 is even better.
• The Camp of the Saints: It's Don’t Buy A Pie Day, 'Cause It’s Ten Buck Friday!
• Randy's Roundtable: He is going after an 18 term DemocRAT incumbent
• JBlog Central: Ten Buck Friday Blogs Send Their Bucks to Chip Cravaack
• Fuzzy Logic: You know the drill, Patriots, fork over some cash for America's future.
• Nice Deb: We’ve got ourselves a winnah!
• Mind-Numbed Robot: Ten Buck Fridays – Time to “Chip” In!
• Obi's Sister: The next poll will be up on Sunday. Isn’t this a great idea?
• Chip Cravaack for Congress: “The enthusiasm shown by our supporters in helping us win this is really inspiring,” Chip said. “It’s a testament to the grassroots nature of our campaign. This same enthusiasm and grassroots network is how we are going to win in November.”
• At The Point of A Gun: For the price difference for dinner for two between Outback Steakhouse and Applebee's, you can help support a worthwhile conservative candidate for Congress.
• Conscientiously Conservative: Some Ten Buck Fridays Love for Chip Cravaack
• The Lonely Conservative: Chip received the endorsement of the Minnesota Republican Party on the first ballot with 68% of the vote.
• Ruby Slippers: The last thing the country needs is another 2 years of Oberstar in Congress dining on French oysters while we pick up the tab.
• WyBlog: Every district counts. Chip Cravaack gets that.
• just a conservative girl: Check back on Sunday for the next poll.
• Hack Wilson: I'm giving $20 dollars to the Chip Cravaack campaign! Oberstar...yeah, he gone.
• Stop the ACLU: Join in, contribute...
• No Sheeples Here: Lt. Col. Allen West: Oxygen For The Soul

TBF Photo Finish?

A TBF poll has never been this close. Both of the leading candidates are at 28%. Your vote could decide the winner. If you haven't voted yet this week, vote now! The poll will close one minute after midnight.

Update: Final Results

Chip Cravaack Asks for Your TBF Support

Have you voted in this week's TBF poll? Chip Cravaack wants you to help him beat eighteen-term incumbent Rep. Jim Oberstar in Minnesota's 8th Congressional District.

Cravaack

is asking for your TBF support...

On Facebook:

Chip has been selected as a contender for "Ten Buck Friday" at the the Right Klik blog. Please visit the site and vote for Chip. This has the potential to significantly increase his name recognition, as well as boost our fundraising efforts. Share the link with your friends!

On Twitter:

RT @anneneu Click on the link to support @chipcravaack for the Ten Buck Fridays poll. Please spread the word! http://bit.ly/9EnVnW #mngop

Bonus info:

• Cravaack is taking on eighteen-term incumbent Rep. Jim Oberstar
• Brad intervies Chip Cravaack on WDSM
• About Chip Cravaack
• Chip Cravaack on the issues

Have you voted in this week's TBF poll?

Ten Buck Fridays Poll: July 18 - 23

I'll introduce this week's TBF poll with an important quote:

"It seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force. If there be any truth in the remark, the crisis at which we are arrived may with propriety be regarded as the era in which that decision is to be made; and a wrong election of the part we shall act may, in this view, deserve to be considered as the general misfortune of mankind."

Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 1, October 27, 1787

POLL IS CLOSED

NEW POLL OPEN

POLL IS CLOSED

Here's the winner!

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Information about the candidates...

Bobby Schilling (IL-17)

• Schilling is running against the guy who admittedly doesn't care about the Constitution.
• Schilling Discusses Rep. Hare's FEC Report
• Bobby on Facebook
• Bobby on Twitter
• About Bobby Schilling
• Bobby on the issues

Chris Gibson (NY-20)

• Among his military decorations are 2 Legions of Merit, 4 Bronze Star Medals, the Purple Heart, and many others.
• Chris holds an MPA and PhD in Government from Cornell University and is the author of Securing the State.
• Chris on Facebook
• Chris on Twitter
• About Chris Gibson
• Chris Gibson on the issues

David Harmer (CA-11)

• Harmer fundraising momentum increasing
• Letter to the editor: Reasons for supporting David Harmer for Congress
• David on Facebook
• David on Twitter
• About David Harmer
• David Harmer on the issues.

Star Parker (CA-37)

• Star Parker is the author of Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America's Poor and What We Can Do About It
• Prior to her involvement in social activism, Star Parker was a single welfare mother in Los Angeles, California.
• Star Parker on Facebook
• Star Parker on Twitter
• About Star Parker
• Star Parker on the issues

Brian Murphy (MD-Gov)

• Brian's has a degree in Economics, and he is influenced by thinkers such as Friedman, de Tocqueville, and Hayek.
• Brian is married to a "retired" electrical engineer who stays home with their four children.
• Brian Murphy on Facebook
• Brian Murphy on Twitter
• About Brian Murphy
• Brian Murphy on the issues

Anna Little (NJ-6)

• Anna is a wife, a mother of three children, and currently serves as Mayor of the Borough of Highlands, New Jersey.
• Anna Little won the GOP primary despite a 10:1 financial disadvantage.
• Anna Little on Facebook
• Anna Little on Twitter
• Anna Little's website

Jacob Turk (MO-5)

• Jacob Turk is gunning for liberal Emanuel "Spittle-gate" Cleaver’s Congressional seat.
• Jacob owned his own small business for 12 years.
• Jacob Turk on Facebook
• Jacob Turk on Twitter
• About Jacob Turk
• Jacob Turk on the issues

Marco Rubio (FL-Sen)

• Marco Rubio is in a fundraising war with Charlie Crist.
• Rasmussen: Rubio 36%, Crist 34%, Meek 15%
• Marco Rubio on Facebook
• Marco Rubio on Twitter
• About Marco Rubio
• Marco Rubio on the issues

Marlin Stutzman (IN-3)

• Marlin is running for Congress because free-market principles are under attack.
• Stutzman is a 34 year old conservative State Senator.
• Marlin Stutzman on Facebook
• Marlin Stutzman on Twitter
• About Marlin Stutzman
• Marlin Stutzman on the issues

Chip Cravaack (MN-8)

• Cravaack is taking on eighteen-term incumbent Rep. Jim Oberstar
• Brad intervies Chip Cravaack on WDSM
• Chip Cravaack on Facebook
• Chip Cravaack on Twitter
• About Chip Cravaack
• Chip Cravaack on the issues

It was quite difficult narrowing the field of nominees down to ten choices this time. Nominees not included this week will be included for consideration next week: John Dennis, Brian Herr, Lt. Col. Allen West, Doug Dubitsky, Rocky Raczkowski, Nick Popaditch, Collins Bailey, Scott Rigell, Tom Stillings, and Dr. Marvin Scott.

Please continue nominating your favorite candidates.

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Please donate to last week's winner, Van Irion.

TBF goals and guidelines

TBF blogs and other supporters

What form of government would you prefer?

Lilac Sunday: My email to Rush Limbaugh

Tell the big talkers about TBF:

• ElRushbo@eibnet.com
• http://www.hannity.com/contact
• marklevin.show@citcomm.com
• http://boortz.com/more/email_boortz.html
• info@amatotalk.com
• hugh@hughhewitt.com

Updates:

• Nice Deb: The new poll is here, the new poll is here!
• Mind-Numbed Robot: An outstanding roundup of candidates...
• Lilac Sunday: Another week, another opportunity to select a worthy conservative candidate for the next Ten Buck Fridays moneybomb.
• Randy's Roundtable: Support the winner or as many as you can!
• The Conservative Lady: Be sure to check back on Friday to see who this week's TBF winner is.
• This thing is growing like wildfire, for good reason.
• Proof Positive: There's a new poll up. Make your voice heard and your opinions known.
• EIB Enthusiasts: Rush has said from the beginning that we have to "nationalize" our efforts this year.
• Obi's Sister: Interesting idea: getting the word out to the conservative media
• Conscientiously Conservative: Help Chip Cravaack Get a Moneybomb This Week!
• Old Line Elephant: Check out their individual websites and vote for your favorite candidate.
• Rightosphere: A new Ten Buck Fridays poll
• MoreMonmouthMusings: Vote For Anna Little
• At The Point of A Gun: Marco Rubio is always a safe vote* but the others are good too.
• Smart Girl Politics: A great group of bloggers...
• ResistNet: Please vote and then pass the word to your friends and family.
• The Lonely Conservative: I like Star Parker, and of course, Marco Rubio.
• Being an American Mom: Vote For David Harmer - Ten Buck Fridays poll
• Cravaack for Congress: Chip nominated for “Ten Buck Friday”
• Lady Cincinnatus: Ten Buck Friday (on Monday) Supports Van Irion!
• Red Virginia Conservative Railroad: Awesome candidate information
• Conservative Hideout 2.0: A post about the Ten Buck Friday winner.
• TCUnation: Elect these fine candidates.
• Hack Wilson: My choice? Bobby Schilling hands down.
• The Save Jersey Blog: A "Little" Help for a Great Cause
• Caught Him With a Corndog: A Ten Buck Friday Request from 'George'
• just a conservative girl: Vote Up Folks!
• GeeeeeZ! Ten Buck Friday
• WyBlog: Anna Little is The Little Candidate That Could!