Congressional Races Take Noah's Ark Approach

Two by two. The Congressional races are quickly winnowing down candidates until the primaries will be mere formalities. Yesterday I reported that in the 6th congressional district now has one Democratic candidate, Bob Roggio, and one Republican, incumbent Jim Gerlach.

The 8th and 13th district races now have just two candidates each as well.

In the 13, incumbent Democrat Allyson Schwartz will now face just one Republican, Marina Kats. Lee Falgoust decided to end his campaign after losing the part endorsement. ("Kats gets nod to oppose Schwartz," Northeast Times 2/28/08).

In the 8th, Joe Montone has dropped out of the race, leaving Tom Manion as the sole Republican candidate running against freshman Democrat Patrick Murphy. (See "Montone drops out of 8th district race," by Brian Scheid, 2/27/08) (Upcoming post alert: I will be posting a review of Murphy's recently published book sometime next week.)