Portal:2008 U.S. Congressional Elections/Things you can do

State portal revisions
The candidate lists in the state portals need constant revision in order to keep them current, especially after the congressional primary elections. Below is a list of the state portals, by state. If you do an update for the state, please list it and sign the entry using the signature button. If you did a complete check of the state, say "complete revision." Feel free to leave any other notes that people should be aware of.

Conor/Avelino contact outreach

 * Alabama (AL) - Conor is in
 * Alaska (AK) - Finished: Avelino 12:15, 8 January 2008 (EST)
 * Arizona (AZ) - (All declared candidates) Finished: Avelino 17:12, 14 January 2008 (EST)
 * Arkansas (AR) - Avelino is in.
 * California (CA)
 * Colorado (CO)
 * Connecticut (CT)
 * Delaware (DE)
 * Florida (FL)
 * Georgia (GA)
 * Hawaii (HI)
 * Idaho (ID)
 * Illinois (IL)
 * Indiana (IN)
 * Iowa (IA)
 * Kansas (KS)
 * Kentucky (KY)
 * Louisiana (LA)
 * Maine (ME)
 * Maryland (MD)
 * Massachusetts (MA)
 * Michigan (MI)
 * Minnesota (MN)
 * Mississippi (MS)
 * Missouri (MO)
 * Montana (MT)
 * Nebraska (NE)
 * Nevada (NV)
 * New Hampshire (NH)
 * New Jersey (NJ)
 * New Mexico (NM)
 * New York (NY)
 * North Carolina (NC)
 * North Dakota (ND)
 * Ohio (OH)
 * Oklahoma (OK)
 * Oregon (OR)
 * Pennsylvania (PA)
 * Rhode Island (RI)
 * South Carolina (SC)
 * South Dakota (SD)
 * Tennessee (TN)
 * Texas (TX)
 * Utah (UT)
 * Vermont (VT)
 * Virginia (VA)
 * Washington (WA)
 * West Virginia (WV)
 * Wisconsin (WI)
 * Wyoming (WY)

High rise import

 * Alabama (AL) - Rich completed
 * Alaska (AK) - Rich completed
 * Arizona (AZ) - Rich completed
 * Arkansas (AR) - Rich completed
 * California (CA)- Rich completed
 * Colorado (CO) - Rich completed
 * Connecticut (CT) - Rich completed
 * Delaware (DE) - Rich completed
 * Florida (FL)- Ken completed
 * Georgia (GA)- Rich completed
 * Hawaii (HI) - Ken completed
 * Idaho (ID) - Ken completed
 * Illinois (IL)- Rich completed
 * Indiana (IN)- Rich completed, Sam revised, Ken revised again, including incumbents (4/15/08).
 * Iowa (IA)- Rich completed
 * Kansas (KS)- Rich completed
 * Kentucky (KY)- Jocelyn completed
 * Louisiana (LA)- Jocelyn completed
 * Maine (ME)- Jocelyn completed
 * Maryland (MD)- Jocelyn completed
 * Massachusetts (MA)- Jocelyn completed
 * Michigan (MI)- Jocelyn completed
 * Minnesota (MN)
 * Mississippi (MS)- Sam completed
 * Missouri (MO)
 * Montana (MT)
 * Nebraska (NE)- Ken completed challengers, incumbents left (5/5/08).
 * Nevada (NV)
 * New Hampshire (NH)- Ken completed, including incumbents (4/15/08)
 * New Jersey (NJ)- Ken completed
 * New Mexico (NM)- Sam completed
 * New York (NY)
 * North Carolina (NC)- Ken completed, including incumbents (4/15/08)
 * North Dakota (ND)
 * Ohio (OH)- Jocelyn completed
 * Oklahoma (OK)
 * Oregon (OR)
 * Pennsylvania (PA)- Ken and Sam completed, Ken revised including incumbents (4/15/08)
 * Rhode Island (RI)
 * South Carolina (SC)
 * South Dakota (SD)
 * Tennessee (TN)
 * Texas (TX)- Ken completed, including incumbents and 3rd parties. 4/16/08
 * Utah (UT)- Sam completed
 * Vermont (VT)- Sam completed
 * Virginia (VA)- Sam completed
 * Washington (WA)- Sam completed
 * West Virginia (WV)- Sam completed, Sam revised
 * Wisconsin (WI)- Sam completed
 * Wyoming (WY)- Sam completed

Oct. 23-25 survey of candidates
Some of us are systematically going through the state portals and updating the lists of candidates. The tasks are:


 * 1) Check all new additions of candidates by citizen editors (both the simple red links and new pages for candidates that have been created) against the 2008RaceTracker wiki to make sure they are confirmed candidates.
 * 2) * For confirmed candidates, create a new candidate page from the standard template.
 * 3) * For those who are not, note them below in the list of states - we'll deal with these individually.
 * 4) For all confirmed candidates, locate and upload a photo, making sure that the photo shows up both in the list of candidates and in the candidate profile pages.
 * 5) For all confirmed candidates, add a link to the 2008RaceTracker wiki to the Congresspedia profiles.
 * 6) For all candidates that have dropped out, make sure to note this on their candidate profile page and on the list of candidates.

Please note your name by the state you are working on (note "in progress") or have finished. Also make sure to note any unconfirmed candidates that have been added by citizen editors.
 * Alabama (AL)- Finished by Rich
 * Alaska (AK)- Finished by Rich
 * Arizona (AZ)- Finished by Nayyirah. Note: The following are listed as POTENTIAL candidates and do not as yet have Congresspedia profiles: Bill Konopnicki, Sydney Hay, Annie Loyd, Jim Ogsbury, David Schweikert, Mark Anderson, Russell Pearce, and Tim Bee.
 * Arkansas (AR)- Finished by Rich
 * California (CA)- Finished by Rich
 * Colorado (CO)- Note:Jeff Crank is listed as a POTENTIAL candidate. Bent Rayburn does not have the correct congresspedia profile.
 * Connecticut (CT)- Note:Jim Hines is not listed on Racetracker.
 * Delaware (DE)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Florida (FL)
 * Georgia (GA)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Hawaii (HI)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Idaho (ID)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Illinois (IL)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Indiana (IN)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Iowa (IA)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Kansas (KS)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Kentucky (KY)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Louisiana (LA)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Maine (ME- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Maryland (MD)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Massachusetts (MA)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Michigan (MI)- Almost finished by Nayyirah. Note: Could not find an image for Bill Kelly.
 * Minnesota (MN)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Mississippi (MS)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Missouri (MO)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Montana (MT)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Nebraska (NE)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Nevada (NV)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * New Hampshire (NH)- Finished by Nayyirah. Note: Katrina Swett dropped out of Senate race on Sept. 20, 2007.
 * New Jersey (NJ)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * New Mexico (NM)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * New York (NY)- Finished by Rich
 * North Carolina (NC)- Finished by Rich
 * North Dakota (ND)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Ohio (OH)- Note: "Name Name" does not exist. There are no challengers on racetracker for this district.
 * Oklahoma (OK)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Oregon (OR)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Pennsylvania (PA)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Rhode Island (RI)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * South Carolina (SC)- No challengers yet.
 * South Dakota (SD)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Tennessee (TN)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Texas (TX)- in progress /nearly done Note: Michael Watts dropped out of Senate race October 23, 2007
 * Utah (UT)- No challengers yet.
 * Vermont (VT)- No challengers yet.
 * Virginia (VA)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Washington (WA)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * West Virginia (WV)- Finished by Nayyirah. Could not find picture for Marty Gearheart.
 * Wisconsin (WI)- Finished by Nayyirah.
 * Wyoming (WY)- finsihed by Nayyirah.