An environmental victory
NORTH CAROLINA
On Election Day, our country elected a pro-environment president and
swept in a stronger pro-environment majority in Congress. In North Carolina, we endorsed candidates based on their environmental
records. Kay Hagan was elected to the U.S. Senate, Larry Kissell won his race to represent the 8th district, and Rep. Heath Shuler was re-elected.
Before we turn our attention to our 2009 legislative agenda, help us
congratulate the candidates we endorsed using the form on the right.
See below for more on our national victories action during the campaign.
A historic effort for a historic election
To all of you who pitched in, volunteered and took action online—thank you.
With
your help we put our support behind a team of environmental champions.
We educated the public about where candidates stood on the issues, and
where they had gone wrong. We didn't let 30-second ads be the last word
on the candidates' records. We let the voters know who was really on
the side of the environment. Our staff and volunteers knocked on
hundreds of thousands of doors to get that message across. So far,
we've seen 28 of the 29 pro-environment candidates we endorsed elected
on Election Day. (The remaining race is still not decided.)
Races where endorsed candidates won:
 CALIFORNIA
Rep. Jerry McNerney (CA-11)
 COLORADO
Rep. Mark Udall (CO-Sen)
Betsy Markey (CO-04)
 CONNECTICUT
Rep. Chris Murphy (CT-05)
Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02)
 ILLINOIS
State Sen. Debbie Halvorson (IL-11)
 MARYLAND
Frank Kratovil (MD-1)
 NEVADA
Dina Titus (NV-3)
NORTH CAROLINA
Kay Hagan (NC-Sen)
Larry Kissell (NC-08)
Rep. Heath Shuler (NC-11)
 NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rep. Paul Hodes (NH-2)
Former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (NH-Sen)
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-1)
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 NEW MEXICO
Martin Heinrich (NM-1)
Ben Ray Luján (NM-3)
Harry Teague (NM-2)
Rep. Tom Udall (NM-Sen)
 OREGON
Kurt Shrader (OR-5)
Jeff Merkley (OR-Sen)
 PENNSYLVANIA
Rep. Jason Altmire (PA-4)
Rep. Chris Carney (PA-10)
Rep. Patrick Murphy (PA-8)
Rep. Joe Sestak (PA-7)
 VIRGINIA
Gerry Connolly (VA-11)
Glenn Nye (VA-2)
Tom Perriello (VA-5)
 WISCONSIN
Rep. Steve Kagen (WI-8)
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Races where endorsed candidates lost:
(None)
Races still pending:
MINNESOTA
Al Franken (MN-Sen)
