DCCC Announces 26 Members on Frontline Incumbent Retention Program - Roll Call

DCCC Announces 26 Members on Frontline Incumbent Retention Program

Israel leads the DCCC. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

By Abby Livingston

Posted March 5, 2013 at 9:19am

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel named 26 of his colleagues to the Frontline program, a committee program designed to protect their most vulnerable incumbents.

“We call this program Frontline for a reason – these Members are on the vanguard of protecting and expanding the middle class,” Israel said in a written statement released Tuesday morning.

“While the 2014 campaign will be dominated by a strong offense taking on the Tea Party Republican Congress, our success begins with our Members,” added Israel, a Democrat from New York. “These battle-tested men and women have proven time and again that they can win because no one better reflects the values of their districts.”

Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn. will spearhead the program as its chairman. He’s a Frontline alumnus as recently as the 2012 cycle.

Otherwise, the list includes several freshman members and Blue Dog Democrats:

Rep. Ron Barber, Arizona’s 2nd District
Rep. John Barrow, Georgia’s 12th District
Rep. Ami Bera, California’s 7th District
Rep. Timothy H. Bishop, New York’s 1st District
Rep. Julia Brownley, California’s 26th District
Rep. Cheri Bustos, Illinois’ 17th District
Rep. Lois Capps, California’s 24th District
Rep. Suzan DelBene, Washington’s 1st District
Rep. Bill Enyart, Illinois’ 12th District
Rep. Elizabeth Esty, Connecticut’s 5th District
Rep. Pete Gallego, Texas’ 23rd District
Rep. Joe Garcia, Florida’s 26th District
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, Arizona’s 1st District
Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, New Hampshire’s 2nd District
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, New York’s 18th District
Rep. Dan Maffei, New York’s 24th District
Rep. Jim Matheson, Utah’s 4th District
Rep. Mike McIntyre, North Carolina’s 7th District
Rep. Patrick Murphy, Florida’s 18th District
Rep. Bill Owens, New York’s 21st District
Rep. Scott Peters, California’s 52nd District
Rep. Raul Ruiz, California’s 36th District
Rep. Brad Schneider, Illinois’ 10th District
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, New Hampshire’s 1st District
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona’s 9th District
Rep. John F. Tierney, Massachusetts’ 6th District

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