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An environmental victory

NEW HAMPSHIRE

On Election Day, our country elected a pro-environment president and swept in a stronger pro-environment majority in Congress. In New Hampshire, we endorsed candidates based on their environmental records. We're happy to report that Rep. Paul Hodes and Rep. Carol Shea-Porter were re-elected and Jeanne Shaheen won her race for the U.S. Senate.

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.

Below: Campaign volunteers head out to the field with a cheer.

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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)

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)

Races where endorsed candidates lost:

(None)

Races still pending:

MINNESOTA

Al Franken (MN-Sen)

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