Go Enter ZIP code or state abbreviation. But longtime television consumer reporter Dewayne Graham confounded Arkansas political observers by storming from last place in pre-primary polls to second and a spot in Tuesday's runoff. Thus, the stakes are high for national Democratic strategists, who have targeted Dickey as one of the most vulnerable Republican House incumbents this year. Graham argued that the party organization was essentially trying to rob the voters of making their own decision.
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DCCC spokesman John Del Cecato explained, though, that Ross' strong showing in the primary election prompted the pre-nomination endorsement. Ross took 44 percent of the vote to Graham's 22 percent on May 23. A DCCC endorsement, however, has been no guarantee for Democratic House hopefuls - something Republican strategists have been happy to point out. The DCCC bet wrong when its pick for Pennsylvania's open 4th District seat, county District Attorney Matthew Mangino, lost his April 4 Democratic primary to state Rep. Terry Van Horne. The DCCC's choice for New Jersey's open 7th District seat, Union County Manager Michael Lapolla, appears to have narrowly lost last Tuesday's primary to former Fanwood Mayor Maryanne Connelly.