WINNING IN THE TOUGH DISTRICTS Building a Bigger Majority.

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WINNING IN THE TOUGH DISTRICTS Building a Bigger Majority

WINNING IN THE TOUGH DISTRICTS Hillary has won far more competitive House districts than Sen. Obama. Hillary is the strongest candidate to top the Democratic ticket in tough districts in November.

In 2006, the Democrats retook Congress by picking up 31 new seats. WINNING IN THE TOUGH DISTRICTS 20 of those freshman Democrats are in Republican- leaning districts that voted for President Bush in These freshmen need a nominee who can compete in their tough districts.

Of those 20 districts, Hillary has now won 16, most by large margins. WINNING IN THE TOUGH DISTRICTS DistrictMember AZ-5Mitchell AZ-8Giffords CA-11McNerney FL-16Mahoney IN-2Donnelly IN-8Ellsworth IN-9Hill KS-2Boyda MN-1Walz NC-11Shuler DistrictMember NH-1Shea-Porter NY-19Hall NY-20Gillibrand NY-24Arcuri OH-18Space PA-10Carney PA-4Altmire TX-22Lampson TX-23Rodriguez WI-8Kagen

Nationally, Hillary has won seniors by 24 points (58-34). WINNING IN THE TOUGH DISTRICTS 13 of these 20 districts have more than the national average of seniors (65+). In Indiana, she won by 44 points. (72-28). DistrictMember%65+ AZ-8Giffords 16.8% FL-16Mahoney 25.5% IN-2Donnelly 13.3% IN-8Ellsworth 14.4% KS-2Boyda 13.5% MN-1Walz 15.1% NC-11Shuler 17.8% DistrictMember%65+ NY-20Gillibrand 13.7% NY-24Arcuri 15.1% OH-18Space 13.7% PA-10Carney 16.6% PA-4Altmire 17.3% WI-8Kagen 13.5%

WINNING IN THE TOUGH DISTRICTS Nationally, Hillary has won rural voters by 8 points (50-42). These districts are heavily rural. Half of them are more than 40% rural. In Indiana, she won by 40 points (70-30). DistrictMember% Rural IN-8Ellsworth 41.9% IN-9Hill 47.7% KS-2Boyda 40.2% MN-1Walz 43.5% NC-11Shuler 56.1% NY-20Gillibrand 55.1% NY-24Arcuri 49.5% OH-18Space 56.7% PA-10Carney 55.4% WI-8Kagen 44.0%

WINNING IN THE TOUGH DISTRICTS Nationally, Hillary has won Hispanic voters by 30 points (64-34). Hispanics make up more than 10% of the voters in 6 of the districts In Texas, she won by 34 points (66-32). DistrictMember% Hispanic AZ-5Mitchell13.3% AZ-8Giffords18.2% CA-11McNerney19.7% FL-16Mahoney10.1% TX-22Lampson20.3% TX-23Rodriguez65.1%

Excluding caucus victories, where turn out is significantly lower than in primaries or general elections, Sen. Obama has won only 23. Hillary has also won 10 of the 15 districts rated “toss up” for 2008 by the Cook Political Report. Sen. Obama has won only 4. WINNING IN THE TOUGH DISTRICTS Of Cook’s 80 “competitive” districts, Hillary has won 40 to Sen. Obama’s 31. DistrictMember AL-05Cramer OR-05Hooley PA-10Carney TX-22Lampson AZ-01Renzi MN-03Ramstad MS-01Wicker NJ-03Saxton DistrictMember NJ-07Ferguson NM-01Wilson NY-25Walsh NY-26Reynolds OH-15Pryce OH-16Regula VA-11Davis

WINNING IN THE TOUGH DISTRICTS Hillary is the candidate who will win in tough districts. Paid for by Hillary Clinton for President