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freepcrusher
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« on: February 02, 2013, 10:23:21 PM »

Bob Edgar (was congressman from the philly burbs before they were dem leaning)
John Brademas (very liberal congressman from Michiana area)
Scott Garrett (R leaning seat but these are LoBiondo Rs)
Phillip Crane (represented Cook County panhandle, was a john bircher if I recall)
Morris Udall - before the 81 remap gave him a new seat, he was considered too liberal
Doug Bereuter - fairly moderate R for the district he represented
Edith Green - fairly hawkish and conservative leaning dem considering she represented Portland
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« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2013, 10:52:16 PM »

Bob Turner, Joseph Cao, and Charles Djou.

Turner - don't know much about him but I would say you're right since he is supposedly pretty conservative

Cao - he was a moderate pub. He wasn't that far off ideologically from the Boggs

Djou - he was also somewhat moderate. It's not like Louie Gohmert held that seat
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« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2013, 10:54:39 PM »

Speaking of that area, I would add Abner Mikva, who represented a district in North Cook county that was around R+10 and his voting record was as liberal as Rostenkowski and Sid Yates. 

Another good addition would be Paul Ryan before the 2002 redistricting.  Democrats should have clubbed him over the head and beat him in 1998 with some of the ideas he had about Social Security. 

Rosty was a fairly moderate dem. I'd compare him to someone like Lipinski. As for Paul Ryan, the people in WI-1 always re-elected him because he kept a low profile. It wasn't until he started unveiling his "path to poverty" that his percentages declined (whether he's going to be vulnerable from now on remains to be seen)
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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2013, 08:30:24 PM »

here's another one I forgot about - Dick Ottinger. He was a very liberal democrat (ADA score averaged around 94) who represented northern Westchester county. If he represented the district now, he would be a better fit but in the 70s and 80s the district was about R+5 in PVI.
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