Jim Himes had a phenomenal fund raising quarter in the CT-04, my home district. He’s campaigning to defeat Chris Shays, the last Republican in Congress from New England. According to My Left Nutmeg, Himes has over $1 million cash on hand and is poised to be the best funded challenger Shays has faced yet. Himes is a strong candidate, a good Democrat, and he’s lucky to have a really good team working for him that includes a number of veterans of the Lamont campaign and the Connecticut blogosphere. I expect Himes to continue to show a strong grassroots donor base as the cycle evolves, giving him the resources he needs to defeat Shays in an expensive media market.