Robert Casey

There is no shortage of second and third generations of American political families addressing delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week: Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy; James Roosevelt, Jr., the grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL), the son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988; U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), the daughter of former New Orleans Mayor/U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Moon Landrieu; U.S. Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA), the son of former Pennsylvania Gov. Bob Casey; Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, the daughter of former Ohio Gov. John Gilligan; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the daughter of former Baltimore Mayor/U.S. Rep. Thomas D’Alesandro; Iowa Gov. Chet Culver, the son of former U.S. Sen. John Culver (D-IA); New York Gov. David Paterson, the son of former New York Secretary of State Basil Paterson; and Cecile Richards, the daughter of former Texas Governor Anne Richards.

New Jersey exported almost twice as many dollars to Republican U.S. Senators than they did to the Democrats who unseated them in six states, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Republican Senators in Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia raised $815,295 from New Jersey, while the Democratic Senators-elect brought in $430,392 in Garden State dollars.

Missouri: James Talent, $63,900; Claire McCasskill, $21,900
Montana: Conrad Burns, $102,375; Jon Tester, $16,850
Ohio: Mike DeWine, $96,250; Sherrod Brown, $29,700
Pennsylvania: Rick Santorum, $396,525; Robert Casey, $238,242
Rhode Island: Lincoln Chafee, $21,450; Sheldon Whitehouse, $91,100
Virginia: George Allen, $134,795; James Webb, $32,600