Are you a blogger with an intense focus on local or state politics? Or are you a politics junkie who's noticed that your local paper or TV station isn't the only place where political news breaks anymore?
Locally-focused political blogs are steadily coming into their own, and their unique blend of passionate engagement, wry observation, on- and off-line community and freewheeling conversation are started to affect the dynamics of local political campaigns and issues. Politicos of all stripes ignore them at their peril.
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- A Minority of One
- Redneckin - Phenix City
- The World Around You
- War Liberal
- Arizona Democratic Party
- Arizona Progressive Community
- AZ-Vote
- AZCongress Watch
- Blog for Arizona
- Chad Campbell – Phoenix City Council District 4
- Coyote Blog
- Jason For Arizona
- Just Deserts
- Kevin Spidel
- Liberal Desert
- No Pundit Intended
- Plugged In
- Rum, Romanism and Rebellion – Tucson
- Shut Up And Teach
- Slightly Off Center
- The Arizona Progressive Caucus
- The Scottsdale Insider – Scottsdale
- Western Democrat: Arizona
- Around The Capitol
- California Insider
- CGF Journal - Santa Clara/San Mateo Counties
- Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley
- LA Observed - Los Angeles
- LAVoice.org - Los Angeles
- Lonewacko
- Mayor Sam - Los Angeles
- Sacramento For Democracy – Sacramento
- San Jose Inside - San Jose
- San Mateo Country Democracy For America - San Mateo
- Santa Barbara County Democrats - Santa Barbara
- Sonoma Country Democrac For America - Sonoma
- 5280.com - Denver
- Clay Calhoun
- Colorado Luis
- Colorado Pols - Hinsdale County
- Exultate Justi
- Mount Virtus
- View from a Height
- Abstract Appeal – St. Petersburg
- Alachuapolitix
- Bark Bark Woof Woof - South Florida
- Blogwood - Tampa
- Discourse.net - Coral Gables
- EditEngine - Tampa Bay
- Flablog
- Florida News
- Florida Politics
- Florida Politix
- Infomaniac: Behind The News – Miami
- Interstate4Jamming – Polk County, Tampa Bay and Central Florida
- Pensacola Beach Blog - Pensacola Beach
- Political Insider
- Saint PetersBlog – St. Petersburg
- Seminole Heights – Seminole Heights, Tampa
- Somewhere on A1A
- South of the Suwanne
- Tallahassee’s Leaders Forum – Tallahassee
- The Gainesville Report - Gainesville
- Atlanta Public Affairs
- Blog For Democracy
- Chris Is Hardcore
- Confessions of a Political Junkie
- Cracker Squire
- From The Roots – Decatur
- Metroblogging Atlanta - Atlanta
- Radical Georgia Moderate
- Archpundit
- Blogging Blagojevich's Blunders
- Capitol Fax
- Chicago Report - Chicago
- Discursive Recursions
- DJW Info - Cook County
- DownLeft
- Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog
- Extreme Wisdom
- Free Will
- Heroes from the Past - Chicago
- IlliniPundit
- Makes me Ralph
- Modern Vertebrate
- One Man's Thoughts - Aurora
- Openline
- Peoria Pundit
- Polis - Chicago
- Random Act of Kindness
- Red Chicago - Chicago
- Rick Klau - Naperville
- Robert Freedman - DuPage County
- So-Called "Austin Mayor"
- Steve Kier - Naperville
- The Inside Dope
- Tom Cross
- WurfWhile - DuPage County
- Cass County Democratic Party
- NA Confidential - New Albany
- Volunteer Hoosier
- Fiber411.com - Lafayette
- JeffBlanco.blogdrive.net
- Lafayette ProFiber - Lafayette
- Let the People Vote - Lafayette
- LUS Lafayette Fiber to the Home - Lafayette
- Right Hand Thief
- Timshel
- Baltimore Reporter - Baltimore
- BaySense - Chesapeake
- OnBackground
- The Law and Politics Blog
- Inside Minnesota Politics
- Minnesota Democrats Exposed
- Minnesota Politics
- Minnesota Republican Watch
- MN Lefty Liberal
- MN Publius
- Norwegianity
- Pollytick In Minnesota
- The Minnesota Critic
- The Pie-Eyed Picayune
- Blog St. Louis - St. Louis
- BlogKC - Kansas City
- Blunt Watch
- Chuck Currie
- DangerBlog
- Diatriber
- Gone Mild
- Todd Elkins
- Albloggerque – Albuquerque
- Cocoposts – Albuquerque
- Defend NM
- Democracy for New Mexico
- Democratic Underground NM
- Duke City Fix - Albuquerque
- Errors of Enchantment
- FarrFeed - Taos
- Greg Burton Albuquerque Blog – Albuquerque
- Joe Monahan
- Mario Burgos
- mjh’s Blog
- New Mexico Matters
- New Mexico Politics
- New Mexico Progressive
- New MexiKen
- New West Network - Albuquerque & Sante Fe
- No Payne - No gain
- Only In New Mexico – Albuquerque
- SouthWest Organizing Project
- Soy Blue
- Truth, Rants and Ramblings
- Democracy in Albany - Albany
- Buffalo Pundit - Buffalo
- Cazenovia Free Press - Cazenovia
- GOP and the City - New York City
- Gotham Notes - New York City
- Living in Dryden - Dryden
- NYCO's Blog
- Red-StaterWisdoms
- Right Events - New York City
- Slant Point - New York City
- The BUFFALOg - Buffalo
- The Yonkers Citizen - Yonkers
- Western New York's Coalition for Progress
- WFP Blog
- A Little Urbanity - Greensboro
- Carolina Christian Conservative - Greensboro
- CathColl.net
- Choices of Democracy
- Ed Cone
- Election Projection
- Greensboro Is Talking - Greensboro
- Greensboro101 - Greensboro
- Hogg's Blog - Greensboro
- MarkTurner.Net
- Monkey Media Report
- NC Democratic Party Blog
- NC Rumors
- News-Record.com: The Inside Scoop
- Off Deadline - Raleigh
- Ogre's Politics & Views
- Orange Politics - Orange County
- Tar Heel Dems
- The Editor's Log
- The Liberty News - Liberty
- The ProCare Blog
- The Pryhills: Living in Wholly Matrimony
- The View From The Cheap Seats - Cabarrus County
- Wataugawatch - Wataugadem County
- An Age Like This
- Blue 88
- Brewed Fresh Daily
- Bring Ohio Home
- Callahan’s Cleveland Diary - Cleveland
- Cincinnati Black Blog - Cincinnati
- Cincinnati Blog - Cincinnati
- Cincinnati News - Cincinnati
- Coins for Change
- Democracy Guy
- Hypothetically Speaking
- Ohio 2nd
- Ohio 3rd
- Ohio Law
- Ohio Liberal
- Ohio Watch
- People Have the Power - Columbus
- Red-State
- Red Wheelbarrow
- Sardonic Views
- Seven Cent Nickel
- Shameless Agitator
- Sherrod Brown for Senate Blog
- Spacetropic
- Szollosi Toledo - Toledo City Council Member
- The Chief Source
- The Kirk
- Toledo Bloggers - Toledo
- Walk In Brain
- BatesLine - Tulsa
- Dustbury.com
- Homeowners for Fair Zoning - Tulsa
- MedBlogged - Tulsa
- OkiePundit
- Tulsa Topics - Tulsa
- Basie!
- Blue Oregon
- Jack Bog's Blog - Portland
- Portland Communique - Portland
- Keystone Blog
- Marjo Moor
- Philadelphia: America's Hometown - Philadelphia
- Philly Future - Philadelphia
- Tube City Online - McKeesport
- Young Philly Politics - Philadelphia
- A Progressive on the Prairie
- Clean Cut Kid
- Dakota Today
- Dirty Flower
- Irreconcilable Musings
- Jay Reding
- Law Watch
- Mount Blogmore - Rapid City
- Northern Valley Beacon - Brown County
- Proud Liberal
- Revitalizing the S.D. Democratic Party
- Rounds Watch
- Ryne McClaren
- Sibby Online
- South Dakota Politics
- Thune Watch
- Blake's Blog - Memphis
- Hobbs Online
- South Knox Bubba - South Knox
- Austin Bloggers - Austin
- Bert's Blog - Midland
- Blogging for Midland - Midland
- Burnt Orange Report
- Corked Bats - Dallas
- FrontBurner - Dallas
- Grits for Breakfast
- Jessica's Well - Midland
- Panhandle Truth Squad
- The Red State
- 750 Volts
- Brian Patton
- Central VA
- Charlottesville Indymedia – Charlottesville
- Commonwealth Commonsense
- Cville News - Charlottesville
- Democracy for Virginia
- Documenting Democracy
- GOTV
- My Own Backyard
- Raising Kaine
- Rick Sincere News and Thoughts
- SW Virginia Law Blog
- The Red Stater - Charlottesville
- The Virginia Progressive
- Virginia Family Values
- Virginia News Review
- Virginia Young Democrats Blog
- Waldo Jaquith
- Watchdogging the VA Legislature
- After the Election - Clark County
- BetterDonkey.org - Seattle
- Cascadia Scorecard
- Evergreen Politics
- Eye on Olympia - Olympia
- Horsesass.org
- Josh's Weblog
- King County Dems - King County
- Metroblogging Seattle - Seattle
- Northwest Progressive Institute
- Orcinus
- Our Congress
- Pacific Views
- Pleasing to Remember - King County
- Political State Report
- Seablogs - Seattle
- Seattle for Dean
- Sound Politics
- Upper Left
- Washington State Political Report
- Western Democrat
- Daly Thoughts
- Stephanie Heck’s Blog - Huntington
- Badger Blog Alliance
- Boots and Sabers
- Brewtown Politico - Milwaukee
- Fighting Bob
- Lakeshore Laments - Manitowoc-Sheboygan
- On The Borderline - St. Croix County
- Dakota Blog Alliance
- Rocky Mountain Alliance - Denver, CO
Other useful directories:
- Civic Strategies list of "urblogs," that is, urban-focused blogs.
- Metroblogging, a directory of group-written blogs covering more than 20 cities.
