The group includes both Democrats and Republicans — showing incumbents in both parties are subject to voters’ wrath.

NEW ORLEANS -- Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-La.) won the nod Saturday to face Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) in November. 

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Republicans appear to have forgiven Sen. David Vitter's "serious sin."

NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Senate candidate Charlie Melancon (D) dropped in at a makeshift campaign phone bank.

The candidates seeking to become Georgia's next governor sparred over tort reform, embryonic stem cell research and healthcare reform during their first debate since the primaries earlier this month, according to a report from the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Former Republican Congressman Nathan Deal, Democratic nominee Roy Barnes and Libertarian candidate John Monds appeared together for the first time Saturday in Atlanta, where the discussion centered heavily around healthcare issues. Barnes previously served as the state's governor from 1999 to 2003 before losing his re-election bid to Republican Sonny Perdue. Perdue, a two-term incumbent, is term-limited.

Barnes and Deal agreed on the need to create incentives to attract physicians to the rural portion of the state, but differed over a March state Supreme Court ruling that struck down a limits on jury awards in medical malpractice cases. Deal said he favors amending the Constitution to re-institute the limits. Barnes, an attorney who has tried medical malpractice cases in the past, said he is strongly opposed to such a measure.

"Generally, the jury does the right thing," Barnes said. "Occasionally, they get cranked up and don't. And in those cases we give judges the right to correct that."

Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) defended his third-party run for Colorado governor at a recent campaign stop in Denver.

The vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee said Friday night that Democrats would be meeting Saturday's Glenn Beck rally with a door-knocking effort across the country.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said on MSNBC's "Hardball" that as conservative activists rallied on the National Mall, Democrats would be trying to stress to voters that theirs are the policies taking America forward.

"You mentioned the 200,000 that may or may not be on the Mall tomorrow," the congresswoman told host Christ Matthews. "The 200,000 people that matter tomorrow are the 200,000 activists who are going to be knocking on doors tomorrow for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's National Day of Action.

"We will do 200,000 door knocks tomorrow all across America, Chris, because our grassroots engine is second to none."

Wasserman Schultz predicated "a successful election day, or at least, certainly, better than most people in Washington are thinking we're going to have on Nov. 2."

Kentucky's Democratic Senate nominee sent out a fundraising e-mail Saturday using the Alan Simpson controversy.

Law enforcement officials in Michigan are investigating whether Tea Party candidates there were involved in election fraud in an attempt to siphon votes from Republican candidates.

According to a report from the Detroit Free Press Jason Bauer, former director of operations for the Oakland County Democratic Party, notarized a dozen affidavits for Tea Party candidates including one for a candidate who had no idea he was on the ballot. Two of the candidates were also later found to be underage, and one was a resident of Phoenix, Ariz. 

The Oakland County Sheriff's Department has been investigating the matter, and on Friday, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson filed a petition in court asking for a one-person grand jury to investigate possible election fraud.

Bauer resigned Sunday night and was condemned by the Oakland County Democratic Party as reports of his actions surfaced. He faces potential criminal charges over misusing his notary license. The head of the Oakland County Democrats resigned on Sunday as well.