Here are the key races for crime issues according to The Justice Coalition. The urls are next to or under the names rather than embedded blog style because it came via email and we don't have the time to retype it.

Please note: the candidates with bolded names are our choice. The Justice Project did not make recommendations.

Here's the email:

"Following are the candidates in some key elections from across the country, the winners of which can make significant impacts on the death penalty at both the state and federal levels. Please take a moment to research your candidates' positions on the issues and vote! This is certainly not a comprehensive list, and only those statewide candidates with web pages have been listed. Write-in candidates have also been excluded. Among the many places to get information on all the national campaigns is Politics1.com and the Moratorium Campaign's excellent compilation on their website as well.

Governor Florida

Jeb Bush (incumbent, R) http://www.myflorida.com/b_eog/owa/b_eog_www.html.main_page

Bob Kunst (I)
http://www.kunstforgov.com/

Bill McBride (D)
http://www.mcbride2002.com/

Governor Idaho

Jeff Brady (D)
http://www.bradyforidaho.com/

Dirk Kempthorne (incumbent, R)
http://www2.state.id.us/gov/index.htm

Governor Maryland

Bob Ehrlich ®
http://www.bobehrlich.org/intro.html

Spear Lancaster (L)
http://www.spear2002.com/

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D)
http://www.friendsofkathleen.com/

Governor, Texas

Rahul Mahanjan (G)
http://www.rahulmahajan.com/

Rick Perry (incumbent, R)
http://www.rickperry.org/

Tony Sanchez (D)
http://www.tonysanchez.com/default.php

US Senate, New Jersey

Doug Forrester ®
http://www.forrester2002.com/

Ted Glick (G)
http://www.glickforsenate.org/

Frank Lautenberg (D)
http://www.defenddemocracy.org/templ/display.cfm?id=178&dis=3

Elizabeth Macron (L)
http://www.macron4senate.com/

Greg Pason (S)
http://www.votepason.org/

US Senate, South Carolina

Lindsey Graham ®
http://www.lindseygraham.com/

Victor Kocher (L)
http://www.votekocher.com/

Alex Sanders (D)
http://www.sanders2002.com/

US Senate, Minnesota

Norm Coleman ®
http://www.colemanforsenate.com/

Walter Mondale (DFL)
http://www.fritzmondale.org/

Miro Drago Kovatchevich (Constitution)
http://www.manidest.com/

Jim More (IP)
http://www.mooreforsenate.org/

Ray Tricomo (G)
http://www.raytricomo.org/

US Senate, Missouri

Jean Carnahan (incumbent, D)
http://www.jeancarnahan.com/

Tamara Millay (L)
http://www.tamaramillay.org/

Daniel "Digger" Romano (G)
http://www.mogreens.org/romano.htm

Jim Talent ®
http://www.talentforsenate.com/

You can register to vote and find out more about the candidates through an interactive map on the Justice Project's website.

We like the Moratorium Campaign's list of key races. It has snippets on the various candidates' positions.