Always vote against anyone who says Al Gore claimed to have invented the Internet. He did not say that, and what he did claim to do he did, and it was important to the development of the Internet as we know it. So anyone who says Al Gore claimed to have invented the internet is both spewing a deceptive bit of partisan propoganda but is also showing they don't know what they are talking about, particularly in regards to IT.

David left out Pete Ashdown running for the US Senate in Utah against Orrin Hatch. Pete is the most techie candidate I've come across. Pete is owner and chief technologist for xmission.com, the largest independent ISP in Utah. Pete personally writes his own blog (http://www.peteashdown.org/) and has used the Wiki to invite constituents to help craft his formal position statements. He's the most tech oriented candidate I've come across so far, and he's running for a national seat in the Senate.