[Izulde]

1806 Midterms - Governor Races
The Moderate Federalists, emboldened by Winthrop Sargent's win in Mississippi, sent out George Truitt in Red-friendly Delaware and fielded Silas Wood in New York. After some discussion, Jeremiah Smith ran for Governor of New Hampshire over private track John Bell, the party fearing incumbent Benjamin Pierce, while John Bayard, one of the faction's most capable governors, got the nod in New Jersey over disgraced faction leader Richard Stockton for the faction's representation. Some thought was given to having Martin Chittenden leave his job as a Vermont statehouse representative to run against James Fisk, but ultimately the faction chose to stand him down.

1806 Midterms - House Races
CT-1: Theodore Dwight (1, Moderate)
CT-2: Benjamin Tallmadge (1, Conservative) (Toss-up seat)
DE-1: James A Bayard Sr (1, Conservative)
MA-4: Peleg Coffin Jr (1, Moderate) (Toss-up Seat)
MD-1: George Dent (1, Conservative)
NH-1: Clifton Claggett (1, Moderate)
NJ-2: Richard Stockton (1, Moderate, Faction Leader) (Toss-up Seat)
NY-3: Philip van Cortlandt (1, Conservative) (Toss-up Seat)
NY-4: Philip J Schulyer (1, Moderate) (Red +2 Seat)
OH-1: Jacob Burnet (1, Moderate)
PA-2: Amos Slaymaker (1, Moderate) (Red +2 Seat)
RI-1: Asher Robbins (1, Moderate)
SC-1: Robert Barnwell (2, Moderate) (Military Track*)
VT-1: Dudley Chase (1. Moderate)

* - Can only come off the private track if no one else from the Federalist party runs for the seat

The Moderate Federalists studiously avoided running in any seat that had a Blue lean, for though the national climate had greatly softened, the Democratic-Republicans still held a considerable national advantage. The faction also lamented they had literally no one in Virginia, which had a Red +1 seat sitting in VA-4.

4 governor candidates, 13 or 14 House candidates. To be sure, not a huge number of individuals for the lowest-regarded faction in the entire country, but it was a start. And after all, under new shadow leader Izulde Jestor, the Moderate Federalists had already doubled their political representation, with a Governor and a Senator, and perhaps another Senator to come, pending the results in Mississippi.

It must be said that despite the 17-18 overall candidates, the possibility of a 0% success rate was high. Even with the more hospitable climate, many of their most talented (John Bell, John Quincy Adams), did not yet make the move to leave the private sector or statehouse, and many national observers said, "The Federalists might win a few races." Rather than the sort of rebuke that might lead to true answering to Thomas Jefferson.