The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is building its Red to Blue program, Roll Call's David Drucker reports this morning, adding fourteen more candidates from Republican-held districts the party thinks it has a legitimate shot at winning. That brings to 37 the total number of districts the party is putting among its top-tier targets.

Districts targeted range from those seen as highly likely to take back Republican-held seats, like Fairfax County Board of Supervisors chairman Gerry Connolly in Virginia's Eleventh District, to those seen as longer shots, like businessman Glenn Nye in Virginia's Second District and Queen Anne County State's Attorney Frank Kratovil in Maryland's First District.

While some of the seats seem within Democrats' reach, others seem to be rather ambitious. National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Ken Spain told Drucker the DCCC was just "trotting out their B-list candidates" to get some free press. Still, as Democrats have a massive cash on hand advantage, they will be able to make Republicans worry about districts they might otherwise not be concerned with.

Too, as Democrats press their advantage even in seats in which they start off as severe underdogs, Republicans will not be able to play offense as much as they might like. By adding to the Red to Blue program, Democrats can simultaneously help those incumbents endangered enough to be on the Frontline program for vulnerable incumbents.

Twenty additional candidates could be on pace to qualify for the program, which aids candidates with fundraising, communications and other assistance from Washington. Some, like former Nevada Democratic Party chair Jill Derby, have prior political experience (Derby lost to Republican freshman Dean Heller by five points in 2006), while others, including businessman Michael Skelly, challenging Rep. John Culberson in Texas' Seventh District, have seemingly come from nowhere.

Full list of challengers added to the Red to Blue program after the jump.