You’ve heard of the Bill Parcells coaching tree – the number of his assistants and former associates who have gone on to become head coaches themselves – and perhaps someday we’ll look at the slew of former U.S. Attorneys running for office and talk about the John Ashcroft Lawmaker Tree. (Okay, perhaps the Ashcroft-Gonzales-Mukasey Tree.)

Last year we saw Chris Christie elected governor of New Jersey. Now you could well see three former federal prosecutors running for Congress, just in Pennsylvania. Patrick Meehan has raised $790,000 since announcing his candidacy on Sept. 14, running in that state’s 7th congressional district. Thomas Marino will soon be announcing in the 10th congressional district. Mary Beth Buchanan is expected to announce in the near future for the seat in the 4th district.

Meanwhile, in Arkansas’s 2nd district, Tim Griffin is now ranked among the NRCC’s Young Guns, and raised more than $250,000 in the last quarter.