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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Every election cycle, a handful of races not taken very seriously early on become truly competitive contests, and this year is no exception.
Every candidate, of course, has a scenario. But most of those scenarios — and most of those candidates — evaporate well before October.…
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Like just about everyone else, I’m more than a little confused about the Louisiana Senate race.
According to OnMessage Inc., which conducts polling for Republican challenger John Kennedy in the Louisiana race, the two-term Democrat-turned-Republican state treasurer trails incumbent Sen. Mary…
According to nonpartisan and Republican polls, Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.) is one of the most endangered incumbents in the country. But public Democratic polls tell an entirely different story.
A recent Oct. 8-12 Franklin & Marshall College survey showed Hazelton Mayor Lou Barletta (R) leading…
Here are our latest House ratings. Our latest estimate is a Democratic gain of 25-30 seats.
Any seats not listed are currently considered to be at limited risk for the incumbent party.
# = Moved benefiting Democrats
* = Moved benefiting Republicans
^ = Newly added
PURE TOSS-UP (8 R,…
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Chris Shays of Connecticut, the last Republican in the House of Representatives from New England, is used to running against the partisan tide. But this year, the wave might be too high for the Republican congressman to overcome.
Shays is just one of many GOP candidates…
Here are our latest Senate ratings. Our latest estimate is a Democratic gain of 6-9 seats.
# = Moved benefiting Democrats
* = Moved benefiting Republicans
Likely Takeover (4 R, 0 D)
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Sununu (R-NH) #
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CO Open (Allard, R) #
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NM Open (Domenici, R)
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VA Open (Warner, R)
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Total Electoral Votes
(270 needed to win)
Obama - 235 (safe/likely) + 71 (lean) = 306
McCain - 140 (safe/likely) + 23 (lean) = 163
Toss-ups = 69
Toss-Ups
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Florida (27)
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Indiana (11)
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Missouri (11)
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Nevada (5)
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North Carolina (15)
Lean McCain
With the amount of media coverage that retired General Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama received over the weekend, you might think that it was a game-changer. It wasn’t.
Powell remains an important and widely admired political figure, and he could have had some impact on the 2008…