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Here are our latest gubernatorial ratings. 2009 races in italics.
# - Moved benefiting Democrats
* - Moved benefiting Republicans
Lean Takeover (5 R, 5 D)
Here are our latest gubernatorial ratings. 2009 races in italics.
# – Moved benefiting Democrats
* - Moved benefiting Republicans
Lean Takeover (5 R, 5 D)
Open seats are usually tougher to defend for the incumbent party, but in the case of Kentucky in 2010, Republican strategists are more than happy to start with a clean slate.
Almost immediately after Sen. Jim Bunning (R) narrowly won a second term in 2004, Democrats started thinking about his…
Even Democrat Paula Brooks’s political foes see her as a formidable candidate. But many of them think that she may have chosen the wrong district and the wrong cycle to run for Congress.
Early last cycle, the Democrat explored a run in the open 15th District race. She eventually deferred to…
Republicans were at risk of falling further behind Democrats in organizing for the post-2010 round of redistricting, but a new group led by former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) is looking to fill the gap.
Redistricting may seem like a…
Somebody needs to tell Virginia gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds that the “culture wars” are over. Apparently, he didn’t get the memo.
Deeds is banking on completing his comeback in this year’s Virginia gubernatorial race by portraying Republican nominee Bob McDonnell, the commonwealth’s…
The nation’s two main political parties are a little like an old married couple. Both are carrying chips on their shoulders from past slights and injustices, real and imagined. It’s all about “getting even” these days — plus a dose of short-term politics for good measure.
The current fight over…
Here are our latest House ratings.
#- Moved benefiting Democrats
* – Moved benefiting Republicans
Pure Toss-Up (3 R, 11 D)
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AL 2 (Bright, D) *
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ID 1 (Minnick, D) *
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IL 10 (Open; Kirk, R)
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MD 1 (Kratovil, D) *
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MS 1 (Childers, D) *
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NH 1…
Here are our latest House ratings.
#- Moved benefiting Democrats
* - Moved benefiting Republicans
Pure Toss-Up (3 R, 11 D)
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AL 2 (Bright, D) *
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ID 1 (Minnick, D) *
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IL 10 (Open; Kirk, R)
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MD 1 (Kratovil, D) *
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MS 1 (Childers, D) *
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NH…
It’s just after Labor Day of the off year, but at least a dozen House incumbents who narrowly won last year already have formidable opponents for 2010. One of the most vulnerable surely is Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Ohio), a freshman who represents Union and Madison counties, as well as a part of…