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As of 2005-10: "With the 2006 congressional elections a year away, 48 percent of respondents said they preferred a Democratic-controlled Congress, compared with 39 percent who said they preferred Republican leadership, NBC said.
Wall Street Journal poll had been tracking the question, NBC said." The Cook Report rates 46 Republican House seats as competitive against 20 competitive Democratic House seats. For the Democrats to pick up the 15 seats they need for a 218 House majority, they have to win their own competitive races and win 15 to 20 out of the 46 competitive Republican House seats.
Paul Hackett's strong performance, they could make a big difference in this election. And after all, this does come down to individual contests between individual candidates." Interview on National Public Radio: "Rove Sees No GOP Fall in the 2006 Election."
cw) + Outlook: Cook Report on (10/6/06) changed its rating of this race from "Likely Republican" to "Lean Republican".
Fighting Dems) + Richard Hand (R/Write-In) + Gregory Hollister (R/Write-In) + Brian Scott (D/Write-In) + External link: Emery, Erin.
cw) + Outlook: Shays is a reputedly moderate Republican who has supported Bush in his push for the Iraq war. The fourth district has become very anti-Bush and Shays is vulnerable.
cw) + Outlook: Kerry won this district in 2004, and Murphy has more than $350K cash on hand, but Johnson has a two million dollar war chest. CT's most republican district, but the mood is anti-Bush.
McKinney apologizes for run-in -- Congresswoman allegedly assaulted police officer San Francisco Chronicle, April 7, 2006.
cw) + Outlook: The Cook Report on October 6, 2006, changed its rating of this race from "Lean Republican" to "Toss-Up".
cw) + Outlook: The Cook Report on October 6, 2006 changed its rating of this race from "Likely Republican" to "Lean Republican".
Daily Kos => OH-01 + Outlook: These two have been campaigning actively for some time. Incumbent Chabot has incumbency, business support and a larger war chest, Cranley has done well in prior races and as a Cincinnati Councilman and has labor and out-of-state support. They are both lawyers and Catholics from the west side of Cincinnati, and they sound very much alike on many key issues (Cranley is pro-life, for example).
Jack Murtha on the floor of Congress drew widespread criticism, although to area residents it reportedly didn't come as much of a surprise.
CAFTA and the big budget bill did not go over well, particularly since he told an NPR reporter the night of his last-minute conversion on the budget bill that the voters back home in Chardon wouldn't notice because of how much snow they were getting that night. I don't know what he was thinking, but people in the district are pretty fed up with him. Nevertheless, he is influential and well-connected, and his Democratic opponents are well-meaning but politically inexperienced. Katz is a well-respected legal scholar, and I've heard that he speaks well, but he has no political resume.
cw) + Dave Smith (Constitution) + Outlook: Cook Report (10/6/06) - rating changed from "Solid Republican" to "Likely Republican".
Mike Callaghan (D-Charleston): Former West Virginia Democratic Party Chairman; Former Secretary - WV Department of Environmental Protection.
Daily Kos => WI-08 + Outlook: Obviously, this will be a hotly contested seat. The eighth district has been Republican for all but 2 of the past twenty-odd years and went for Bush in 2004. However, Russ Feingold always does well here, and the numbers look good. Cook Report (10/6/06) - rating changed from "Lean Republican" to "Toss Up".
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