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Full List Of Dem House Pickups
Here they are, all 27 of them:
* AZ-05
* AZ-08
* CA-11
* CO-07
* CT-05
* FL-16
* FL-22
* IA-01
* IA-02
* IN-02
* IN-08
* IN-09
* KY-03
* KS-02
* MN-01
* NC-11
* NH-01
* NH-02
* NY-19
* NY-20
* NY-24
* OH-18
* PA-04
* PA-07
* PA-10
* TX-22
* WI-08
And it could turn out to be 28, depending on the outcome of the pending recount of CT-02.
Update: A commenter points out that Dem Patrick Murphy is hanging on to a 1,521-vote lead in PA-08 over GOP Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick with 100 percent of precincts reporting. So the Dem pickup could reach 29.
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Don't forget PA-08! Murphy is up by ~1500 votes with all precincts in.
Best tracking map, IMHO: http://www.nytimes.com/ref/elections/2006/House.html
(Note that it doesn't auto-update the data, so you need to do a periodic browser reload.)
November 8, 2006 8:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
CNN has also called CA-11 for the Democrats. 53-47 with 98% reporting.
November 8, 2006 9:18 AM | Reply | Permalink
Even more amazing to me is that only one sitting House Dem lost to a Republican (Marshall, Georgia 08). We kept (almost) all our own seats and took 27-28 of theirs. Amazing.
November 8, 2006 9:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
"Patrick" Murphy is ahead in PA-08. His first name is Patrick NOT Chris
November 8, 2006 9:48 AM | Reply | Permalink
Near as I can tell, all seats with an incumbent that changed hands went from Rep -> Dem; the GOP did not kick out any Dem incumbents. What I can't find is a list of OPEN seats that switched hands. Did they all break for their same party, was there a split?
November 8, 2006 1:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thus far, no Dem incumbents have lost to the GOP at the House, Senate, or gubernatorial level. I repeat: a shut-out.
There is one seat that may yet break up the no-hitter: GA-12, where Barrow (D) is up 51.2-48.8 (about 3400 votes) with 96% reporting. I predict he will pull through.
Note also: William Jefferson (D-Cold Cash) finished first, but will face a runoff against a fellow Louisiana Dem. Given that Jefferson polled exactly 30% of the vote in a race with 5 serious contenders (2 named Carter, one of whom goes to the runoff), I'd say his re-election chances aren't exactly promising.
As for open seats -- sorry, don't know of anyone compiling the results.
November 8, 2006 2:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
NH-01 and NH-02 get lost in the general excitement but it's a place to look to get an idea of the depth of anger with the status quo.
Both Republican congressmen were voted out and 2 dems were elected for the first time in 95 years. NH-01 (Jeb Bradley) was expected to be an easy Repub win but he was beat by a candidate who was basically unknown until she won the Democratic primary.
And then there are the state and local offices. It looks like the NH state Senate will have a Democratic majority as well as the (400 member!) House. For the House, that's the first time since 1922 that the republicans are a minority. In addition, the Democratic governor won with the largest plurality in state history in his reelection.
Hope other places nation-wide experienced this kind of local Democratic surge.
(We still have two Republican Senators. Alas, this year neither had to face the blue tsunami that hit the state.)
November 8, 2006 2:29 PM | Reply | Permalink