U.S. House Projections Updated: GOP Still Strong at +58

Our update this morning of the U.S. House Projections page has the GOP now headed for a 58-seat net gain in the November 2 Midterm Elections, just one week from today. That’s down one from the high of +59 over the weekend. Here are the race rating changes we made since yesterday’s update:

HI1 = “Tossup” to “GOP Hold”

OR5 = “GOP Gain” to “Tossup”

CA20 = “Tossup” to “GOP Gain”

MA10 = “GOP Gain” to “Tossup”

Potential for much greater gains for the GOP remains, with 38 races still rated as a “Tossup.” However, the GOP margin in many races projected to be a “gain” for them are also very close, and could still shift back to the Democrat column. But whatever the final number of gains for the GOP, it looks to be virtually assured that Republicans will regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives. They need a net gain of 39-seats to take back the chamber.

2010 Competitive U.S. House Races – Projections

Updated: 10/26/10 – 8:00 AM CT

Current

179

256

GOP

Projected

237

198

+58

District

Republican

Democrat

Projection

AK – AL

*Don Young

Harry Crawford Jr.

GOP Hold

AL – 2

Martha Roby

*Bobby Bright

GOP Gain

AL – 5 (incumbent Griffith defeated in primary)

*Mo Brooks

Steve Raby

GOP Hold

AZ – 1

Paul Gosar

*Ann Kirkpatrick

GOP Gain

AZ – 3 (Open)

*Ben Quayle

Jon Hulburd

GOP Hold

AZ – 5

Dave Schweikert

*Harry Mitchell

GOP Gain

AZ – 7

Ruth McClung

*Raul Grijalva

Tossup

AZ – 8

Jesse Kelly

*Gabrielle Giffords

Tossup

AR – 1 (Open)

Rick Crawford

*Chad Causey

GOP Gain

AR – 2 (Open)

Tim Griffin

*Joyce Elliot

GOP Gain

AR – 4

Beth Anne Rankin

*Mike Ross

Dem Hold

CA – 3

*Dan Lungren

Amerish Bera

 

GOP Hold

CA – 11

David Harmer

*Jerry McNerney

GOP Gain

CA – 18

Mike Berryhill

*Dennis Cardoza

Tossup

CA – 20

Andy Vidak

*Jim Costa

GOP Gain

CA – 44

*Ken Calvert

Bill Hedrick

GOP Hold

CA – 45

*Mary Bono Mack

Steve Pougnet

GOP Hold

CA – 47

Van Tran

*Loretta Sanchez

Tossup

CA – 50

*Brian Bilbray

Francine Busby

GOP Hold

CO – 3

Scott Tipton

*John Salazar

GOP Gain

CO – 4

Cory Gardner

*Betsy Markey

GOP Gain

CO – 7

Ryan Frazier

*Ed Perlmutter

Tossup

CT – 1

Ann Brickley

*John Larson

Dem Hold

CT – 2

Janet Peckinpaugh

*Joe Courtney

Dem Hold

CT – 4

Dan Debicella

*Jim Himes

Tossup

CT – 5

Sam Caligiuri

*Chris Murphy

Tossup

DE – AL (Open)

*Glen Urquhart

 

John Carney Jr.

Dem Gain

FL – 2

Steve Southerland

*Allen Boyd

GOP Gain

FL – 8

Dan Webster

*Alan Grayson

GOP Gain

FL – 12 (Open)

*Dennis Ross

Lori Edwards

GOP Hold

FL – 13

*Vern Buchanan

James Golden

GOP Hold

FL – 16

*Tom Rooney

Jim Horn

GOP Hold

FL – 22

Allen West

*Ron Klein

GOP Gain

FL – 24

Sandy Adams

*Susan Kosmas

GOP Gain

FL – 25 (Open)

*David Rivera

Joe Garcia

GOP Hold

GA – 2

Mike Keown

*Sanford Bishop

Tossup

GA – 8

Austin Scott

*Jim Marshall

GOP Gain

GA – 12

Raymond McKinney

*John Barrow

Tossup

HI – 1

*Charles Djou

Colleen Hanabusa

GOP Hold

ID – 1

Raul Labrador

*Walter Minnick

Tossup

IL – 8

Joe Walsh

*Melissa Bean

Tossup

IL – 10 (Open)

*Robert Dold

Daniel Seals

Tossup

IL – 11

Adam Kinzinger

*Debbie Halvorson

GOP Gain

IL – 14

Randy Hultgren

*Bill Foster

GOP Gain

IL – 17

Bobby Schilling

*Phil Hare

GOP Gain

IN – 2

Jackie Walorski

*Joe Donnelly

Dem Hold

IN – 8 (Open – Ellsworth seat)

Dr. Larry Bucshon

*Trent Van Haaften

GOP Gain

IN – 9

Todd Young

*Baron Hill

GOP Gain

IA – 1

Ben Lange

*Bruce Braley

Tossup

IA – 2

M. Miller-Meeks

*David Loebsack

Dem Hold

IA – 3

Brad Zaun

*Leonard Boswell

Tossup

KS – 3 (Open)

Kevin Yoder

*Stephene Moore

GOP Gain

KS – 4 (Open)

*Mike Pompeo

Raj Goyle

GOP Hold

KY – 3

Todd Lally

*John Yarmuth

Dem Hold

KY – 6

Andy Barr

*Ben Chandler

Tossup

LA – 2

*Joseph Cao

Cedric Richmond

Dem Gain

LA – 3 (Open)

Jeff Landry

*Ravi Sangisetty

GOP Gain

ME – 1

Dean Scontras

*Chellie Pingree

Tossup

MD – 1

Andy Harris

*Frank Kratovil, Jr.

GOP Gain

MA – 4

Sean Bielat

*Barney Frank

Dem Hold

MA – 5

Jon Golnik

*Niki Tsongas

Dem Hold

MA – 6

Bill Hudak

*John Tierney

Dem Hold

MA – 10 (Open – Delahunt retiring)

Jeff Perry

*William Keating

 

Tossup

MI – 1 (Open, Stupak Retiring)

Dr. Daniel Benishek

*Gary McDowell

GOP Gain

MI – 7

Tim Walberg

*Mark Shauer

GOP Gain

MI – 9

Andrew Raczkowski

*Gary Peters

Tossup

MI – 15

Rob Steele

*John Dingell

Dem Hold

MN – 1

Randy Demmer

*Tim Walz

Tossup

MN – 6

*Michele Bachmann

Tarryl Clark

GOP Hold

MN – 8

Chip Cravaack

*Jim Oberstar

Dem Hold

MS – 1

Alan Nunnelee

*Travis Childers

GOP Gain

MS – 4

Steven Palazzo

*Gene Taylor

GOP Gain

MO – 3

Ed Martin

*Russ Carnahan

Dem Hold

MO – 4

Vicky Hartzler

*Ike Skelton

Tossup

ND – AL

Rick Berg

*Earl Pomeroy

GOP Gain

NE – 2

*Lee Terry

Tom White

GOP Hold

NV – 3

Dr. Joseph Heck

*Dina Titus

GOP Gain

NH – 1

Frank Guinta

*Carol Shea-Porter

GOP Gain

NH – 2 (Open)

Charles Bass

*Ann Kuster

GOP Gain

NJ – 3

John Runyan

*John Adler

GOP Gain

NJ – 6

Anna Little

*Frank Pallone

Tossup

NJ – 12

Scott Sipprelle

*Rush Holt

Tossup

NM – 1

Jon Barela

*Martin Heinrich

Tossup

NM – 2

Steve Pearce

*Harry Teague

GOP Gain

NM – 3

Tom Mullins

*Ben Ray Lujan

Dem Hold

NY – 1

Randy Altschuler

*Tim Bishop

Tossup

NY – 4

Fran Becker

*Carolyn McCarthy

Tossup

NY – 13

Mike Grimm

*Mike McMahon

Tossup

NY – 19

Nan Hayworth

*John Hall

GOP Gain

NY – 20

Chris Gibson

*Scott Murphy

GOP Gain

NY – 22

George Phillips

*Maurice Hinchey

Dem Hold

NY – 23

Matthew Doheny

(Doug Hoffman on ballot as Conservative Party nominee,  but campaign suspended; calls on supporters to vote for Doheny)

*Bill Owens

GOP Gain

NY – 24

Richard Hanna

*Michael Arcuri

Tossup

NY – 25

Ann Marie Buerkle

*Dan Maffei

Tossup

NY – 27

Leonard Roberto

*Brian Higgins

Dem Hold

NY – 29 (Open – Eric Massa resigned)

Thomas Reed

*Matthew Zeller

GOP Gain

NC – 2

Renee Elmers

*Bob Etheridge

Tossup

NC – 7

Ilario Pantano

*Mike McIntyre

Tossup

NC – 8

Harold Johnson

*Larry Kissell

GOP Gain

NC – 11

Jeff Miller

*Heath Shuler

Tossup

OH – 1

Steve Chabot

*Steve Driehaus

GOP Gain

OH – 2

*Jean Schmidt

Surya Yalamanchili

GOP Hold

OH – 6

Bill Johnson

*Charlie Wilson

Tossup

OH – 12

*Patrick Tiberi

Paula Brooks

GOP Hold

OH – 13

Thomas Ganley

*Betty Sue Sutton

Dem Hold

OH – 15

Steve Stivers

*Mary Jo Kilroy

GOP Gain

OH – 16

Jim Renacci

*John Boccieri

GOP Gain

OH – 18

Bob Gibbs

*Zack Space

GOP Gain

OK – 2

Charles Thompson

*Dan Boren

Dem Hold

OR – 1

Rob Cornilles

*David Wu

Dem Hold

OR – 4

Art Robinson

*Pete DeFazio

Dem Hold

OR – 5

Scott Bruun

*Kurt Schrader

Tossup

PA – 3

Mike Kelly

 

*Kathy Dahlkemper

GOP Gain

PA – 4

Keith Rothfus

*Jason Altmire

Dem Hold

PA – 6

*Jim Gerlach

Manan Trivedi

GOP Hold

PA – 7 (Open – Sestak Senate)

Patrick Meehan

*Bryan Lentz

GOP Gain

PA – 8

Mike Fitzpatrick

*Patrick Murphy

GOP Gain

PA – 10

Tom Marino

*Chris Carney

GOP Gain

PA – 11

Lou Barletta

*Paul Kanjorski

GOP Gain

PA – 12 (Special  – Murtha Death)

 

Tim Burns

 

*Mark Critz

 

GOP Gain

PA – 15

*Charlie Dent

John Callahan

GOP Hold

PA – 17

David Argall

*Tim Holden

Dem Hold

RI – 1 (Patrick Kennedy retiring)

 

John Loughlin, II

 

*David Cicilline

 

Tossup

SC – 1 (Open)

*Tim Scott

Ben Frasier

GOP Hold

SC – 5

Mick Mulvaney

*John Spratt

GOP Gain

SD – AL

Kristi Noem

*S. Herseth-Sandlin

GOP Gain

TN – 4

Dr. Scott DesJarlais

*Lincoln Davis

GOP Gain

TN – 5

David Hall

*Jim Cooper

Dem Hold

TN – 6 (Open)

Diane Black

*Brett Carter

GOP Gain

TN – 8 (Open)

Stephen Fincher

*Roy Herron

GOP Gain

TX – 17

Bill Flores

*Chet Edwards

GOP Gain

TX – 23

Francisco “Quico” Canseco

*Ciro Rodriguez

GOP Gain

TX – 27

Blake Farenthold

*Solomon Ortiz

Tossup

VA – 2

Scott Rigell

*Glenn Nye

GOP Gain

VA – 5

Robert Hurt

*Tom Perriello

GOP Gain

VA – 9

Morgan Griffith

*Rick Boucher

Dem Hold

VA – 11

Keith Fimian

*Gerald Connolly

Tossup

WA – 2

John Koster

*Rick Larsen

Tossup

WA – 3 (Open)

Jaime Herrera

*Denny Heck

GOP Gain

WA – 8

*Dave Reichert

Suzan DelBene

GOP Hold

WA – 9

Dick Muri

*Adam Smith

Tossup

WV – 1 (Dem inc. district – Inc. Mollohan defeted)

David McKinley

 

*Michael Olivario, II

GOP Gain

WV – 3

Elliot Maynard

*Nick Joe Rahall, II

Dem Hold

WI – 3

Dan Kapanke

*Ronald Kind

Tossup

WI – 7 (OPEN – David Obey Retiring)

Sean Duffy

*Julie Lassa

GOP Gain

WI – 8

Reid Ribble

*Steve Kagen

GOP Gain

TOTALS

 

146 Competitive House Races

 

24 GOP Seats

 

122 Dem Seats

GOP Gain – 60

Dem Gain – 02

      Tossup – 38

Net GOP Gain

+58

 


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