Friday, October 24, 2008
The past week has been a wild one for congressional races nationwide. Some contests have gotten more competitive, and in some districts one party has even pulled away. And by "one party," we do in fact mean "one party"--the Democrats. This week the Crystal Ball is making 33 changes to its House ratings, some of them major, and others minor. In all but two of those races the changes benefit Democrats.
The two districts resisting this week's Blue tide are Florida's 16th, home to scandal-plagued Democrat Tim Mahoney , and Kansas's 2nd, where Nancy Boyda is now facing a tight toss-up race.
Let's look at this week's changes, with seats currently held by the GOP highlighted in Red and Democrat-held seats in Blue.
|
AL-02 |
OPEN |
Leans R |
Toss-up |
|
AZ-03 |
Shadegg |
Likely R |
Leans R |
|
CA-04 |
OPEN |
Likely R |
Toss-up |
|
CA-50 |
Bilbray |
Likely R |
Leans R |
|
CT-04 |
Shays |
Leans R |
Leans D |
|
FL-08 |
Keller |
Toss-up |
Leans D |
|
FL-16 |
Mahoney |
Leans R |
Likely R |
|
FL-24 |
Feeney |
Toss-up |
Leans D |
|
FL-25 |
M. Diaz-Balart |
Leans R |
Toss-up |
|
ID-01 |
Sali |
Likely R |
Leans R |
|
IL-10 |
Kirk |
Leans R |
Toss-up |
|
IN-03 |
Souder |
Safe R |
Leans R |
|
KS-02 |
Boyda |
Leans D |
Toss-up |
|
KY-02 |
OPEN |
Leans R |
Toss-up |
|
LA-06 |
Cazayoux |
Toss-up |
Leans D |
|
MD-01 |
OPEN |
Leans R |
Toss-up |
|
MI-07 |
Walberg |
Toss-up |
Leans D |
|
MI-09 |
Knollenberg |
Leans R |
Toss-up |
|
MN-03 |
OPEN |
Toss-up |
Leans D |
|
MN-06 |
Bachmann |
Safe R |
Toss-up |
|
MO-06 |
Graves |
Likely R |
Leans R |
|
NE-02 |
Terry |
Likely R |
Leans R |
|
NJ-05 |
Garrett |
Likely R |
Leans R |
|
NM-01 |
OPEN |
Toss-up |
Leans D |
|
NM-02 |
OPEN |
Toss-up |
Leans D |
|
NY-26 |
OPEN |
Leans R |
Toss-up |
|
NC-08 |
Hayes |
Toss-up |
Leans D |
|
OH-16 |
OPEN |
Toss-up |
Leans D |
|
PA-03 |
English |
Leans R |
Toss-up |
|
SC-01 |
Brown |
Safe R |
Likely R |
|
TX-07 |
Culberson |
Likely R |
Leans R |
|
WV-02 |
Capito |
Likely R |
Leans R |
|
WY-AL |
OPEN |
Leans R |
Toss-up |
Here is the total picture on our current ratings:
Stay tuned next week for further updates. As some races heat up and others cool off, the Crystal Ball will be there to deliver you the latest forecast.
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