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Election 2010: Senate Balance Of Power

Senate Balance of Power: Dems 48 GOP 45 Toss-Ups 7

New polling in Connecticut has now moved that senate race from Solid Democrat to Leans Democrat in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Balance of Power rankings.

Recent polling in New Hampshire has now moved that senate race from Leans Republican to Solid Republican.

Current projections suggest that the Democrats would hold 48 seats after Election Day while the Republicans would hold 45. Seven states are in the Toss-Up category (California, Colorado, Illinois, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Washington, and West Virginia). All seven Toss-Ups are seats currently held by Democrats.

Republicans have the edge in three Democratic-held Senate seats--Arkansas, Indiana, and North Dakota.

At the moment, no Republican-held seats appear headed for the Democratic column.

The state results and overall projections will be updated whenever new polling data justifies a change (to learn how Rasmussen Reports determines its Balance of Power rankings, click here).

In the table below, the states marked in red currently have a Republican senator. Those in blue currently have a Democratic senator.

Recent changes include:

Date

State

Shift From

Shift To

Dem

GOP

Toss-up

11/1/10

Connecticut

Solid Dem

Leans Dem

48

45

7

10/30/10

New Hampshire

Leans GOP

Solid GOP

48

45

7

10/28/10

Kentucky

Leans GOP

Solid GOP

48

45

7

10/27/10

West Virginia

Leans GOP

Toss-Up

48

45

7

10/25/10

Connecticut

Leans Dem

Solid Dem

48

46

6

10/22/10

Pennsylvania

Solid GOP

Toss-Up

48

46

6

10/20/10

West Virginia

Toss-Up

Leans GOP

48

47

5

10/19/10

Kentucky

Solid GOP

Leans GOP

48

46

6

10/16/10

Colorado

Leans GOP

Toss-Up

48

46

6

10/15/10

Connecticut

Solid Dem

Leans Dem

48

47

5

10/14/10

Pennsylvania

Leans GOP

Solid GOP

48

47

5

10/12/10

West Virginia

Leans GOP

Toss-Up

48

47

5

10/9/10

Ohio

Leans GOP

Solid GOP

48

48

4

10/8/10

Florida

Leans GOP

Solid GOP

48

48

4

10/7/10

Connecticut

Leans Dem

Solid Dem

48

48

4

10/6/10

West Virginia

Toss-Up

Leans GOP

48

48

4

10/5/10

California

Leans Dem

Toss-Up

48

47

5

9/30/10

Delaware

Leans Dem

Solid Dem

49

47

4

9/30/10

Wisconsin

Toss-Up

Leans GOP

49

47

4

9/30/10

Washington

Leans Dem

Toss-Up

49

46

5

9/29/10

Colorado

Toss-Up

Leans GOP

50

46

4

9/28/10

West Virginia

Leans Dem

Toss-Up

50

45

5

9/27/10

Delaware

Solid Dem

Leans Dem

51

45

4

9/21/10

California

Toss-Up

Leans Dem

51

45

4

9/21/10

Alaska

Leans GOP

Solid GOP

50

45

5

9/20/10

West Virginia

Toss-Up

Leans Dem

50

45

5

9/16/10

Washington

Toss-Up

Leans Dem

49

45

6

9/16/10

Delaware

Leans Dem

Solid Dem

48

45

7

9/15/10

Delaware

Leans GOP

Leans Dem

48

45

7

9/14/10

Ohio

Toss-Up

Leans GOP

47

46

7

9/10/10

North Carolina

Leans GOP

Solid GOP

47

45

8

9/9/10

West Virginia

Leans Dem

Toss-Up

47

45

8

9/8/10

Kentucky

Leans GOP

Solid GOP

48

45

7

9/2/10

Washington

Leans Dem

Toss-Up

48

45

7

9/1/10

Alaska

Solid GOP

Leans GOP

49

45

6

8/31/10

Ohio

Leans GOP

Toss-Up

49

45

6

8/30/10

West Virginia

Solid Dem

Leans Dem

49

46

5

8/26/10

Florida

Toss-Up

Leans GOP

49

46

5

8/25/10

California

Leans Dem

Toss-Up

49

45

6

8/18/10

Nevada

Leans Dem

Toss-Up

50

45

5

8/17/10

Pennsylvania

Toss-Up

Leans GOP

51

45

4

8/17/10

Ohio

Toss-Up

Leans GOP

51

44

5

8/13/10

Connecticut

Solid Dem

Leans Dem

51

43

6

8/5/10

North Carolina

Solid GOP

Leans GOP

51

43

6

8/4/10

Ohio

Leans GOP

Toss-Up

51

43

6

7/30/10

Washington

Toss-Up

Leans Dem

51

44

5

7/30/10

Pennsylvania

Leans GOP

Toss-Up

50

44

6

7/29/10

Missouri

Toss-Up

Leans GOP

50

45

5

7/28/10

Nevada

Toss-Up

Leans Dem

50

44

6

7/20/10

Ohio

Toss-Up

Leans GOP

49

44

7

7/19/10

Pennsylvania

Toss-Up

Leans GOP

49

43

8

7/15/10

Delaware

Solid GOP

Leans GOP

49

42

9

7/7/10

North Carolina

Toss-Up

Solid GOP

49

42

9

7/6/10

Balance of Power Published - Initial BoP Data

49

41

10

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