House Race predictions
This entry was posted on 11/6/2006 10:14 AM and is filed under uncategorized.
UPDATE 11/7 11:48pm - I have bolded the predictions that I got right and striked the ones I missed. Some surprises in the house races. I'll continue updating...
UPDATE 11/7 6:20pm - I'll be watching the returns with Allan Burns, candidate for GA-7 tonight. I'll be updating/marking up my predictions as we go tonight.
The house races are the toughest ones to predict. Democrats do get a majority but not the 35-40 seats some are predicting. Again..I hope I am wrong....
I did not count the D PICKUPS until I finished the list. I expected to have around 19 when I finished. It looks like I ended up with 28. I'm not sure we will pick up this many.
DEMOCRATS take the House
234 - 201
| AZ1 |
Renzi I (R) |
Simon (D) |
R HOLD |
| AZ5 |
Hayworth I (R) |
Mitchell (D) |
D PICKUP |
| AZ8 Open |
Graf (R) |
Giffords (D) |
D PICKUP |
| CA11 |
Pombo I (R) |
McNerney (D) |
D PICKUP |
CO4 |
Musgrave I (R) |
Paccione (D) |
D PICKUP |
| CO5 Open |
Lamborn (R) |
Fawcett (D) |
R HOLD |
| CO7 Open |
O'Donnell (R) |
Perlmutter (D) |
D PICKUP |
| CT2 |
Simmons I (R) |
Courtney (D) |
D PICKUP |
CT4 |
Shays I (R) |
Farrell (D) |
D PICKUP |
| CT5 |
Johnson I (R) |
Murphy (D) |
D PICKUP |
FL13 Open |
Buchanan (R) |
Jennings (D) |
D PICKUP |
| FL16 Open |
Negron (R) |
Mahoney (D) |
D PICKUP |
| FL22 |
Shaw I (R) |
Klein (D) |
D PICKUP |
| GA8 |
Collins (R) |
Marshall I (D) |
D HOLD |
| GA12 |
Burns (R) |
Barrow I (D) |
D HOLD |
| ID1 Open |
Sali (R) |
Grant (D) |
R HOLD |
IL6 Open |
Roskam (R) |
Duckworth (D) |
D PICKUP |
| IL8 |
McSweeney (R) |
Bean I (D) |
D HOLD |
| IN2 |
Chocola I (R) |
Donnelly (D) |
D PICKUP |
| IN8 |
Hostettler I (R) |
Ellsworth (D) |
D PICKUP |
| IN9 |
Sodrel I (R) |
Hill (D) |
D PICKUP |
KY4 |
Davis I (R) |
Lucas (D) |
D PICKUP |
MN6 Open |
Bachmann (R) |
Wetterling (D) |
D PICKUP |
| NM1 |
Wilson I (R) |
Madrid (D) |
D PICKUP |
| NH2 |
Bass I (R) |
Hodes (D) |
D PICKUP |
| NY24 |
Meier I (R) |
Arcuri (D) |
D PICKUP |
| NC11 |
Taylor I (R) |
Shuler (D) |
D PICKUP |
OH15 |
Pryce I (R) |
Kilroy (D) |
D PICKUP |
| OH18 Open |
Padgett (R) |
Space (D) |
D PICKUP |
| PA4 |
Hart I (R) |
Altmire (D) |
D PICKUP |
PA6 |
Gerlach I (R) |
Murphy (D) |
D PICKUP |
| PA7 |
Weldon I (R) |
Sestak (D) |
D PICKUP |
| PA10 |
Sherwood I (R) |
Carney (D) |
D PICKUP |
| TX22 Open |
Sekula-Gibbs (R) |
Lampson (D) |
D PICKUP |
| VA2 |
Drake I (R) |
Kellam (D) |
R HOLD |
WI8 Open |
Gard (R) |
Kagen (D) |
R HOLD |
| WV1 |
Wakim (R) |
Mollohan I (D) |
D HOLD |