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Written by LNC
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Thursday, 13 November 2008 |
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The 2008 election resulted, so far, in the Democrats controlling 255 seats, the Republicans controlling 174 seats and 6 races yet undecided. This is a net Democratic gain of 22 seats as compared to 2006, though two of the gains occurred between elections. After the 2006 mid-term elections, the Democrats controlled 233 seats to the Republicans’ 202.
House seat changes:
AL-02: Bright (D) beat Love (R) for the open seat causing a party change
AL-05: Griffith (D) beat Parker (R) for the open seat
AZ-01: Kirkpatrick (D) beat Hay (R) for the open seat causing a party change
CA-52: Hunter (R) beat Lumpkin (D) for the open seat
CO-02: Polis (D) beat Starin (R) for the open seat
CO-04: Markey (D) beat Musgrave (R), the incumbent, causing a party change
CO-06: Coffman (R) beat Eng (D) for the open seat
CT-04: Himes (D) beat Shays (R), the incumbent, causing a party change
FL-08: Grayson (D) beat Keller (R), the incumbent, causing a party change
FL-15: Posey (R) beat Blythe (D) for the open seat
FL-16: Rooney (R) beat Mahoney (D), the incumbent, causing a party change
FL-24: Kosmas (D) beat Feeney (R), the incumbent, causing a party change
ID-01: Minnick (D) beat Sali (R), the incumbent, causing a party change
IL-11: Halvorson (D) beat Ozinga (R) for the open seat causing a party change
IL-18: Schock (R) beat Callahan (D) for the open seat causing a party change
KS-02: Jenkins (R) beat Boyda (D), the incumbent, causing a party change
KY-02: Guthrie (R) beat Boswell (D) for the open seat
LA-06: Cassidy (R) beat Cazayoux (D), the incumbent, causing a party change
ME-01: Pingree (D) beat Summers (R) for the open seat
MD-01: Kratovil (D) beat Harris (R) for the open seat causing a party change
MI-07: Schauer (D) beat Walberg (R), the incumbent, causing a party change
MI-09: Peters (D) beat Knollenberg (R), the incumbent, causing a party change
MN-03: Paulson (R) beat Madia (D) for the open seat
MS-03: Harper (R) beat Gill (D) for the open seat
MO-09: Luetkemeyer (R) beat Baker (D) for the open seat
NV-03: Titus (D) beat Porter (R) for the open seat causing a party change
NJ-03: Adler (D) beat Myers (R) for the open seat causing a party change
NJ-07: Lance (R) beat Stender (D) for the open seat
NM-01: Heinrich (D) beat White (R) for the open seat causing a party change
NM-02: Teague (D) beat Tinsley (R) for the open seat causing a party change
NM-03: Lujan (D) beat East (R) for the open seat
NY-13: McMahon (D) beat Straniere (R) for the open seat causing a party change
NY-21: Tonko (D) beat Buhrmaster (R) for the open seat
NY25: Maffel (D) beat Sweetland (R) for the open seat causing a party change
NY-26: Lee (R) beat Kryzan (D) for the open seat
NY-29: Massa (D) beat Kuhl (R), the incumbent, causing a party change
NC-08: Kissell (D) beat Hayes (R), the incumbent, causing a party change
OH-01: Driehaus (D) beat Chabot (R), the incumbent, causing a party change
OH-07: Austria (R) beat Swartz Neuhardt for the open seat
OH-11: Fudge (D) beat Pekarek (R) for the open seat
OH-16: Boccieri (D) beat Schuring (R) for the open seat causing a party change
OR-05: Schrader (D) beat Erickson (R) for the open seat
PA-03: Dahlkemper (D) beat English, the incumbent (R), causing a party change
PA-05: Thompson (R) beat McCracken (D) for the open seat
TN-01: Roe (R) beat Russell (D) for the open seat
TX-22: Olson (R) beat Lampson (D), the incumbent, causing a party change
UT-03: Chaffetz (R) beat Spencer (D) for the open seat
VA-02: Nye (D) beat Drake (R), the incumbent, causing a party change
VA-11: Connolly (D) beat Fimian (R) for the open seat causing a party change
WY-01: Lummis (R) beat Trauner (D) for the open seat
The following races are still undecided.
AK-01: Between Young (R), the incumbent, and Berkowitz (D)
CA-04: Between McClintock (R) and Brown (D) for the open seat
OH-15 Between Stivers (R) and Kilroy (D) for the open seat
VA-05: Between Perriello (D) and Goode (R), the incumbent
According to the New York Times, an additional two House races will be held on December 6, 2008 for LA-02 and LA-04.
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