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2008 COMPETITIVE HOUSE RACE CHART

June 18, 2008

Below is a list of the competitive and potentially competitive House races for .

Likely: These seats are not considered competitive at this point but have the potential to become engaged.
Lean: These are considered competitive races but one party has an advantage.
Toss-Up: These are the most competitive; either party has a good chance of winning.

Bolded name denotes opposing party's seat
Italicized name denotes Freshman member
* denotes possible incumbent retirement
# denotes possible serious primary challenge

Democrats currently have 19 seats listed as Lean or Toss Up.
Republicans currently have 29 seats listed as Lean or Toss Up.

LIKELY DEMOCRATIC

LEAN DEMOCRATIC

DEMOCRATIC TOSS UP

DIST. REPRESENTATIVE PVI
CT-5 Christopher Murphy D+4
GA-12 John Barrow D+2
IL-8 Melissa Bean R+5
IN-8 Brad Ellsworth R+9
KS-3 Dennis Moore R+4
MN-1 Tim Walz R+1
NH-2 Paul Hodes D+3
NY-19 John Hall R+1
NY-24 Michael Arcuri R+1
OH-18 Zack Space R+6
PA-7 Joe Sestak D+4
PA-8 Patrick Murphy D+3
PA-11 Paul Kanjorski D+5
TX-23 Ciro Rodriguez R+4

14 DEMOCRATS
0 REPUBLICANS

DIST. REPRESENTATIVE PVI
AZ-5 Harry Mitchell R+4
AZ-8 Gabrielle Giffords R+1
FL-16 Tim Mahoney R+2
GA-8 Jim Marshall R+8
IL-11 OPEN (Weller) R+1
IL-14 Bill Foster R+5
IN-9 Baron Hill R+7
KY-3 John Yarmuth D+2
LA-6 Don Cazayoux R+7
NH-1 Carol Shea-Porter R+0
NY-20 Kirsten Gillibrand R+3
OR-5 OPEN (Hooley) D+1
PA-4 Jason Altmire R+3
VA-11 OPEN (Davis) R+1
WI-8 Steve Kagen R+4

13 DEMOCRATS
2 REPUBLICANS

DIST. REPRESENTATIVE PVI
AL-5 OPEN (Cramer) R+6
CA-11 Jerry McNerney R+3
KS-2 Nancy Boyda R+7
MS-1 Travis Childers R+10
PA-10 Chris Carney R+8
TX-22 Nick Lampson R+15

6 DEMOCRATS
0 REPUBLICANS

REPUBLICAN TOSS UP

LEAN REPUBLICAN

LIKELY REPUBLICAN

DIST. REPRESENTATIVE PVI
AK-AL Don Young R+14
AZ-1 OPEN (Renzi) R+2
CO-4 Marilyn Musgrave R+9
CT-4 Christopher Shays D+5
IL-10 Mark Kirk D+4
MI-7 Tim Walberg R+2
MN-3 OPEN (Ramstad) R+1
NJ-3 OPEN (Saxton) D+3
NJ-7 OPEN (Ferguson) R+1
NM-1 OPEN (Wilson) D+2
NY-13 OPEN (Fossella) D+1
NY-25 OPEN (Walsh) D+3
NY-26 OPEN (Reynolds) R+3
NY-29 Randy Kuhl R+5
NC-8 Robin Hayes R+3
OH-1 Steve Chabot R+1
OH-15 OPEN (Pryce) R+1
OH-16 OPEN (Regula) R+4
WA-8 Dave Reichert D+2

19 REPUBLICANS
0 DEMOCRATS

DIST. REPRESENTATIVE PVI
AL-2 OPEN (Everett) R+13
FL-24 Tom Feeney R+3
LA-4 OPEN (McCrery) R+7
MI-9 Joe Knollenberg R+0
MO-6 Sam Graves R+5
NV-3 Jon Porter D+1
NM-2 OPEN (Pearce) R+6
VA-2 Thelma Drake R+6

8 REPUBLICANS
0 DEMOCRATS

DIST. REPRESENTATIVE PVI
CA-4 OPEN (Doolittle) R+11
CA-50 Brian Bilbray R+5
FL-8 Ric Keller R+3
FL-13 Vern Buchanan R+4
FL-15 OPEN (Weldon) R+4
FL-21 Lincoln Diaz-Balart R+6
IL-6 Peter Roskam R+3
IL-18 OPEN (LaHood) R+5
MD-1 OPEN (Gilchrest) R+10
MN-6 Michele Bachmann R+5
MO-9 OPEN (Hulshof) R+7
OH-2 Jean Schmidt R+13
PA-3 Phil English R+2
PA-6 Jim Gerlach D+2
PA-18 Tim Murphy R+2
WV-2 Shelley Moore Capito R+5

16 REPUBLICANS
0 DEMOCRATS

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