Both parties enter the 1988 House election cycle with roughly equal numbers of vulnerable seats, according to our recently completed preliminary analysis of the congressional election picture. Currently, Democrats hold 24 seats either in the toss up or leaning Democratic category while Republicans have 26 tossups or lean-Republican seats. A higher than normal percentage of incumbents winning re-election last year and a mixed political environment may be contributing to the delayed decisions.
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