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AL-02: Dems take Everett’s seat
Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright picked up another seat for the Democrats in the Deep South this election night. Bright beat Alabama state representative Jay Love by a thin margin to win Rep. Terry Everett’s (R-Ala.) old seat, who is retiring after this election. Bright had received the endorsement of Love’s Republican primary opponent, Alabama state senator Harri Anne Smith, in the race.
Alaska at large: Young survives
GOP Rep.
Don Young, Alaska’s sole House member, appears to have
survived a bruising night for House Republicans. He maintains a
comfortable lead over his Democratic challenger, former state Rep.
Ethan Berkowitz, capturing 51.49 percent to Berkowitz’s 43.97. Alaska’s
independent candidate, Don Wright, grabbed 4.29.
AZ-08: Giffords holds on
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) won a second term by defeating Tim Bee, the former state Senate President in her first reelection bid. Giffords, who represents a district that includes parts of Tucson and run along Arizona’s border with Mexico, defended her seat against a challenger who attacked her on immigration and earmarks.
AZ-05: Mitchell wins second term
Rep. Harry Mitchell (D) defended his seat against one of the GOP’s top recruits to win a second term in what was recently a reliably Republican district. Mitchell defeated David Schweikert, earning 53 percent of the vote with 96 percent of precincts counted. Mitchell, the former mayor of Tempe, was first elected to Congress in 2006 after he defeated GOP stalwart J.D. Hayworth, who held the seat since 1994. President Bush won the district in 2004 with 54 percent of the vote.
AZ-01: Dems pickup Renzi’s seat
Dem candidate Ann Kirkpatrick beat GOPer Sydney Hays for Rep. Rick Renzi’s (R) seat. The Republican image in the majority-Democratic district was tarnished after Renzi gave up his seat in the wake of an FBI investigation and 35-count indictment. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent millions on behalf of Kirkpatrick, giving her an even bigger advantage in the race.
AZ-03: Shaddegg keeps seat
Rep. John Shadegg (R) kept his sea even as he was plagued by ties to indicted Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.). Shadegg announced earlier this year that he would retire from Congress before changing his mind and deciding to seek reelection.
CA-11: McNerney wins
Freshman Dem Rep. Jerry McNerney easily beat his GOP rival Dean Andal. McNerney won with 55 percent of the vote to Andal’s 45 percent. McNerney pulled off an upset in 2006, ousting a powerful Republican incumbent, Richard Pombo, and the GOP had hoped to take that seat back this year.
CA-52: Seat stays in family
As expected, GOP candidate Duncan D. Hunter has kept the seat in the family, winning his father’s district.
CO-04: Musgrave falls
Dem candidate Betsy Markey defeated incumbent GOP Rep. Marilyn Musgrave. With 79 percent of precincts reporting, Markey had 56 precent to Musgrave’s 44 percent. Musgrave has long been a Dem target and the party spent heavily in the district this cycle.
CT-04: Shays defeated
Rep. Chris Shays (R) lost to Dem rival Jim Himes, according to a CNN projection. With 40 percent of precincts reporting, Himes has 60 percent to Shays 39 percent. Himes represents another pick-up for Dems. Shays has been a longtime target in this Dem-leading district.
FL-25: Mario Diaz-Balart wins reelection
With 95 percent of precincts reporting, GOP Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart has won reelection. He took 53 percent to Dem opponent Joe Garcia’s 47 percent. Mario’s brother, Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) won reelection earlier in the evening.
FL-21: Lincoln Diaz-Balart wins reelection
GOP Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart won re-election. With 77 percent of precincts reporting, he won with 58 percent of the vote in a tough challenge from Dem candidate Raul Martinez.
FL-16: Mahoney loses
Rep. Tim Mahoney (D) lost reelection to GOP candidate Tom Rooney. For the second cycle in a row, a last-minute sex scandal involving the incumbent virtually handed the keys to Florida’s 16th congressional district seat to the challenger.
FL-8 and FL-24: Two Dem pickups
Incumbent GOP Reps. Rick Keller and Tom Feeney fell to their Dem competition. Dem Alan Grayson beat Keller in the 8th district and Dem Suzanne Komas beat Feeney in the 24th district.
FL-15: GOP keeps seat
Republican Bill Posey handily beat Democrat Stephen Blythe for the seat being vacated by Rep. Dave Weldon (R). Posey, a 16-year veteran state lawmaker won with 55 percent of the vote in a traditionally Republican district. CNN projects Posey the winner of the race.
GA-08: Marshall wins tight race
Rep. Jim Marshall (D), one of the most conservative Democratic members, won another tight reelection race. His GOP challenger Rick Goddard has conceded his race to Marshall sending him to Washington for his fourth term. Absentee and early votes still need to be counted in many counties, and they represent a large number of votes. But Marshall had a dominating lead close to midnight, with nearly 56 percent of the vote and a 20,000 vote margin, according to unofficial totals from the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, the Macon Telegraph reported.
IL-10: Kirk wins reelection
Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) secured a comfortable win over his repeat opponent, business consultant Dan Seals. Going past midnight, Kirk looked to be heading a double digit win over Seals, much greater than his 2006 victory over the Democrat. Kirk stressed his independence from the Bush Administration during his campaign while President-Elect Barack Obama (D-Ill.) cut radio ads for Seals.
IL-14: Foster wins full term
Dem Rep. Bill Foster, who took Denny Hastert’s seat in a special election earlier this year, has won a full term.
IL-11: Dems take Weller’s seat
Democrat Debbie Halvorson beat Republican businessman Martin Ozinga. Halvorson, the Illinois Senate Majority Leader, drew 58 percent of the vote to Ozinga’s 35 percent, with 71 percent of precincts reporting. She succeeds Rep. Jerry Weller (R), who is retiring from Congress. Halvorson benefited from strong spending in the district by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) as well as the abortion rights group EMILY’s List
IN-03: Souder wins reelection
Rep. Mark Souder (R) won reelection against Dem challenger Michael Montagano. Montagano was Republican Rep. Mark Souder’s first serious challenger since Souder was first elected to the seat in 1994.
IN-09: Hill wins reelection
Incumbent Rep. Baron Hill (D) coasted to victory over his GOP challenger Mike Sodrel. Hill beat Sodrel by 16 points. CNN projects Hill the winner of the race with 56 percent of the votes. Hill beat Sodrel out of that seat in 2006 and came out victorious in the 2008 election as well.
House races in IN, KY to be early indicators
A pair of races in Indiana and Kentucky should be early bellwethers for House Democrats and Republicans.
KS-02: Boyda concedes
Democratic freshman Rep. Nancy Boyda (Kan.) has reportedly conceded to her GOP challenger Lynn Jenkins. The race has not yet officially been called in Jenkins’ favor. Jenkins is leading 51 to 46 percent with 86 percent of the precincts reporting. The Associated Press reports that Boyda has conceded. Boyda is one of the few Democrats to lose in an election in which her party is making strong gains in the House and Senate. Jenkins, the state treasurer, had attacked Boyda as out of touch with the GOP-leaning eastern Kansas district, but Boyda portrayed herself as a political independent.
KY-02: GOP keeps seat
GOP state Sen. Brett Guthrie held this seat for his party. He defeated Dem state Sen. David Boswell for retiring Rep. Ron Lewis’s (R) seat. Residents of the district were subjected to several political ads this cycle as Republicans maxed out on spending to help Guthrie and Boswell got just as much assistance from Dems. But Republicans sent in a big gun the final week before the election: first lady Laura Bush. And the seat stayed in their hands.
KY-03: Yarmuth wins reelection
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) won a second term, beating former Rep. Anne
Northup (R). Yarmuth was leading Northup 57 percent to 43 percent with
42 percent of the district’s precincts reporting. Yarmuth defeated
Northup 51 percent to 48 percent in 2006.
This year’s campaign focused on the economy, with Northup attacking
Yarmuth for supporting supporting the $700 billion economic bailout.
Yarmuth, who initially opposed the bailout, stood by his vote, arguing
that government could be helpful during tough economic times.
House races in IN, KY to be early indicators
A pair of races in Indiana and Kentucky should be early bellwethers for House Democrats and Republicans.
LA-06: GOP takes back seat
GOP candidate Bill Cassidy took back this seat, defeating incumbent Dem Rep. Don Cazayoux. Even though Cazayoux rode a growing anti-Republican sentiment to a win special-election victory in a GOP district, Cassidy managed to fight off a further deterioration of the Republican brand to take the seat right back. He was no doubt helped by the independent candidacy of state Rep. Michael Jackson. Jackson, an African-American, lost in the Dem primary and then ran as an independent. He was expected to siphon votes off of Cazayoux.
ME-01: Dems keep Allen’s seat
Dem candidate Chellie Pingree kept Tom Allen’s seat in Dem hands. Pingree is no stranger to Washington. She served as president of Common Cause, a liberal-leaning good-government group, from 2003 to 2007. She was also a state senator in Maine.
MI-07: Walberg defeated
Dem Mark Schauer defeated GOP Rep. Tim Walberg. Dems spent heavily in this district.
MI-09: Knollenberg defeated
Central Michigan University professor Gary Peters has knocked off Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R). With 81 percent of precincts reporting, Peters led with 51 percent to Knollenberg’s 43 percent. Peters had made an issue of Knollenberg’s close ties to the Bush administration, and benefited from an anti-incumbent attitude among voters in Michigan’s longtime economically depressed regions. Peters also took advantage of heavy funding by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and benefited when the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) canceled planned ad buys in favor of Knollenberg in the weeks immediately preceding Election Day.
MN-03: GOP keeps Ramstad seat
GOP candidate Erik Paulsen kept the district in GOP hands, defeating Dem candidate Ashwin Madia.
MN-06: Bachmann wins
GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann narrowly won reelection after her controversial comments about Congress. With 83 percent of the precincts reporting, she won with 47 percent compared to Dem candidate Elwyn Tinklenberg’s 43 percent.
MS-01: Childers wins full term
Dem Rep. Travis Childers won a full term after taking Roger Wicker’s seat in a special election earlier this year. Wicker was appointed to the Senate and won the rest of the term on Election Day.
MO-09: GOP keeps Hulshof seat
GOP candidate Blaine Luetkemeyer kept Kenny Hulshof’s seat in GOP hands.
MO-06: Graves keeps seat
Republican Rep. Sam Graves easily defended his seat against Democratic challenger Kay Barnes, the former mayor of Kansas City.
NV-03: Titus takes down Porter
With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Democrat Dina Titus has defeated GOP Rep. Jon Porter, 48-42. Dems put a lot of resources in this race as Porter is considered a possible challenge leader for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) when his seat is up in 2010.
NH-01: Shea-Porter wins tough re-election match
Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter is projected to easily win a rematch
of her 2006 campaign against former Republican Rep. Jeb Bradley, CNN
reported.
Mere days after losing to Shea-Porter in 2006 by 5,000 votes, Bradley
said he was determined to win back New Hampshire’s 1st district seat in
2008.
NJ-03: Dems take Saxton’s seat
New Jersey state Sen. John Adler’s (D) win in the district of retiring GOP Rep. Jim Saxton has given Democrats a ninth takeover of Election Night and handed them a net gain of seven seats so far. Adler defeated Republican Chris Myers in one of the most pitched open-seat battles of the 2008 cycle.
NJ-07: GOP keeps seat
GOP candidate Leonard Lance kept retiring Rep. Mike Ferguson’s (R). Dem candidate Linda Stender lost to Ferguson last cycle.
NM-01: Dems take Wilson’s seat
Dem candidate Martin Heinrich took GOP Rep. Heather Wilson’s seat for the Democratic Party. Wilson had retired to run for the Senate but lost in the GOP primary.
NM-02: Dems take Pearce’s seat
Democrat Harry Teague defeated Republican Ed Tinsley in GOP Rep. Steve Pearce’s conservative district. Pearce left to run for the Senate but lost that race Tuesday night.
NY-29: Kuhl falls
Democrat Eric Massa won a grudge match with GOP Rep. Randy Kuhl.
NY-26: GOPers hold Reynolds’s seat
Republican businessman Chris Less beat Democrat Alice Kryzan after a week full of legal wrangling over the ballot. With 84 percent of precincts reporting, Lee had 56 percent of the vote to Kryzan’s 40 percent. After an intense week of court battles over whether former Democratic candidate Jon Powers would appear as the candidate of the Working Families’ Party (WFP) on the ballot, the margin exceeded the voters taken by neither major candidate in the race. Lee held onto the seat for Republicans after Rep. Tom Reynolds (R), who is retiring.
NY-13: Dems take Fossella’s seat
Dem candidate Michael McMahon soundly defeated GOP candidate Bob Straniere. With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, McMahon came in with 61 percent of the vote to Straniere’s 33 percent.
NY-15: Rangel wins reelection
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) despite facing an ethics investigation and allegations about the possible misspending of campaign funds, cruised to easy reelection. With 98 percent of precincts reporting, he won with 88 percent.
NY-25: Dems pickup open seat
Dan Maffei (D) turned Jim Walsh’s seat Dem. Maffei defeated GOP candidate Dale Sweetland 54-43 with 79 percent of precincts reporting.
NC-08: Dems defeat Hayes
Democrat Larry Kissell avenged a 300-plus-vote loss to incumbent GOP Rep. Robing Hayes, defeating him in their rematch Tuesday.
OH-01: Chabot finally falls
Perennial Dem target, GOP Rep. Steve Chabot, has finally fallen to Steve Driehaus.
PA-03: English falls
GOP Rep. Phil English fell to Democrat Kathleen Dahlkemper in one of the top races of the cycle.
PA-11: Kanjorski wins reelection
Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D) narrowly won reelection after his seat was subject to heavy spending by both parties. GOPers made him a top target and Dems spent heavily to defend their incumbent. With 97 percent of precincts reporting, Kanjorski won with 52 percent to Dem candidate Lou Barletta’s 48 percent.
PA-12: Murtha wins reelection
Veteran Rep. John Murtha (D) defeated his GOP challenger William Russell after his toughest reelection race in his 34-year House career. NBC News projected Murtha the winner with 56 percent of the precincts in his district reporting and Murtha ahead of Russell with 58 percent of the vote. Murtha won in 2004 by 61 percent. Murtha watched his poll numbers shrink days before election after he called his constituents “racist” and “redneck” and accused Marines of killing civilians in “cold blood” in Hadditha, Iraq.
PA-04: Altmire wins
Rep. Jason Altmire (D) once again defeated Melissa Hart (R). He first took the seat from her in 2006. Altmire came in 58 percent while Hart had 42 percent with 65 percent of precincts reporting, according to CNN.
PA-05: Thompson keeps seat for GOP
Republican Glenn Thompson kept John Peterson’s seat for the GOP. Thompson came in with 59 percent of the vote compared to Dem candidate Mark McCracken’s 39 percent with 70 percent of precincts reporting, according to CNN.
PA-07: Sestak wins reelection
Freshman Rep. Joe Sestak (D) won reelection.
PA-08 and PA-10: Freshman Dems keep seats
Freshman Dem Reps. Pat Murphy and Chris Carney kept their seats with safe margins.
TN-01:: Roe wins as expected
Republican Phil Roe, who beat incumbent Rep. David Davis (R-Tenn.) during the primaries, coasted to victory over his Democratic challenger Robert Russell who was popular among young voters in the district. CNN projected Roe as the winner with 72 percent of the vote.
Roe was among several other Republicans who lost to Davis two years ago, but with a smaller candidates’ field this year he was able to mount a successful challenge to the freshman representative.
The last time a Democrat represented District 1 in the House of Representatives was 1881.
TX-22: Lampson loses
With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Dem Rep. Nick Lampson lost to GOP candidate Pete Olson. Olson took 53 percent to Lampson’s 45 percent in Tom DeLay’s old district.
VA-02: Drake out
GOP Rep. Thelma Drake was defeated by newcomer Glenn Nye (D), a former diplomat.
VA-05: Goode is gone
Dem candidate Tom Perriello defeated incumbent GOP Rep. Virgil Goode, adding to the Dems tally for the evening.
VA-11: Dems take Davis’s seat
Democrat Gerry Connolly will take over Republican Rep. Tom Davis’s seat, MSNBC reported.
Virginia’s 11th district opened up when Davis, a seven-term representative, announced his retirement. Republican Keith Fimian took Davis’s endorsement and painted himself as a businessman first as he ran against Connolly, chairman of Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors.
WI-08: Kagen wins
Dem Rep. Steve Kagen held on, despite facing a tough challenge from Republicans.