The Insider's Choice for Election Analysis

2010 COMPETITIVE HOUSE RACE CHART

April 30, 2009

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 24 seats listed as Lean or Toss Up.
Republicans currently have 7 seats listed as Lean or Toss Up.

LIKELY DEMOCRATIC

LEAN DEMOCRATIC

DEMOCRATIC TOSS UP

DIST. REPRESENTATIVE PVI
AZ-1 Ann Kirkpatrick R+6
AZ-5 Harry Mitchell R+5
AZ-8 Gabrielle Giffords R+4
CA-11 Jerry McNerney R+1
CO-3 John Salazar R+5
CT-4 Jim Himes D+5
FL-22 Ron Klein* D+1
FL-24 Suzanne Kosmas R+4
GA-12 John Barrow D+1
HI-1 OPEN (Abercrombie) D+11
IL-11 Debbie Halvorson R+1
IN-2 Joe Donnelly R+2
IN-9 Baron Hill R+6
IA-2 Dave Loebsack D+7
IA-3 Leonard Boswell D+1
KS-3 Dennis Moore R+3
LA-3 Charlie Melancon R+12
NJ-3 John Adler R+1
NM-1 Martin Heinrich D+5
NY-13 Mike McMahon R+4
NY-19 John Hall R+3
NY-25 Dan Maffei D+3
OH-16 John Boccieri R+4
OH-18 Zack Space R+7
OR-4 Peter DeFazio* D+2
OR-5 Kurt Schrader D+1
PA-3 Kathy Dahlkemper R+3
PA-4 Jason Altmire R+6
PA-10 Chris Carney R+8
PA-11 Paul Kanjorski D+4
PA-12 John Murtha R+1
TX-23 Ciro Rodriguez R+4
VA-11 Gerald Connolly D+2
WI-8 Steve Kagen R+2

34 DEMOCRATS
0 REPUBLICANS

DIST. REPRESENTATIVE PVI
AL-5 Parker Griffith R+12
CO-4 Betsy Markey R+6
FL-8 Alan Grayson R+2
GA-8 Jim Marshall R+10
IL-14 Bill Foster R+1
MI-7 Mark Schauer R+2
MI-9 Gary Peters D+2
MS-1 Travis Childers R+14
NV-3 Dina Titus D+2
NH-1 Carol Shea-Porter R+0
NH-2 OPEN (Hodes) D+3
NM-2 Harry Teague R+6
NY-20 Scott Murphy R+2
NY-24 Michael Arcuri R+2
NY-29 Eric Massa R+5
NC-8 Larry Kissell R+2
OH-1 Steve Driehaus D+1
OH-15 Mary Jo Kilroy D+1
TX-17 Chet Edwards R+20
VA-2 Glenn Nye R+5
VA-5 Tom Perriello R+5

21 DEMOCRATS
0 REPUBLICANS

DIST. REPRESENTATIVE PVI
AL-2 Bobby Bright R+16
ID-1 Walter Minnick R+18
MD-1 Frank Kratovil R+13

3 DEMOCRATS
0 REPUBLICANS

 

REPUBLICAN TOSS UP

LEAN REPUBLICAN

LIKELY REPUBLICAN

DIST. REPRESENTATIVE PVI
LA-2 Joseph Cao D+25

1 REPUBLICANS
0 DEMOCRATS

DIST. REPRESENTATIVE PVI
CA-3 Dan Lungren R+6
CA-44 Ken Calvert R+6
IL-10 Mark Kirk D+6
MI-11 Thad McCotter R+0
PA-6 Jim Gerlach D+4
WA-8 Dave Reichert D+3

6 REPUBLICANS
0 DEMOCRATS

DIST. REPRESENTATIVE PVI
AL-3 Mike Rogers R+9
AK-AL Don Young R+13
AZ-3 John Shadegg R+9
CA-4 Tom McClintock R+10
CA-26 David Dreier R+3
CA-45 Mary Bono Mack R+3
CA-46 Dana Rohrabacher R+6
CA-48 John Campbell R+6
CA-50 Brian Bilbray R+3
DE-AL Mike Castle D+7
FL-10 C. W. Bill Young R+1
FL-12 OPEN (Putnam) R+6
FL-13 Vern Buchanan R+6
FL-16 Tom Rooney R+5
FL-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R+5
IL-6 Peter Roskam D+0
IL-13 Judy Biggert R+1
IN-3 Mark Souder R+14
IA-4 Tom Latham D+0
LA-4 John Fleming R+11
LA-6 Bill Cassidy R+10
MN-3 Erik Paulsen R+0
MN-6 Michele Bachmann R+7
MO-9 Blaine Luetkemeyer R+9
NE-2 Lee Terry R+6
NV-2 Dean Heller R+5
NJ-7 Leonard Lance R+3
NY-26 Chris Lee R+6
OH-2 Jean Schmidt R+13
OH-12 Patrick Tiberi D+1
PA-15 Charlie Dent D+2
PA-18 Tim Murphy R+6
SC-1 Henry Brown R+10
TN-3 OPEN (Wamp) R+13
TX-10 Michael McCaul R+10
VA-10 Frank Wolf R+2

36 REPUBLICANS
0 DEMOCRATS

* = potential retirement

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