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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Election Watch: Southern toss-up races

Analyst Charlie Cook has an updated list of the key House races to watch. The overview: nationally, Democrats currently hold 7 seats that are close -- they either "lean" one way or are a pure toss-up. Republicans hold 54 seats that are "lean" or "toss-up" contests.

14 of these tight House races are in the South:

LEAN DEMOCRATIC
FL-13 OPEN (Harris)
GA-8 Jim Marshall
GA-12 John Barrow
LA-03 Charlie Melancon
TX-17 Chet Edwards
TX-22 OPEN (DeLay)

TOSS-UP (CURRENTLY REPUBLICAN)
FL-16 OPEN (Foley)
FL-22 Clay Shaw
KY-04 Geoff Davis
NC-11 Charles Taylor
VA-02 Thelma Drake

LEAN REPUBLICAN
KY-02 Ron Lewis
KY-03 Ann Northrup
TX-23 Henry Bonilla

See a PDF of all the close races here.
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