Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Viewers' Guide to Election Night - Early Bellwethers (UPDATED)

States with polls closing before New York may provide an indication of whether the story of the night will be a Democrative "wave." We'll be watching these races as early indicators of how New York Democratic congressional candidates (the focus of the WFP's '06 priority, Take Back Congress, will do (links below are to CNN's election results page):

6pm:
IN-2: Democrat Donnelly challenging Republican "Count" Chocola
IN-9: Democrat Hill challenging Republican Sodrel
KY-3: Democrat Yarmuth challenging Republican Northup
KY-4: Democrat Lucas challenging Republican Davis

7pm:

FL-13: Democrat Jennings and Republican Buchanan vying for an open seat
FL-16: Democrat Mahoney running for what used to be Mark Foley's seat

7:30pm
NC-11: Democrat Shuler challenging Republican Taylor
OH-1: Democrat Cranley challenging Republican Chabot
OH-2: Democrat Wulsin challenging Republican Schmidt
OH-15: Democrat Kilroy challenging Republican Pryce

8pm:
CT-2: Democrat Courtney challenging Republican Simmons
CT-4: Democrat Farrell challenging Republican Shays
CT-5: Democrat/WFP Murphy challenging Republican Nancy Johnson
IL-6: Democrat Duckworth vying with Republican Hoskam for open seat
NH-2: Democrat Hodes challenging Republican Bass
NJ-7: Democrat Stender challenging Republican Ferguson
PA-6: Democrat Murphy challenging Republican Gerlach
PA-7: Democrat Sestak challenging Republican Sheldon
PA-8: Democrat Murphy challenging Republican Fitzpatrick
PA-10: Democrat Carney challenging Republican "Strangler" Sherwood

Not a comprehensive list of competitive races, but a good sampling of bellwether House races.

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