After the [[Democratic Party]] successes in the 2006 off-year election (when they recaptured Congress), augmented by more gains in the [[United States Presidential Election, 2008|Presidential Election of 2008]], the question is whether the Democrats will hold their gains or slip back. Since the Democrats have an advantage of 257-178 in the House, the GOP must gain 40 seats to recapture control. Since the Democrats control the Senate 59-41 (counting the two independents), the GOP needs to gain 10 seats in the Senate to retake control. Here are [[CNN]]'S top 100 races to watch: [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/27/the-cnn-100-full-list/]. There are an additional 25 races which [[liberals]] also risk losing on [[Election Day]]. | After the [[Democratic Party]] successes in the 2006 off-year election (when they recaptured Congress), augmented by more gains in the [[United States Presidential Election, 2008|Presidential Election of 2008]], the question is whether the Democrats will hold their gains or slip back. Since the Democrats have an advantage of 257-178 in the House, the GOP must gain 40 seats to recapture control. Since the Democrats control the Senate 59-41 (counting the two independents), the GOP needs to gain 10 seats in the Senate to retake control. Here are [[CNN]]'S top 100 races to watch: [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/27/the-cnn-100-full-list/]. There are an additional 25 races which [[liberals]] also risk losing on [[Election Day]]. |