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| | Analyst Stuart Rothenberg is now reporting, "Growing public concern about spending, taxes and the size of government has started to shift the national landscape away from the Democrats to a more neutral position, and quite possibly toward the GOP."<ref>Stuart Rothenberg, "All Signs Point to Another Top-Notch Election Cycle in 2010," ''Roll Call'' Sept. 8, 2009] </ref> Furthermore, an advantage for Republicans is that currently 48 House Democrats, 8 more than the size of their majority, come from districts that voted for both George W. Bush and John McCain. <ref>http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/cookreport.php</ref> | | Analyst Stuart Rothenberg is now reporting, "Growing public concern about spending, taxes and the size of government has started to shift the national landscape away from the Democrats to a more neutral position, and quite possibly toward the GOP."<ref>Stuart Rothenberg, "All Signs Point to Another Top-Notch Election Cycle in 2010," ''Roll Call'' Sept. 8, 2009] </ref> Furthermore, an advantage for Republicans is that currently 48 House Democrats, 8 more than the size of their majority, come from districts that voted for both George W. Bush and John McCain. <ref>http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/cookreport.php</ref> |
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| − | ==Notable House Races== | + | ==House Races== |
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| − | ''See: [[2010 House Elections]]'' | + | '''Defeated Incumbents''' |
| − | [[File:House-seats.jpg|thumb|275px|Democratic gains by region in 2006 and 2008]]
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| − | ===Hawaii===
| + | *Rep. [[Bobby Bright]] (D-Alabama) |
| − | A special election for U.S. House of Representatives District 1 in [[Hawaii]] took place in May 22, 2010. Democrat Representative [[Neil Abercrombie]] announced he will retire his seat to make an election run for the Governor of Hawaii. The [[Republican]] candidate [[Charles Djou]], a state official of Honolulu and JAG Officer in the U.S. Army Reserves was elected, defeating Democrats Ed Case and Colleen Hanabusa.
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| − | ===Pennsylvania===
| + | *Rep. [[Ann Kirkpatrick]] (D-Arizona) |
| − | Republican [[Tim Burns]] was defeated by Democrat Mark Critz in the May 18 special election to fill the remaining eight months of Murtha's term. <ref>[http://newsmax.com/Politics/US-Murtha-Seat/2010/03/12/id/352432 Pa. GOP Picks Burns As Nominee for Murtha's Seat, NewsMax, Friday, 12 Mar 2010]</ref>
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| | + | *Rep. [[Harry Mitchell]] (D-Arizona) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[John Salazar]] (D-Colorado) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Betsy Markey]] (D-Colorado) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Allen Boyd]] (D-Florida) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Alan Grayson]] (D-Florida) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Ron Klein]] (D-Florida) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Suzanne Kosmas]] (D-Florida) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Jim Marshall]] (D-Georgia) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Charles Djou]] (R-Hawaii) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Walt Minnick]] (D-Idaho) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Melissa Bean]] (D-Illinois) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Debbie Halvorson]] (D-Illinois) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Bill Foster]] (D-Illinois) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Phil Hare]] (D-Illinois) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Baron Hill]] (D-Indiana) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Joseph Cao]] (R-Louisiana) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Frank Kratovil]] (D-Maryland) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Mark Schauer]] (D-Michigan) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[James Oberstar]] (D-Minnesota) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Travis Childers]] (D-Mississippi) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Gene Taylor]] (D-Mississippi) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Ike Skelton]] (D-Missouri) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Dina Titus]] (D-Nevada) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Carol Shea-Porter]] (D-New Hampshire) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[John Adler]] (D-New Jersey) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Harry Teague]] (D-New Mexico) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Michael McMahon]] (D-New York) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[John Hall]] (D-New York) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Scott Murphy]] (D-New York) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Mike Arcuri]] (D-New York) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Dan Maffei]] (D-New York) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Bob Etheridge]] (D-North Carolina) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Earl Pomeroy]] (D-North Dakota) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Steve Driehaus]] (D-Ohio) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Charlie Wilson]] (D-Ohio) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Mary Jo Kilroy]] (D-Ohio) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[John Boccieri]] (D-Ohio) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Zack Space]] (D-Ohio) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Kathy Dahlkemper]] (D-Pennsylvania) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Patrick Murphy]] (D-Pennsylvania) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Chris Carney]] (D-Pennsylvania) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Paul Kanjorski]] (D-Pennsylvania) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[John Spratt]] (D-South Carolina) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Stephanie Herseth Sandlin]] (D-South Dakota) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Lincoln Davis]] (D-Tennessee) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Chet Edwards]] (D-Texas) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Ciro Rodriguez]] (D-Texas) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Solomon Ortiz]] (D-Texas) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Glenn Nye]] (D-Virginia) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Tom Perriello]] (D-Virginia) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Rick Boucher]] (D-Virginia) |
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| | + | *Rep. [[Steve Kagen]] (D-Wisconsin) |
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| | ==Senate== | | ==Senate== |