Six Races Still Too Close To Call, Two Headed for a Run-Off

[Robbien]

In what seems to be becoming an American tradition, there are still uncalled House seats eight days after the election. While The Democratic control of the House is solidly entrenched, the results of these races will determine just how much breathing room they have in passing their legislative agenda.

You may have noticed that different websites have varying tallies for the number of open seats and those controlled by Democrats and Republicans. We called several of those outlets to sort things out and here are the results:

Three races were called Wednesday:

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Six races remain too close to call:

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Finally, two races are headed to special run-off elections:

* Texas - 23: Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-Texas) v. Ciro D. Rodriguez. The run-off is due to a court decision that threw out Bonilla's district, which was redrawn in 2003 under a plan drawn up by former Rep. Tom DeLay. Because Bonilla failed to win the race outright he must face Rodriguez, a former Democratic member of the House, in a runoff in December.
* Louisiana - 02: Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) v. Karen Carter. Under Louisiana's system, the November elections are wide-open to all candidates and a runoff occurs if no one captures 50 percent of the vote.

more . . .

http://www.prwatch.org/node/5479

If you haven't visited it yet, The Center for Media and Democracy (parent of prwatch) is a great site and it is usually my first stop when investigating a political/media issue.

[texpatriot2004]

1. Thanks for the update nm

[Tiggeroshii]

2. Could Ciro finally pull off a win?

It would be about time, since getting ousted not too long ago....

[clichemoth]

3. Is Cold Cash Bill's opponent also a Dem?

I hope so.

[rpannier]

4. Yes

The lone republikkan finished like 7th in a field of 9

[Robbien]

5. Yes, also MyDD is sending a blogger down there to cover the race

it should be interesting.

Get out the popcorn