US House Thread #1

by eriposte

UPDATE 2: I'm going to post future updates in a separate post.

UPDATE: Dems win the House! Woo-hoo!

6 7 8 9 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 25 27 Dem pickups so far (see DCCC) - 15 were needed to take the House!! (I re-ordered the list below by alphabetical order)

I think we can safely say the Dems have won the House! Man, it feels gooooooood!

1. AZ-05 Mitchell beating Hayworth (well, let's place this on hold for now - see this diary)

2. AZ-08 Giffords beating Graf

3. CA-11 McNerney beats Pombo! Huge huge upset!

CT-04 Farrell defeating Shays (Shays now claims victory but Farrell won't concede until the votes are all in - good for her)

4. CO-07 Perlmutter beating O'Donnell

5. CT-05 Murphy beating Johnson

6. FL-16 Mahoney beats Negron (Foley's seat)!

7. FL-22 Klein beating Shaw!

8. IA-01 Braley beating Whalen

9. IA-02 Loebsack beating Leach! (Major upset! - h/t Mary; note: Kos says possible recount - not quite, Leach conceded )

10. IN-02 Donnelly beating Chocola

11. IN-08 Ellsworth beating Hostettler

12. IN-09 Hill beating Sodrel

13. KS-02 Boyda beating Ryun! Holy moly.

14. KY-03 Yarmuth beating Northup

15. MN-01 Walz beating Gutnecht!

16. NC-11 Shuler beating Taylor

17. NH-01 Shea-Porter beats Bradley! Holy cow!

18. NH-02 Hodes beating Bass

19. NY-19 Hall beating Kelly! Fabulous!

20. NY-20 Gillibrand beating Sweeney

21. NY-24 Arcuri beating Meier!

22. OH-18 Space beating Padgett

23. PA-04 Altmire beating Hart!

24. PA-07 Sestak beating Weldon

25. PA-10 Carney beating Sherwood

26. TX-22 Lampson beating Sekula-Gibbs! (Tom DeLay's seat!)

27. WI-08 Kagen beating Gard!