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November 5, 2007

DCCC Outpaces NRCC on Quality Candidates

With time running out to find A-list candidates for targeted races — the first filing deadline hits today — House Democrats and Republicans have both scored some recruiting successes this cycle but continue to fall short of their own expectations.

New Cycle, New Vulnerabilities

“Fresh meat!”
That’s the giddy — and inevitable — reaction the arbiters of Roll Call’s beloved “10 Most Vulnerable House Incumbents” franchise had as we contemplated putting together the first list since the eventful elections of 2006.

Lamenting Candidates Who Slipped the Hook

Like fishermen — or hopeless romantics — Senate campaign recruiters are forever lamenting the ones that got away. And every election cycle, the prized catches that slipped off the hook almost certainly could have had some bearing on the final election results.

Roll Call Casualty List

A look at who lost, who's retiring and who's moving on after the 110th Congress.

House Election Map

Ratings for all 435 races

New England

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont

Primary Calendar

Filing deadlines along with primary and runoff dates for every state

Mid-Atlantic

Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia

South

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

Midwest

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Plains

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Southwest

Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas

Mountain

Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming.

West

Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington