Democrats Take House -- Updated
As the State of Sunshine -- and so many other pundits -- predicted, the Democrats have taken control of the United States House of Representatives. This brings up three words that will make conservatives shudder: Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Before the election, the State of Sunshine posted a chart showing 79 key races. Below is a summary of those races. The results used were from the MSNBC website. This post will be updated as the other races are called.
| State Dist | Rep | Dem | ||||||
| Ariz. 1 | Rep. Rick Renzi (i) | Ellen Simon | HELD | |||||
| Ariz. 5 | Rep. J.D. Hayworth (i) | Harry Mitchell | FLIPPED | |||||
| Ariz. 8 | Randy Graf | Gabrielle Giffords | FLIPPED | |||||
| Cal. 4 | Rep. John Doolittle (i) | Charlie Brown | HELD | |||||
| Cal. 11 | Rep. Richard Pombo (i) | Jerry McNerney | FLIPPED | |||||
| Cal. 50 | Rep. Brian Bilbray (i) | Francine Busby | HELD | |||||
| Colo. 4 | Marilyn Musgrave (i) | Angie Paccione | HELD | |||||
| Colo. 5 | Doug Lamborn | Jay Fawcett | HELD | |||||
| Colo. 6 | Rep. Tom Tancredo (i) | Bill Winter | HELD | |||||
| Colo. 7 | Rick O'Donnell | Ed Perlmutter | FLIPPED | |||||
| Conn. 2 | Rep. Rob Simmons (i) | Joe Courtney | RECOUNT | |||||
| Conn. 4 | Rep. Chris Shays (i) | Diane Farrell | HELD | |||||
| Conn. 5 | Rep. Nancy L. Johnson (i) | Chris Murphy | FLIPPED | |||||
| Fla. 8 | Rep. Rick Keller (i) | Charlie Stuart | HELD | |||||
| Fla. 9 | Gus Bilirakis | Phyllis Busansky | HELD | |||||
| Fla. 13 | Vern Buchanan | Christine Jennings | RECOUNT | |||||
| Fla. 16 | Joe Negron | Tim Mahoney | FLIPPED | |||||
| Fla. 22 | Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (i) | Ron Klein | FLIPPED | |||||
| Ga. 8 | Mac Collins | Rep. Jim Marshall (i) | HELD | |||||
| Ga. 12 | Max Burns | Rep. John Barrow (i) | Leaning Dem | |||||
| Id. 1 | Bill Sali | Larry Grant | HELD | |||||
| Iowa 1 | Mike Whalen | Bruce Braley | FLIPPED | |||||
| Iowa 2 | Rep. Jim Leach (i) | Dave Loebsack | FLIPPED | |||||
| Iowa 3 | Jeff Lamberti | Rep. Leonard Boswell (i) | HELD | |||||
| Ill. 6 | Peter Roskam | Tammy Duckworth | HELD | |||||
| Ill. 8 | Dave McSweeney | Rep. Melissa Bean (i) | HELD | |||||
| Ind. 2 | Rep. Chris Chocola (i) | Joe Donnelly | FLIPPED | |||||
| Ind. 3 | Rep. Mark Souder (i) | Tom Hayhurst | HELD | |||||
| Ind. 7 | Eric Dickerson | Rep. Julia Carson (i) | HELD | |||||
| Ind. 8 | Rep. John Hostettler (i) | Brad Ellsworth | FLIPPED | |||||
| Ind. 9 | Rep. Mike Sodrel (i) | Baron Hill | FLIPPED | |||||
| Kan. 2 | Rep. Jim Ryun (i) | Nancy Boyda | FLIPPED | |||||
| Ky. 2 | Rep. Ron Lewis (i) | Mike Weaver | HELD | |||||
| Ky. 3 | Rep. Anne Northup (i) | John Yarmuth | FLIPPED | |||||
| Ky. 4 | Rep. Geoff Davis (i) | Ken Lucas | HELD | |||||
| Lou. 3 | Craig Romero | Rep. Charlie Melancon (i) | HELD | |||||
| Mich. 7 | Tim Walberg | Sharon Renier | HELD | |||||
| Minn. 1 | Rep. Gil Gutknecht (i) | Tim Walz | FLIPPED | |||||
| Minn. 2 | Rep. John Kline (i) | Coleen Rowley | HELD | |||||
| Minn. 6 | Michele Bachmann | Patty Wetterling | HELD | |||||
| Neb. 3 | Adrian Smith | Scott Kleeb | HELD | |||||
| Nev. 2 | Dean Heller | Jill Derby | HELD | |||||
| Nev. 3 | Rep. Jon Porter (i) | Tessa Hafen | HELD | |||||
| N.C. 8 | Rep. Robin Hayes (i) | Larry Kissell | HELD | |||||
| N.C. 11 | Rep. Charles H. Taylor (i) | Heath Shuler | FLIPPED | |||||
| N.H. 1 | Rep. Jeb Bradley (i) | Carol Porter-Shea | FLIPPED | |||||
| N.H. 2 | Rep. Charles Bas (i) | Paul Hodes | FLIPPED | |||||
| N.J. 7 | Rep. Mike Ferguson (i) | Linda Stender | HELD | |||||
| N.M. 1 | Rep. Heather Wilson (i) | Patricia Madrid | RECOUNT | |||||
| N.Y. 3 | Rep. Peter King (i) | Dave Mejias | HELD | |||||
| N.Y. 19 | Rep. Sue Kelly (i) | John Hall | FLIPPED | |||||
| N.Y. 20 | Rep. John Sweeney (i) | Kirsten Gillibrand | FLIPPED | |||||
| N.Y. 24 | Ray Meier | Michael Arcuri | FLIPPED | |||||
| N.Y. 25 | Rep. Jim Walsh (i) | Dan Maffei | HELD | |||||
| N.Y. 26 | Rep. Thomas Reynolds (i) | Jack Davis | HELD | |||||
| N.Y. 29 | Rep. Randy Kuhl (i) | Eric Massa | HELD | |||||
| Ohio 1 | Rep. Steve Chabot (i) | John Cranley | HELD | |||||
| Ohio 2 | Rep. Jean Schmidt (i) | Victoria Wulsin | HELD | |||||
| Ohio 6 | Chuck Blasdel | Charlie Wilson | HELD | |||||
| Ohio 12 | Rep. Pat Tiberi (i) | Bob Shamansky | HELD | |||||
| Ohio 15 | Rep. Deborah Pryce (i) | Mary Jo Kilroy | HELD | |||||
| Ohio 18 | Joy Padgett | Zack Space | FLIPPED | |||||
| Penn. 4 | Rep. Melissa Hart (i) | Jason Altmire | FLIPPED | |||||
| Penn. 6 | Rep. Jim Gerlach (i) | Lois Murphy | HELD | |||||
| Penn. 7 | Rep. Curt Weldon (i) | Joe Sestak | FLIPPED | |||||
| Penn. 8 | Rep. Michael G. Fitzpatrick (i) | Patrick Murphy | FLIPPED | |||||
| Penn. 10 | Rep. Don Sherwood (i) | Chris Carney | FLIPPED | |||||
| Texas 17 | Van Taylor | Rep. Chet Edwards (i) | HELD | |||||
| Texas 22 | Shelley Sekula-Gibbs | Nick Lampson | FLIPPED | |||||
| Texas 23 | Rep. Henry Bonilla (i) | Ciro Rodriguez | HELD | |||||
| Vt AL | Martha Rainville | Peter Welch | HELD | |||||
| Va. 2 | Rep. Thelma D. Drake (i) | Phil Kellam | HELD | |||||
| Va. 10 | Rep. Frank Wolf (i) | Judy Feder | HELD | |||||
| Wash. 5 | Rep. Cathy McMorris (i) | Peter Goldmark | HELD | |||||
| Wash. 8 | Rep. Dave Reichert (i) | Darcy Burner | Leanding GOP | |||||
| Wisc. 8 | John Gard | Steve Kagen | FLIPPED | |||||
| WV 1 | Chris Wakim | Rep. Alan Mollohan (i) | HELD | |||||
| WV 2 | Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (i) | Mike Callaghan | HELD | |||||
| Wy. AL | Rep. Barbara Cubin (i) | Gary Trauner | RECOUNT | |||||
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