SENATE: 51R, 49D (D+4)Of the original fourteen competitive Senate contests RCP has been tracking, six races have Final RCP Averages in the double digits (PA, MN, WA, MI, OH, and CT) and are safe for each side. Of those six, Democrats will net pick ups in Ohio and Pennsylvania and a nominal hold with Joe Lieberman’s win in Connecticut as an Independent. Three races (NJ, AZ, and TN) have Final RCP Averages over 6% and Lean toward each respective party and thus would be holds for each side.
The remaining five races listed in the Toss Up category (MO, MT, VA, MD, and RI) all have Final RCP Averages below 4% and are too close to call definitively for one side. Democrats hold leads in all five of these races, and based off the RCP Averages and the latest InTrade market quotes the most likely scenario would be for Democrats to win 3 of these 5 races. That would net two additional Democratic pick ups and leave them with a total gain of four seats.HOUSE: 222 D, 213 R (D +19) On the Republican side, RCP's Final House ratings list thirteen seats in the Leans Democrat category, fourteen in the Toss Ups column and twenty seats rated Leans Republican. On the Democratic side, 2 seats are rated as Toss Ups with 4 Leaning Democrat.
Splitting Toss Ups 50/50, RCP projects Democrats picking up 19 seats in the House of Representatives with an overall range of 14 - 24 seats.Governors: 28 D, 22 R (D +6) Four races remain as Toss Ups: Minnesota, Maryland, Idaho and Nevada. Democrats lead in the polls in Maryland and Minnesota, Republicans lead in Nevada and it is mixed in Idaho. RCP feels Republican incumbents in Maryland and Minnesota will gut out victories and Democrats will pull of a win in either Nevada or Idaho to give Democrats a net pick up of 6 seats.RCP predicted Bush's win in 04 by averaging the polls. >
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