Eight House Races Still Undecided
The Los Angeles Times reports:
Eight congressional races remain undecided one week after election day, though Republicans appear set to add to their historic gains.
Seven races for the House are yet uncalled by the Associated Press, and Democrats were defending all seven. Of that group, only two Democrats lead their Republican opponents, with the average vote differential being fewer than 600 votes in each.
In California's 11th district, two-term incumbent Democrat Jerry McNerney has a 624-vote lead over Republican David Harmer, with absentee and provisional ballots still being counted. In the Kentucky 6th district, Democrat Ben Chandler led Republican Andy Barr by 643 votes.
Of the five incumbents trailing, Illinois Rep. Melissa Bean has the smallest deficit to overcome, 347 votes out of more than 200,000 in the 8th district. Republican challenger Joe Walsh claims victory, but Bean's campaign is waiting for a final count of absentee ballots that won't come for more than a week.
Rep. Tim Bishop trails Republican Randy Altschuler by fewer than 400 votes in New York's 1st district. His campaign was in court Tuesday requesting a hand recount of all ballots.
Other Democrats on the cusp of defeat are Jim Costa (Calif.), Dan Maffei (N.Y.) and Solomon Ortiz ( Texas).
An eighth race, in North Carolina's 2nd district, has been called for Republican Renee Ellmers over incumbent Bob Etheridge. But Etheridge, trailing by more than 1,600 votes, is expected to seek a recount.
If all current leads hold, Democrats would likely hold 191 seats in the new Congress, while Republicans would hold 244. That would be a net gain of 63 seats for the GOP, which will hold the majority in the House for the first time since 2006.
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Seven races for the House are yet uncalled by the Associated Press, and Democrats were defending all seven. Of that group, only two Democrats lead their Republican opponents, with the average vote differential being fewer than 600 votes in each.
In California's 11th district, two-term incumbent Democrat Jerry McNerney has a 624-vote lead over Republican David Harmer, with absentee and provisional ballots still being counted. In the Kentucky 6th district, Democrat Ben Chandler led Republican Andy Barr by 643 votes.
Of the five incumbents trailing, Illinois Rep. Melissa Bean has the smallest deficit to overcome, 347 votes out of more than 200,000 in the 8th district. Republican challenger Joe Walsh claims victory, but Bean's campaign is waiting for a final count of absentee ballots that won't come for more than a week.
Rep. Tim Bishop trails Republican Randy Altschuler by fewer than 400 votes in New York's 1st district. His campaign was in court Tuesday requesting a hand recount of all ballots.
Other Democrats on the cusp of defeat are Jim Costa (Calif.), Dan Maffei (N.Y.) and Solomon Ortiz ( Texas).
An eighth race, in North Carolina's 2nd district, has been called for Republican Renee Ellmers over incumbent Bob Etheridge. But Etheridge, trailing by more than 1,600 votes, is expected to seek a recount.
If all current leads hold, Democrats would likely hold 191 seats in the new Congress, while Republicans would hold 244. That would be a net gain of 63 seats for the GOP, which will hold the majority in the House for the first time since 2006.
