10 House races to watch in November

Posted on Saturday, February 25, 2012, 7:30 am by Paddy
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I know nothing on the strategies needed to get the win, but just on a visceral plain, I’d dance if Lungren and Allen West went down. Oooh, and throw in Joe Walsh just for giggles. Donna Cassata does the work.

DEMOCRATS
Georgia 12th Congressional District: Can four-term conservative Rep. John Barrow survive in the Republican South?

California 24th: If eight-term Rep. Lois Capps wins, Democrats could be on their way to significant gains in the state, a boost to their shot of winning the House.

Utah 4th: Six-term Rep. Jim Matheson is a regular GOP target in this solid Republican state, but the U.S. Chamber of Commerce likes his voting record.

North Carolina 7th: The GOP-drawn maps are a nightmare for Democrats in the state. Can eight-term Rep. Mike McIntyre, another conservative, continue the minimal Democratic presence in the South?

New York 26th: First-term Rep. Kathy Hochul lifted Democratic spirits last year with a win in a special election. Republicans are looking to take the seat back.
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REPUBLICANS

Illinois 11th: Seven-term Rep. Judy Biggert is a top Democratic target after the party drew political boundaries to its liking. She could face former Rep. Bill Foster, who lost in 2010.

Florida 18th: The outspoken and well-funded freshman Rep. Allen West switched to the district and immediately drew Republican challengers.

Colorado 6th: New district lines make it tougher for two-term Rep. Mike Coffman.

California 7th: Defeating nine-term Rep. Dan Lungren is one part of the Democratic calculation to winning big in California.

New York 13th: First-term Rep. Michael Grimm has been dogged by questions about his fundraising and business practices in a district that includes Staten Island and part of Brooklyn.

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  • r_dale

    Matheson (D-weasel), pfft!  Good riddance.  He’s the worst kind of cowardly blue dog, portraying himself as a Democrat but voting almost 100% of the time with the repubs.  He’s voted for just about every terrible thing Bush did, and has sided with the obstructionists since Obama was elected virtually all the time.  He uses the (D) to get elected and as soon as that’s done, he drops the liberals and Democrats and goes right back to his masters.  In the last election, Utah Democrats were so fed up with him they challenged him in the primary and forced him into a run-off.  I always say he has a constituency of exactly one: himself.  His father, Scott Matheson, was a good, Democratic governor (yes, Utah used to have such things; kind of like the passenger pigeon, now extinct), and it’s often reported that there are rippling motions from the cemetery where he’s buried, from him rolling in his grave at the antics of his cowardly son.  In a recent comment on the Salt Lake Tribune message board, someone said–and I agree with–why not just put a regular republican in that seat that we can hate honestly, instead of being continually disappointed.  If Matheson goes, he’ll be replaced by some rabid right-winger, as per usual in Utah, but meh!  No great loss.