It’s going to take a while to sort through all the carnage for Democrats in the House, but here’s a shocker: Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN), the 36-year incumbent and chairman of the Transportation Committee, has lost.
Oberstar is one of three House committee chairmen to go down, along with Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO) of the Armed Services Committee and Rep. John Spratt (D-SC) of the Budget Committee.