In the Senate:
Republicans lose Ohio, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania.
Democrats retain New Jersey, Maryland, and Minnesota.
3 down.
3 to go.
Now, that is satisfying.
Rep. Chris “the Count” Chocola (R-IN) goes down to crashing defeat in Indiana.
The moral balancing of the universe just notched back a bit in the right direction.
In the 3 closely watched House races in Connecticut, Republicans Simmons and Shays hold early leads along with Democrat Murphy. Still very early.
In the House:
Republicans lose KY-03 (Northup), IN-08 (Hostettler), and IN-02 (Chocola).
Dems need 12 more to take control of the House.
GOP incumbent Ron Lewis holds on for re-election in the KY-02, as projected by CNN.
Make that 11 House seats to go for the Dems.
Baron Hill has knocked off Republican incumbent Mike Sodrel in the Indiana-09, FOX projects.
Democrat Tim Mahoney has a slim lead over Republican Joe Negron in the Florida-16, with 59% reporting. Again, that’s the Mark Foley seat that the Republicans had seemed to write off immediately after Foley’s resignation.
The GOP has lost two more House seats, bringing the Dems magic number down to 9, if network and cable news projections are correct.
In the New Hampshire-02, Democrat Paul Hodes knocks off Rep. Charlie Bass.
And in the Ohio-18, the seat just vacated by convicted felon Bob Ney goes to Democrat Zack Space over Republican Joy Padgett.
The Senate races in Virginia, Tennessee, and Missouri–the GOP’s firewall–remain too close to call.