Top 100 House Races for 2010 [CNN]
In the final 100 days before Election Day, CNN has been profiling one race at random each day from among the nation's top 100 House races, which we've dubbed ‘The CNN 100.’ (PHOTO CREDIT: Getty Images)
(CNN) - Though all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives will be up this November, the battle to control the chamber next year will come down to a much smaller number of congressional districts scattered across the country. CNN has identified the top 100 House races, which we’ve dubbed “The CNN 100,” and will profile one of these races at random each day for the final 100 days leading up to the election. These seats run the gamut both politically and demographically: red states and blue states, urban and rural, open seats and seats with incumbents facing their first competitive race in years. Some are highly competitive, while the race is still developing in others. We’ve listed the CNN 100 below in two groups: the 50 most vulnerable seats, and another 50 races worth watching.
50 Most Vulnerable House Seats:
District Incumbent/PartyAL 2nd Bobby Bright (D)AZ 1st Ann Kirkpatrick (D)AZ 5th Harry Mitchell (D)AZ 8th Gabrielle Giffords (D)AR 1st (Open) Marion Berry (D)AR 2nd (Open) Vic Snyder (D)CO 4th Betsy Markey (D)DE At-Large (Open) Mike Castle (R)FL 8th Alan Grayson (D)FL 24th Suzanne Kosmas (D)HI 1st Charles Djou (R)ID 1st Walt Minnick (D)IL 10th (Open) Mark Kirk (R)IL 14th Bill Foster (D)IN 8th (Open) Brad Ellsworth (D)IN 9th Baron Hill (D)KS 3rd (Open) Dennis Moore (D)LA 2nd Anh "Joseph" Cao (R)LA 3rd (Open) Charlie Melancon (D)MD 1st Frank Kratovil (D)MI 1st (Open) Bart Stupak (D)MI 7th Mark Schauer (D)MS 1st Travis Childers (D)NV 3rd Dina Titus (D)NH 1st Carol Shea-Porter (D)NH 2nd (Open) Paul Hodes (D)NJ 3rd John Adler (D)NM 2nd Harry Teague (D)NY 13th Michael McMahon (D)NY 23rd Bill Owens (D)NY 24th Michael Arcuri (D)NY 29th (Vacant) Eric Massa (D)NC 8th Larry Kissell (D)ND At-Large Earl Pomeroy (D)OH 1st Steve Driehaus (D)OH 15th Mary Jo Kilroy (D)OH 16th John Boccieri (D)OH 18th Zach Space (D)PA 3rd Kathleen Dahlkemper (D)PA 4th Jason Altmire (D)PA 7th (Open) Joe Sestak (D)PA 10th Christopher Carney (D)PA 12th Mark Critz (D)TN 6th (Open) Bart Gordon (D)TX 17th Chet Edwards (D)VA 2nd Glenn Nye (D)VA 5th Tom Perriello (D)WA 3rd (Open) Brian Baird (D)WA 8th Dave Reichert (R)WV 1st (Open) Alan Mollohan (D)
50 House Races to Watch:
District Incumbent/PartyCA 3rd Dan Lungren (R)CA 11th Jerry McNerney (D)CA 44th Ken Calvert (R)CA 45th Mary Bono Mack (R)CA 50th Brian Bilbray (R)CO 3rd John Salazar (D)CT 5th Chris Murphy (D)FL 2nd Allen Boyd (D)FL 12th (Open) Adam Putnam (R)FL 22nd Ron Klein (D)FL 25th (Open) Mario Diaz-Balart (R)GA 8th Jim Marshall (D)IL 6th Peter Roskam (R)IL 11th Debbie Halvorson (D)IN 2nd Joe Donnelly (D)IA 3rd Leonard Boswell (D)KY 6th Ben Chandler (D)MA 10th (Open) Bill Delahunt (D)MI 3rd (Open) Vernon Ehlers (R)MI 9th Gary Peters (D)MN 1st Tim Walz (D)MN 3rd Erik Paulsen (R)MN 6th Michele Bachmann (R)MO 4th Ike Skelton (D)NE 2nd Lee Terry (R)NJ 7th Leonard Lance (R)NM 1st Martin Heinrich (D)NY 1st Tim Bishop (D)NY 19th John Hall (D)NY 20th Scott Murphy (D)NY 25th Dan Maffei (D)NC 11th Heath Shuler (D)OH 6th Charlie Wilson (D)OH 12th Patrick Tiberi (R)OR 5th Kurt Schrader (D)PA 6th Jim Gerlach (R)PA 8th Patrick Murphy (D)PA 11th Paul Kanjorski (D)PA 15th Charlie Dent (R)PA 17th Tim Holden (D)SC 5th John Spratt (D)SD At-Large Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D)TN 4th (Open) Lincoln Davis (D)TN 8th John Tanner (D)TX 23rd Ciro Rodriguez (D)UT 2nd Jim Matheson (D)VA 9th Rick Boucher (D)VA 11th Gerry Connolly (D)WI 7th (Open) David Obey (D)WI 8th Steve Kagen (D)
