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Looks like Allard has a little work to do, but we seem to have the inside track in SD and MN. I just hope we can also pick up at least a couple more seats (MO, GA, LA, and IA), so that we have a decent Senate majority.

Stock market will have a lot to do with the end picture........

Here's what they said about my race. Pretty balanced coverage. My only complaint is that they never fairly represent just how impressive Nuttle's resume is. His role at the NRCC is one of his more modest accomplishments.

I think it is also noteworthy that the article says Ben Odom is the likely Democratic nominee. I have no way of knowing for sure, but this is probably one of the Democratic party's biggest recruiting setbacks.

Watts, Watkins to Hold Fundraiser for Cole

Former Oklahoma Secretary of State Tom Cole (R), along with Rep.Wes Watkins (R-Okla.), will hold a D.C. fundraiser today with the man he hopes to replace, GOP Conference Chairman J.C. Watts.

The event is expected to raise between $50,000 and $75,000, according to Cole's campaign manager, JohnWoods. Watts will do another fundraiser inAugust in Washington, Woods said.

Cole, a former executive director at the NationalRepublicanCongressionalCommittee and chief of staff at the Republican NationalCommittee, is one of the leading candidates in the race to replace Watts. Watts, who was first elected in 1994, announced in early July that he would not seek a fifth term.

Attorney Marc Nuttle, himself a past executive director at the NRCC, is considered the only Republican candidate with a chance to knock off Cole.

Nuttle said he was not surprised by the financial helpWatts is offering Cole, arguing that Watts' support of Cole has helped to define the race for Republican primary voters.

Nuttle will travel to Washington on Thursday to hold a fundraising event that will be attended by "movement conservatives and small-business conservatives."

The primary is set for Aug. 27 with a runoff, if necessary, on Sept. 17.

Ben Odom, who challenged Watts in 1998, is the likely Democratic nominee.

I haven't seen any numbers from LA but the Republicans have three candidates in the field so far if they all stay... Their only hope as I see it is to keep Landrieu from getting 50% plus one so as not to be elected without a runoff. The newest candidate in the fray is Elections Commissioner Suzanne Haik Terrell. She has won a statewide race in 1999 for her current job, but I have no idea how strong her support is.