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Anybody know a good site to go to watch the outstanding House races? I am anxious to know the final number!

Semi-unofficial thread for election predictions. SENATE. # of net Senate seats gained (ex: "9" - R's pick up 9 seats, lose 0) GOVERNOR. # of Governor's seats HELD (ex: "30" - R's hold 30 governorships post-election) HOUSE. # of net House seats gained (ex: "58" - R's pick up 60 seats, lose 2) DETAIL. This is optional!! Race-specific predictions for selected competitive races (as listed in example). I have used the current RCP tossup races for this category. UPSETS. One upset prediction for each category (House, Senate, Gov)

Raleigh, N.C. – The battle for North Carolina’s 7th Congressional district seat between Republican candidate Ilario Pantano and Democratic Rep. Mike McIntyre is virtually tied, according to a new SurveyUSA poll released today by the Civitas Institute. According to the poll of 450 registered voters in that district, 46 percent of voters said they would vote for Pantano if the election for United States House of Representatives were held today. Forty-five percent said they would vote for McIntyre, and nine percent of voters said they are undecided. However, when looking at those who are most likely to vote in 2010,...

New polling released by Democrat Julie Lassa's campaign shows her race with Republican Sean Duffy for the 7th Congressional District seat is a dead heat. The poll, conducted for Lassa's campaign by the D.C.-based firm Garin-Hart-Yang Research, shows Duffy leading Lassa 42 percent to 41 percent, within the margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points. The telephone survey was conducted Sept. 26 and 27 among 504 likely voters in the 7th CD. Seven percent of those polled said they would vote for independent candidate Gary Kauther, and 10 percent were undecided.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Piqued by their national political momentum, Republicans seeking to regain control of the U.S. House have expanded their focus in North Carolina to target at least three congressional seats held by Democrats. The movement, backed by large advertising buys, marks a new expansion into districts that Democrats handily won just two years ago. A pro-business group allied with the GOP will begin airing ads this week in an effort to bring down North Carolina Reps. Larry Kissell, Bob Etheridge and Heath Shuler.

Save a runoff in October, Tuesday's primary action will be the last for House candidates this cycle. And it's fitting that we end this anti-incumbent primary season with a few incumbents -- Reps. Charles Rangel (D) and Carolyn Maloney (D) -- in some degree of danger. And it's also appropriate that several races will feature Tea Party challengers facing more establishment favorites in GOP primaries. So, we end where we began. Very fitting. Here are our top 10 primaries to watch on Tuesday[analysis at link]: 1. 1. NY-15 [Primary challenge to Charlie Rangel] 2. NY-23 [Doug Hoffman vs Matt Doheny]...

Tuesday is primary day in the Empire State, and one of the big GOP battles is taking place out in Eastern Long Island over the right to take on four-term liberal incumbent Democrat Rep. Tim Bishop. Here’s the line-up: [paraphrase: see article for details] Randy Altschuler: formerly of the Green Party, considered a primary challenge to conservative NJ incumbent Rep. Scott Garrett Ed Cox: Nixon son-in-law donated to Dede Scozzafava & Charlie Crist And last but not least is the man who’s campaign got a huge lift this week from Rush Limbaugh, conservative George Demos. I like very much what...

The NRCC ad highlights Donnelly's support for the "Obama-Pelosi" health care bill, Wall Street bailout and $787 billion economic stimulus package before asking, "Now Joe Donnelly wants us to believe he's independent?" ... Donnelly, a second-term Democrat who skated to reelection last cycle despite occupying a GOP-leaning 2nd District, faces a competitive race against state Rep. Jackie Walorski.

No Purchase for Perriello in VA-05, Another Democratic Incumbent Congressman in Trouble: In an election for US House of Representatives in Virginia's 5th Congressional District today, 09/02/10, Republican State Senator Robert Hurt defeats incumbent Democrat Tom Perriello 61% to 35%, according to this latest exclusive WDBJ-TV poll conducted by SurveyUSA. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released 6 weeks ago, little has changed; Hurt is up a nominal 3 points; Perriello is flat. Hurt has increased his lead among men, younger voters, independents, and lower-income voters, and now is at or above 62% among each of those groups. Perriello, who...

...we cannot afford to show weakness...But when you do meet a terrorist or thug or bully who is not going to be reasoned with, you've got to have the baseline tools with which you can project power and strength so as to nullify bad situations appropriately...[i]f you broadcast the message that Americans are going to leave, you're saying that you're going to abandon your friends to the whims of the whatever remnants of the enemy remain. The use of timelines -- not carrying fight to enemy, not isolating the enemy from the people we want to have on our side...

Sen. Barbara Boxer, the pro-abortion, pro-same-sex marriage liberal firebrand first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, now finds herself in a tough reelection battle in November 2010, a recently published Field Poll reveals. The Field Poll, published March 18, shows Boxer trailing Republican challenger Tom Campbell 44% to 43%, with 13% undecided. Boxer holds a narrow 45% to 44% over Republican Carly Fiorina, and a 45% to 41% lead over Chuck Devore, also a Republican. As a consequence of the poll numbers, political observers are now calling the race a dead heat. (... read more at link)

After Republicans nominated businessman Tim Burns as their special election candidate in the 12th Congressional District, state party chairman said he hoped that military veteran Bill Russell would get behind the GOP’s candidate. But Russell, ever the anti-establishment candidate, is sticking to his guns. He’s continued to criticize the process by which Burns was nominated. He’s preparing to go up against Burns in the May primary to be held the same day as the special election. And he says—only half-jokingly—that he won’t even vote for Burns over Democrat Mark Critz in the special election, opting instead to write himself in....

Fayetteville Republican Lou Huddleston Wednesday called on 8th District rival Tim D’Annunzio to leave the race, saying “he hasn’t shown the disposition and the temperament voters would expect from someone who wants to be their congressman.” ... “When you walk off of a stage because you’re not happy about something ... you’re walking away from voters, you’re disrespecting voters,” Huddleston said.

LATROBE — Tim Burns will represent the Republican Party for the special election to pick John Murtha’s successor after a group of GOP conferees Thursday night voted for him over his chief rival, former Army officer Bill Russell. The vote total was 85 votes for Burns, 46 for Russell. Burns will now face Murtha’s former district director, Mark Critz, in the May 18 special election... ...Although some Republicans thought Russell had an outside chance to win Thursday’s nomination, Burns was the solid favorite for the nod. Although Burns defeated Russell Thursday night, he will face him again on the May...

RICHMOND -- After weeks of indecision, state Del. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, is lining up support for a likely campaign against Democratic U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher of Abingdon.

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely Indiana voters shows former GOP Congressman John Hostettler leading Baron Hill 49% to 31% and Brad Ellsworth 46% to 27%.

Blake Curd is “On the Radar” of the National Republican Congressional Committee. Chris Nelson is not. .... Nelson reported $56,000 raised during the first few months of his campaign, compared to $181,000 reported by Curd. Nelson said then that he was relying on hundreds of smaller campaign donors and long-standing GOP connections to power his primary run. After hearing of the committee release, Nelson said his optimism and focus in the primary had not changed.

Democratic state Sen. Tarryl Clark has officially jumped into the race to challenge U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann. "Washington isn't working for Minnesota families, and neither is Michele Bachmann," Clark said at a news conference Thursday at the State Capitol in St. Paul, flanked by family members and supporters. "I'll fight every day for people, not a political agenda." Clark spent much of the news conference bashing Bachmann and did not mention by name her Democratic rival, Dr. Maureen Reed.

A report that Congressman Rick Boucher might be contemplating retirement brought a quick denial this week from the Abingdon Democrat. It also brought an interesting reaction from a leading Republican who's considering a challenge, Salem Delegate Morgan Griffith. When Washington news organizations suggested that Rick Boucher might be ready to retire from his seat representing the ninth district, the congressman quickly sent them a statement saying he had given no consideration to retiring and is planning to seek re-election. After the news reached Richmond, Salem Delegate and House Majority Leader Morgan Griffith said he's still weighing a possible run for...

With a political arms race in full force, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) has raised almost $750,000 in less than 48 hours since his shout of "You lie!" to President Obama during the Wednesday address to Congress, almost matching the Internet-fueled haul of his likely Democratic opponent. A senior GOP official said Wilson, who apologized to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel after the health-care speech but has since refused a more public apology, has turned his own previous sleepy campaign machine into an Web-friendly effort. Just as liberals have poured cash into the campaign of Rob Miller, who lost...