2008 House Ratings
Here are our latest House ratings. Our latest estimate is a Democratic gain of 10-20 seats.
Any seats not listed are currently considered to be at limited risk for the incumbent party. For our race-by-race analysis, you must subscribe to the print edition of the Report.
# = Moved benefiting Democrats
* = Moved benefiting Republicans
^ = Newly added
PURE TOSS-UP (7 R, 3 D)
- AL 5 (Open; Cramer, D)
- FL 8 (Keller, R)
- FL 21 (L. Diaz-Balart, R) #
- FL 24 (Feeney, R)
- MN 3 (Open; Ramstad, R)
- NH 1 (Shea-Porter, D)
- NJ 7 (Open; Ferguson, R)
- NM1 (Open; Wilson, R)
- OH 15 (Open; Pryce, R)
- PA 10 (Carney, D)
TOSS-UP/TILT REPUBLICAN (8 R, 1 D)
- CT 4 (Shays, R) #
- LA 4 (Open; McCrery, R)
- LA 6 (Cazayoux, D)
- MI 7 (Walberg, R) #
- NM 2 (Open; Pearce, R)
- NY 26 (Open; Reynolds, R)
- NY 29 (Kuhl, R)
- NC 8 (Hayes, R)
- WA 8 (Reichert, R)
TOSS-UP/TILT DEMOCRATIC (6 R, 6 D)
- AZ 1 (Open; Renzi, R)
- CA 11 (McNerney, D)
- CO 4 (Musgrave, R)
- FL 16 (Mahoney, D)
- GA 8 (Marshall, D)
- IL 11 (Open; Weller, R)
- KS 2 (Boyda, D)
- NJ 3 (Open; Saxton, R)
- NV 3 (Porter, R) #
- OH 16 (Open; Regula, R) #
- PA 11 (Kanjorski, D)
- WI 8 (Kagen, D)
LEAN REPUBLICAN (9 R, 1 D)
- AL 2 (Open; Everett, R)
- FL 25 (M. Diaz-Balart, R) #
- IL 10 (Kirk, R)
- KY 2 (Open; Lewis, R) ^
- MI 9 (Knollenberg, R)
- MO 6 (Graves, R)
- OH 1 (Chabot, R)
- OH 2 (Schmidt, R)
- PA 3 (English, R)
- TX 22 (Lampson, D)
- VA 2 (Drake, R)
LEAN DEMOCRATIC (1 R, 5 D)
- AZ 5 (Mitchell, D)
- AZ 8 (Giffords, D)
- KY 3 (Yarmuth, D)
- OR 5 (Open; Hooley, D)
- PA 4 (Altmire, D)
- VA 11 (Open; Davis, R)
REPUBLICAN FAVORED (9 R, 0 D)
- CA 4 (Open; Doolittle, R)
- FL 13 (Buchanan, R)
- ID 1 (Sali, R)
- IL 6 (Roskam, R)
- MD 1 (Open; Gilchrest, R)
- MN 6 (Bachmann, R)
- MO 9 (Open; Hulshof, R)
- PA 6 (Gerlach, R)
- WV 2 (Capito, R)
DEMOCRAT FAVORED (2 R, 5 D)
- AK A-L (Young, R)
- IL 14 (Foster, D)
- IN 9 (Hill, D)
- KS 3 (Moore, D)
- MS 1 (Childers, D)
- NY 13 (Open; Fossella, R)
- NY 20 (Gillibrand, D)
- NY 25 (Open; Walsh, R)
