CQ's Congressional election predictions
Congressional Quarterly (CQ) has their take on House races up on their site. Nationally they predict the outcome will be republicans winning 224 seats and the democrats 202. Interesting to Illinois voters is how they see the individual state races and by clicking on the interactive map a page of individual district demographic information pops up as well as commentary on the various candidates.
CQ sees Illinois' 6th district pitting republican Peter Roskam over democrat Tammy Duckworth leaning republican. They have democrat Melissa Bean winning her race with republican David McSweeney in the 8th. Safe seats include republican John Shimkus in the 19th, democrat Jerry Costello in the 12th etc...
Updated race predictions will be online after July 15.
3 comments:
You left out a detail.
They show 9 toss-ups.
As a result, in a worst case scenario, they predict the Dems lose one, and in best, the Dems pick up 8.
Early, but interesting.
I note further that Cook, considered pretty reliable, has made IL C6 a "toss-up."
That is pretty bad, considering that Roskam was previously elected to office within the district. Knowing him, voters are looking to the alternative.
McSweeney and Roskam will both win.
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