Cook Shifts 18 House Races Toward Democrats, Sees 9-19 Seat Gain
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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 9
Cook Shifts 18 House Races Toward Democrats, Sees 9-19 Seat Gain
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 9
Summary
Eighteen House contests moved left in Cook Political Report’s latest ratings update, deepening signs that Democrats are gaining ground ahead of November.
Four GOP-held seats in Iowa and Pennsylvania shifted from toss-up to lean Democratic, and Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s Washington race also moved from toss-up to lean Democratic.
Cook also moved four lean-Republican races to toss-up, including Iowa’s open 2nd District and Rep. Don Davis’s North Carolina seat, where a GOP redraw has not yet produced a safe district.
Three likely-Republican seats were downgraded to lean Republican and two solid-Republican seats to likely Republican, widening the map further.
Cook’s Erin Covey now projects Democrats could flip a net 9 to 19 seats, which would put the party at 224 to 234 House seats next Congress.