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Democrats Could Make History With Big Back-to-Back Gains
CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS Oct. 31, 2008 – 12:01 a.m. Democrats Could Make History With Big Back-to-Back Gains By Greg Giroux, CQ Staff In December 2006, when Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen became chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) one month after his party made ...
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Democrats headed toward big gains in House, Senate (AP)
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Putting the Democrats' Impending Congressional Victory in Historical Context
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... In 2006, the Democrats picked up 30 House seats. This year, they are slated to pick up anywhere from 15 to 30. Those numbers hold some pretty historic potential. Here's CQ: ...

A Day At The Congressional Races
TPM Election Central — ... CQ's latest House race ratings show the Democrats headed for a historic second consecutive wave election, with double-digit gains in the House. If the 25 races currently rated as toss-ups are split evenly between the two parties -- an essentially neutral and cautious assumption -- the Dems would have an overall net gain of 18 or 19 seats, for a total of 254 or 255 seats. ...

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