The Fix - Chris Cillizza's politics blog on washingtonpost.com - November 9, 2008

Rank	Race	Current Party	Change
1	Connecticut	Democrat	Up
2	New Hampshire	Republican	Up
3	Missouri	Republican	Up
4	Kentucky	Republican	Down
5	Pennsylvania	Democrat	Up
6	Ohio	Republican	Down
7	Colorado	Democrat	Down
8	Illinois	Democrat	Up
9	Louisiana	Republican	Up
10	Delaware	Democrat	None

Rank	Race	Current Party	Change
1	LA-02	Republican	None
2	ID-01	Democratic	None
3	DE-AL	Republican	Up
4	NH-01	Democrat	None
5	MD-01	Democrat	Down
6	NY-23	Republican	Up
7	PA-06	Republican	Up
8	AL-02	Democrat	Down
9	MS-01	Democrat	Down
10	CA-44	Republican	None

Rank	Race	Current Party	Change
1	Kansas	Democrat	None
2	R.I.	Republican	None
3	Hawaii	Republican	Up
4	Nevada	Republican	Down
5	Tennessee	Democrat	Up
6	Michigan	Democrat	Up
7	Oklahoma	Democrat	Down
8	Virginia	Democrat	Up
9	Florida	Republican	Down
10	N.J.	Democrat	Up

Rank	Race	Primary	Change
1	Texas Gov.	Republican	Up
2	Pa. Senate	Democrat	Up
3	Calif. Gov.	Republican	None
4	N.Y. Senate	Democrat	Down
5	Fla. Senate	Republican	Up
6	Michigan Gov.	Republican	Up
7	Ky. Senate	Democrat	Up
8	Utah Senate	Republican	Up
9	S.C. Gov.	Republican	Down
10	Kan. Senate	Republican	Down

The Five Myths of Campaign 2008

In a piece for tomorrow's "Outlook" section, The Fix explores -- and explodes the five biggest myths of the 2008 campaign. We don't want to ruin the surprise but here's a sampling: Myth #2: A wave of black voters and...

Alaska Senate: Begich Widens Lead Slightly

Democrat Mark Begich now leads Sen. Ted Stevens (R) by just over 1,000 votes with more than 90 percent of the total ballots counted in the high-profile Alaska Senate race. The Alaska Division of Elections counted another 14,500 votes on...

HRC for Secretary of State: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?

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Friday Senate Line: The 2010 Landscape

The day after the 2008 election ended, the 2010 cycle began for political junkies. For both parties and their political operatives this is a time filled with possibility and hope. Maybe, just maybe, that governor who has held out on...

Michael Steele to Run For RNC Chair

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Political Take: The Transition Edition!

The election may be over but the Political Take continues! In today's edition, The Fix and Newsweek managing editor Dan Klaidman discuss the hiring of two longtime Clinton Administration operatives -- Rahm Emanuel and Ron Klain -- to senior positions...

Obama To Resign From Senate, Who's Next?

The news that President-elect Barack Obama will resign from the Senate on Sunday is sure to amp up the pressure on Gov. Rod Blagojevich to pick a replacement as well as heighten the speculation about the identity of the next...

The Lieberman Conundrum

Will Joe Lieberman's endorsement of John McCain cost him politically? Photo by Matt Rourke of the Associated Press Nine days after a presidential election in which he actively supported Republican John McCain, the fate of Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman...

Wag the Blog: Media Bias?

It seems that every social event The Fix attends -- and that list includes plane flights, field hockey games and shopping with Mrs. Fix, among others -- there is someone who asks about bias in the media. Usually the "inquiry"...

Alaska Senate: Count the Votes!

Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska and his supporters watch vote results showing the Republican ahead of his opponent on election night. Photo by By Johnny Wagner -- Getty Images UPDATE, 8:22 pm: In a remarkable turn of events, Democrat...

Wag the Blog Redux: What Should Obama's First Priority Be?

Last week -- in the wake of President-elect Barack Obama's sweeping electoral victory -- we asked Fixistas to offer their thoughts on what the Illinois Senator's first piece of legislative business should be and why. Put another way -- If...

Impossibly High Expectations on Race Relations?

Can President-elect Obama heal the racial divide? Photo by Charles Dharapak -- Associated Press Photo Much has been made -- and rightly so -- of the historic nature of Barack Obama's election as the first African-American to hold the...

Chris Matthews for Senate?

In this April 2, 2008 file photo, then Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., right, waves to the crowd with "Hardball" host Chris Matthews, left during MSNBC's Hardball College Tour at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa....

1,000 Words: The Winners

The current and future presidents of the United States met Monday at the White House. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Yesterday we posted the photo above -- of the current and future president meeting at the White House -- and asked...

Obama Lays Out Ethics Rules

President-elect Barack Obama today released a series of ethics guidelines for those working in the transition operation, a continuation of the anti-lobbying policies adopted by the Illinois Senator during his primary and general election campaigns. The ethics rules -- no...

Palin-ology: The Image Reclamation Tour Begins

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin answers questions after returning to Anchorage, Alaska, Wednesday Nov. 5, 2008. Her brother Chuck Heath Jr. is in the back. (AP Photo/Al Grillo) Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is in the midst of a whirlwind media...

The Best House Ads

We've made our picks for the best television ads run in the presidential and Senate races and today we turn our attention to the House. This category is always the hardest for us because there are SO MANY ads --...

A Thousand Words

The current and future presidents of the United States met today at the White House. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) They say a picture is worth .... The transition from President George W. Bush to President-elect Barack Obama began -- symbolically,...

Dean To Step Down as DNC Chair

Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan, left, watches as Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, speaks to a journalist at the National Press Club in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) UPDATE, 4:00 pm: Two other...

Jindal: Never Vetted for VP

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Photo by Pat Semansky/Getty Images Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who has emerged as one of the hottest names in national Republican circles since John McCain's defeat last week, was never vetted as a vice presidential...

FixCam Week in Preview: The Cabinet Parlor Game

Play Video VIDEO | FixCam Week in Preview: The Cabinet Parlor Game The election may be over but the silly season has begun again as speculation runs rampant about who President-elect Barack Obama will choose for his Cabinet. List...

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