The Fix - Chris Cillizza's politics blog on washingtonpost.com - March 15, 2009

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

Rank	Race	Current Party	Change
1	LA-02	Republican	None
2	LA-03	Democrat	Up
3	NY-23	Republican	Up
4	NM-02	Democrat	Up
5	IL-10	Republican	Down
6	AL-02	Democrat	Up
7	MD-01	Democrat	Down
8	PA-06	Republican	Down
9	CO-04	Democrat	Up
10	PA-07	Democrat	Up

Rank	Race	Current Party	Change
1	Kansas	Democrat	None
2	Tennessee	Democrat	None
3	Hawaii	Republican	Up
4	Rhode Island	Republican	Up
5	Oklahoma	Democrat	None
6	Vermont	Republican	Down
7	Virginia	Democrat	Up
8	Michigan	Democrat	None
9	California	Republican	Up
10	New Jersey	Democrat	Down

Rank	Race	Primary	Change
1	Texas Gov.	Republican	None
2	Pa. Senate	Democrat	None
3	Calif. Gov.	Republican	Up
4	Connecticut Sen.	Republican	Up
5	Ky. Senate	Democrat	None
6	Illinois Gov.	Democrat	Up
7	California Gov.	Democrat	Down
8	Kansas Senate	Republican	Up
9	Colo. Senate	Republican	Up
10	Michigan Gov.	Republican	Down

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