The Fix - Chris Cillizza's politics blog on washingtonpost.com - June 28, 2009

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

Palin's 2012 Two-Step

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Top 10 Reasons To Love Texas (and Happy 4th!)

The Fix is spending the Fourth of July somewhere down in Texas -- what better place to celebrate the nation's independence than in this most independent of states! -- and thought we would honor the day with our top 10 reason to love the Lone Star State.

Palin To Resign, Focus on Presidential Run

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The Case Against Richard Nixon

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Kristol vs Schmidt, Round 2

The war of words between conservative columnist Bill Kristol and Steve Schmidt, the former campaign manager for John McCain's 2008 presidential bid has ensnared another senior adviser, Mark Salter, who leaped to Schmidt's defense after a recent appearance by Kristol on Fox and Friends.

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The Most Important Number in Politics Today

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Morning Fix: A Sarah Palin Rebound?

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Hall of Fame: The Case For Richard Nixon

Today begins the first of three weeks of analysis and argument over the three nominees -- Richard Nixon, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Tip O'Neill -- for inclusion in the Fix Political Hall of Fame.

Morning Fix: How Franken Won

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Updated, 4:05 p.m. ET: Former senator Norm Coleman conceded to Democrat Al Franken, ending the Minnesota Senate race that has drawn on since November and clearing the way for Franken to become the 60th Democrat in the Senate. "The Supreme...

Sanford Admits To More Contact With Mistress

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Morning Fix: The Fight That Wasn't

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Morning Fix: A New Republican Leader?

Dispirited Republicans looking for national leaders amid a wash of scandals that have dominated national news over the fortnight got a bit of good news on Sunday with an inspired performance on "Meet the Press" by South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R).

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