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The Associated Press has an interesting story on the first cut of possible targets by the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee.
To make the list of 70, a district has to have elected a Democrat by less than 55 percent of the vote or given John McCain a majority in the 2008 election.
Oregon offers three such targets, California two and Idaho one. And Washington? Zero.
And what if Democrats use the same criteria to develop their target list? They'd focus on the 8th Congressional District where Barack Obama won with 56 percent of the vote but incumbent U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert won with 53 percent.
But we probably don't need statistics to know Reichert will be targeted again, even though Democrats have not won the seat since it was created following the 1980 census.
It is interesting that David Wu and Peter DeFazio are among the targets in Oregon. Wu received 71.5 percent of the vote and DeFazio 82.34 percent. Neither had a GOP opponent in the general election, of course. But that suggests an even higher mountain to climb for the GOP.
Here's a cool map that shows 2008 results.
Here's the AP story
WASHINGTON (AP) House Republicans are trying to rebound in the 2010 election from the hit they took last year’s contests by targeting 70 districts held by Democrats.
Those targeted satisfy at least one of these requirements: They won less than 55 percent of the vote last year or they represent a district carried in 2008 by John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee.
The targeted House Democrats by district, according to the National Republican Campaign Committee:
ALABAMA
Rep. Bobby Bright, AL-02
Rep. Parker Griffith, AL-05
ARKANSAS
Rep. Marion Berry, AR-01
Rep. Vic Snyder, AR-02
Rep. Mike Ross, AR-04
ARIZONA
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, AZ-01
Rep. Harry Mitchell, AZ-05
CALIFORNIA
Rep. Jerry McNerney, CA-11
Rep. Lorraine Sanchez, CA-47
COLORADO
Rep. Betsy Markey, CO-04
CONNECTICUT
Rep. Jim Himes, CT-04
FLORIDA
Rep. Alan Grayson, FL-08
Rep. Ron Klein, FL-22
Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, FL-24
GEORGIA
Rep. John Barrow, GA-12
HAWAII
Rep. Neil Abercrombie, HI-01
IOWA
Rep. Leonard Boswell, IA-03
IDAHO
Rep. Walt Minnick, ID-01
ILLINOIS
Rep. Debbie Halvorson, IL-11
Rep. Bill Foster, IL-14
INDIANA
Rep. Brad Ellsworth, IN-08
Rep. Baron Hill, IN-09
KANSAS
Rep. Dennis Moore, KS-03
KENTUCKY
Rep. Ben Chandler, KY-06
LOUISIANA
Rep. Charlie Melancon, LA-03
MARYLAND
Rep. Frank Kratovil, MD-01
MICHIGAN
Rep. Mark Schauer, MI-07
Rep. Gary Peters, MI-09
MISSOURI
Rep. Ike Skelton, MO-04
MISSISSIPPI
Rep. Travis Childers, MS-01
NORTH CAROLINA
Rep. Larry Kissell, NC-08
NORTH DAKOTA
Rep. Earl Pomeroy, ND-At Large
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, NH-01
Rep. Paul Hodes, NH-02
NEW JERSEY
Rep. John Adler, NJ-03
NEW MEXICO
Rep. Martin Heinrich, NM-01
Rep. Harry Teague, NM-02
NEVADA
Rep. Dina Titus, NV-03
NEW YORK
Rep. Tim Bishop, NY-01
Rep. Mike McMahon, NY-13
Rep. John Hall, NY-19
Rep. Scott Murphy, NY-20
Rep. Mike Arcuri, NY-24
Rep. Dan Maffei, NY-25
Rep. Eric Massa, NY-29
OHIO
Rep. Steve Driehaus, OH-01
Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, OH-15
Rep. John Boccieri, OH-16
Rep. Zach Space, OH-18
OKLAHOMA
Rep. Dan Boren, OK-02
OREGON
Rep. David Wu, OR-01
Rep. Peter DeFazio, OR-04
Rep. Kurt Schrader, OR-05
PENNSYLVANIA
Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, PA-03
Rep. Jason Altmire, PA-04
Rep. Joe Sestak, PA-07
Rep. Chris Carney, PA-10
Rep. Paul Kanjorski, PA-11
Rep. John Murtha, PA-12
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rep. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin, SD-At large
TEXAS
Rep. Chet Edwards, TX-17
UTAH
Rep. Jim Matheson, UT-02
VIRGINA
Rep. Glenn Nye, VA-02
Rep. Tom Perriello, VA-05
Rep. Rick Boucher, VA-09
Rep. Gerry Connolly, VA-11
WISCONSIN
Rep. Ron Kind, WI-03
Rep. Dave Obey, WI-07
Rep. Steve Kagen, WI-08
WEST VIRGINIA
Rep. Allen Mollahan, WV-01
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