Risky Districts for Some New House Republicans? R's won in 56 districts that voted for Obama in '08 [View All]

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Risky Districts for Some New House Republicans?

The 2012 election starts now for some Republicans, too. On Tuesday, Republicans won races in 56 congressional districts that voted for President Barack Obama in 2008, suggesting the districts are volatile territory.

NOVEMBER 4, 2010, 6:40 PM ET

Half of those seats, 28, are currently held by Democrats, and the other half by Republicans who survived the Obama wave in 2008.

The newcomers are:

Daniel Webster and Allen West in Florida
Adam Kinzinger, Randy Hultgren Bobby Schilling and Bob Dold, who’s taking the seat now held by Sen.-elect Mark Kirk in Illinois
Kevin Yoder in Kansas
Dan Benishek and Tim Walberg, who lost his seat in 2008 before winning it back this year, in Michigan
Chip Cravaack in Minnesota
Renee Elmers in North Carolina
Frank Guinta and Charlie Bass in New Hampshire
Jon Runyan in New Jersey
Joe Heck in Nevada
Nan Hayworth, Christopher Gibson and Richard Hanna in New York
Steve Stivers and Steve Chabot, who also lost his seat in 2008 before getting it back this year, in Ohio
Patrick Meehan, Michael Fitzpatrick and Lou BarlettaQuico Canseco in Texas
Scott Rigell in Virginia
Jaime Herrera in Washington state.
Reid Ribble and Sean Duffy in Wisconsin

The old hands are:

Elton Gallegly, David Dreier, Ken Calvert, Mary Bono Mack and Brian Bilbray in California
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Bill Young in Florida.
Tom Latham in Iowa
Peter Roskam, Donald Manzullo and Judy Biggert in Illinois
Dave Camp, Fred Upton, Mike Rogers and Thaddeus McCotter in Michigan
Erik Paulsen in Minnesota
Lee Terry in Nebraska
Leonard Lance and Frank LoBiondo in New Jersey
Patrick Tiberi in Ohio
Charlie Dent and Jim Gerlach in Pennsylvania.
Randy Forbes and Frank Wolf in Virginia
Dave Reichert in Washington state
Thomas Petri and Paul Ryan in Wisconsin

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/11/04/risky-districts-for-some-new-house-republicans/