Cook Report shifts 9 House races toward Dems day before election
By Michael Burke - 11/05/18 09:07 AM EST
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted 9 House races toward Democrats in a new forecast published Monday, the day before the midterm elections.
Cook moved one race, an open seat in Washington where Rep. Dave Reichert (R) is retiring, to leaning Democrat from toss-up.
It moved two more races from lean Republican to toss-up. The first is in Pennsylvania, where House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Scott Perry (R) is facing a tough reelection fight. The second is Georgia's sixth district, where Karen Handel, who won an expensive special election race in 2017, is in a tough race. The district was once held by former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R).
Another race that Democrats are already favored to win, a seat now held by the retiring Rep. Darrell Issa, was moved from leaning to likely Democrat.
In five other races shifted by Cook, the GOP is still favored to win. But the shift shows the races are closer than expected and points to the large number of seats the GOP is being forced to defend.
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