The Cook Political Report | The insider's choice for election analysis

July 30, 2008
The Cook Political Report currently sees the Presidential contest as a Toss Up. Obama currently has a 240 to 174 Electoral vote edge, with 124 Electoral votes in the Toss Up column. 270 are needed to win.

July 18, 2008
Senior Editor Jennifer Duffy believes that Democrats will score a net gain of between five and seven Senate seats in November.

July 17, 2008
House Editor David Wasserman estimates that Democrats will pick up between 12 and 17 House seats.

May 7, 2008
Senior Editor Jennifer Duffy sees the potential for no net change to a Democratic gain of one seat among this year's 11 Gubernatorial races.

MO Gov: Show Me Another Close Race

August 14, 2008
Last week’s primary set the stage for a race that Democrats believe is their best shot at picking up a Republican-held Governor’s office. And while there is ample evidence that their nominee, Attorney General Jay Nixon, starts the general election with an advantage, a declaration of victory might be premature.
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Open Seat Rundowns in OH, OR, VA, and WY

August 14, 2008
House Editor David Wasserman releases rundowns for vulnerable seats in Ohio, Oregon, Virginia, and Wyoming.
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Democrats’ Path to 60 Seats

August 7, 2008
As the scandal surrounding Sen. Larry Craig’s arrest unfolded nearly a year ago, MSNBC’s Tom Curry wrote, “…it now looks possible that in next year’s elections the Democrats just might attain the 60 seats they need to foil Republican filibusters.”
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Open Seat Rundowns

August 7, 2008
The Cook Political Report’s current outlook estimates that Democrats will gain between 12 and 17 seats in the lower chamber. What’s striking about that estimate is that Democrats could score such a gain on open seats alone if they were to run the table on competitive races in which no incumbent is running.
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All Obama, All the Time

August 2, 2008
What is this presidential election about? According to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, it's about Barack Obama, not John McCain or really even a choice between the two men. As pollster Peter Hart, the Democratic half of the duo who conducted the survey, puts it, "Obama will be the 'point person' in this election."
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