No Clean Sweep for House Dems

In 2006 the Democrats gained 31 seats in the US without losing a single one of their own. This time around, the Democrats are sure to add to their majority but they will lose at least one incumbent in the process.

Democrats aren't expecting a clean sweep. Rep. Tim Mahoney, D-Fla., who is under investigation by the FBI and a House panel after admitting to two adulterous affairs, is all but certain to lose his re-election race. Other Democrats most at risk of losing include Reps. Paul E. Kanjorski in Pennsylvania and Nick Lampson in Texas.

Rep. John P. Murtha, D-Pa., who chairs a subcommittee with the most influence on the Pentagon's spending, is also in an unexpectedly tight race to keep the seat he's held for 34 years, after calling his district south of Pittsburgh "racist."