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."

Romney to the Rescue

Politicker MA: Former Gov. Mitt Romney is scheduled to embark on a three-day, eight-state trip Tuesday to campaign for Republicans in eight congressional races.

List of Districts:

• Melissa Hart, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire in Pennsylvania's 4th District
• U.S. Rep. Pete Roskam, who is facing a challenge from Democrat Jill Morgenthaler in Illinois' 6th District
• John Gard, who is taking on U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen in Wisconsin's 8th District
• Lynn Jenkins, Congresswoman Nancy Boyda's challenger in Kansas' 2nd District
• Pete Olson, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson in Texas' 22nd District, which was previously held by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay
• Bill Cassidy, who is running against U.S. Rep. Don Cazayoux, who won his Louisiana 6th District seat in the May 3 special election
• Jay Love, who is running against Democrat Bobby Bright for the Alabama's 2nd District seat vacated by Republican Congressman Terry Everett
• Tom Rooney, who is running against embattled Congressman Tim Mahoney in Florida's 16th District