CQ politics has finally released its ratings for the 2010 Senate and gubernatorial elections. Here they are:
Incumbent in parenthesis, *=retiring
First, the Senate races:
Safe Democrat
California (Boxer)
Hawaii (Inouye)
Indiana (Bayh)
Maryland (Mikulski)
New York (Schumer)
North Dakota (Dorgan)
Oregon (Wyden)
Vermont (Leahy)
Washington (Murray)
Democrat Favored
Arkansas (Lincoln)
Colorado (Bennet)
Delaware (Kaufman*)
Leans Democrat
Nevada (Reid)
New York (Gillibrand)
Wisconsin (Feingold)
No Clear Favorite
Connecticut (Dodd)
Florida (Martinez*)
Illinois (Burris)
Kentucky (Bunning)
Missouri (Bond*)
New Hampshire (Gregg*)
North Carolina (Burr)
Ohio (Voinovich*)
Pennsylvania (Specter)
Leans Republican
Louisiana (Vitter)
South Carolina (DeMint)
Republican Favored
Arizona (McCain)
Georgia (Isakson)
Kansas (Brownback*)
South Dakota (Thune)
Safe Republican
Alabama (Shelby)
Alaska (Murkowski)
Idaho (Crapo)
Iowa (Grassley)
Oklahoma (Coburn)
Utah (Bennett)
Now the governor’s races:
Safe Democrat
Arkansas (Beebe)
Maryland (O’Malley)
New Hampshire (Lynch)
Democrat Favored
Hawaii (Lingle*)
Ohio (Strickland)
New Mexico (Richardson*)
Leans Democrat
California (Schwarzenegger*)
Colorado (Ritter)
Illinois (Quinn)
Iowa (Culver)
Maine (Baldacci*)
Massachusetts (Patrick)
New York (Paterson)
Oregon (Kulongoski*)
Wisconsin (Doyle)
No Clear Favorite
Michigan (Granholm*)
Minnesota (Pawlenty*)
Nevada (Gibbons)
New Jersey (Corzine)
Pennsylvania (Rendell*)
Rhode Island (Carcieri*)
Virginia (Kaine*)
Wyoming (Freudenthal. Apparently he is considering suing to overturn the term-limits law, so CQ is unsure about rating this race until that is resolved)
Leans Republican
Alabama (Riley*)
Arizona (Brewer)
Oklahoma (Henry*)
South Carolina (Sanford*)
Tennessee (Bredesen*)
Texas (Perry)
Vermont (Douglas)
Republican Favored
Alaska (Palin)
Connecticut (Rell)
Georgia (Perdue*)
Florida (Crist)
Idaho (Otter)
Kansas (Parkinson*)
South Dakota (Rounds*)
Safe Republican
Nebraska (Heineman)
You can see the maps here:
http://innovation.cq.com/senat… http://innovation.cqpolitics.c…
Please comment and say what you think of CQ’s first batch of race ratings!