Sentences with phrase «political handicappers»

The 24th District seat has been ranked by political handicappers as one of the 10 most likely House seats to flip parties this November.

This time the two are locked in a tight race building up cash reserves for a campaign that political handicappers and party leaders expect to be among the most competitive in the Northeast.

Still, heading into the final stretch of the general election, prominent political handicappers Stuart Rothenberg and Charlie Cook agree that this seat will likely stay blue.

The belief that national issues will win out is what is driving recent prognostications by political handicappers such as Charlie Cook, Stu Rothenberg and Larry Sabato — all of whom have suggested the Democratic majority is either gone or teetering on the edge.

With less than three weeks left before the November midterms, the ever - widening House playing field of competitive races is now nearly double what it has been in other recent elections, according to independent political handicappers.

In the wake of Ensign's announcement, neither of two of the top non-partisan political handicappers are changing their rankings of the race for the now open Senate seat in Nevada.

But the eventual nominee will have a primary shaping up to be just as competitive, political handicappers say.

Most political handicappers in Washington list the race as a tossup, and predict it will be among the most competitive in the nation.

But most political handicappers say Clinton will eventually take the nomination and battle for the White House.

As political handicapper Stu Rothenberg has pointed out, Onorato is running against five decades of history in the Keystone State as the governorship has changed parties every eight years during that time.

Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer recounted a conversation to reporters on Capitol Hill that he had recently with Charlie Cook, a top political handicapper who publishes regular analysis of congressional races across the country in the Cook Political Report.

Mr Cillizza writes - Political handicapper Charlie Cook said that it was «very hard to come up with a scenario where Democrats don't lose the House.»

As of today, there are six Democratic - held New York congressional districts — the 13th, 19th, 20th, 24th, 25th and 29th — ranked as competitive by political handicapper Charlie Cook.

Not exact matches

For political junkies, handicappers, and reporters, Election Day is the Super Bowl.