The pendulum swings back
The Democrats who were most endangered going into the 2010 midterms were in the 50 districts that had been taken away from Republicans in 2006 and 2008 and those in the 48 relatively conservative districts where Obama lost. A look at how they fared:
'06 & '08 new democrats
Districts Obama lost in '08
Of the 35 seats Republicans reclaimed, here's how the Democrats in those districts voted on the following bills:
| '04 | '06 | '08 | How the '08 Democrat in that seat voted on the following legislation: | | | | | '10 | 2010 WINNER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL Bobby Bright | Martha Roby | ||||||||
AZ Ann Kirkpatrick | Y | Y | Paul Gosar | ||||||
AZ Harry Mitchell | Y | Y | Y | David Schweikert | |||||
CO Betsy Markey | Y | Y | Y | Cory Gardner | |||||
FL Alan Grayson | Y | Y | Y | Daniel Webster | |||||
FL Ron Klein | Y | Y | Y | Y | Allen West | ||||
FL Suzanne Kosmas | Y | Y | Y | Sandra Adams | |||||
GA Jim Marshall | Y | Y | Austin Scott | ||||||
ID Walt Minnick | Raul Labrador | ||||||||
IL Bill Foster | Y | Y | Y | Randy Hultgren | |||||
IL Deborah Halvorson | Y | Y | Y | Adam Kinzinger | |||||
IN Brad Ellsworth | Y | Y | Y | Larry Bucshon | |||||
IN Baron Hill | Y | Y | Y | Todd Young | |||||
MD Frank Kratovil | Y | Y | Andy Harris | ||||||
MI Mark Schauer | Y | Y | Y | Tim Walberg | |||||
MS Travis Childers | Y | Alan Nunnelee | |||||||
NH Paul Hodes | Y | Y | Y | Charlie Bass | |||||
NH Carol Shea-Porter | Y | Y | Y | Frank Guinta | |||||
NJ John Adler | Y | Y | Jon Runyan | ||||||
NM Harry Teague | Y | Y | Steve Pearce | ||||||
NV Dina Titus | Y | Y | Y | Joe Heck | |||||
NY Daniel Maffei | Y | Y | Y | Ann Marie Buerkle | |||||
NY Eric Massa | Y | Thomas Reed | |||||||
OH John Boccieri | Y | Y | Y | Jim Renacci | |||||
OH Steve Driehaus | Y | Y | Y | Steve Chabot | |||||
OH Mary Jo Kilroy | Y | Y | Y | Steve Stivers | |||||
OH Zachary Space | Y | Y | Y | Bob Gibbs | |||||
PA Chris Carney | Y | Y | Thomas Marino | ||||||
PA Kathy Dahlkemper | Y | Y | Mike Kelly | ||||||
PA Patrick Murphy | Y | Y | Y | Y | Michael Fitzpatrick | ||||
PA Joe Sestak | Y | Y | Y | Y | Patrick Meehan | ||||
TX Ciro Rodriguez | Y | Y | Quico Canseco | ||||||
VA Glenn Nye | Y | Scott Rigell | |||||||
VA Tom Perriello | Y | Y | Y | Robert Hurt | |||||
WI Steve Kagen | Y | Y | Y | Reid Ribble | |||||
AZ Gabrielle Giffords | Y | Y | Y | Y | Gabrielle Giffords | ||||
CA Jerry McNerney | Y | Y | Y | Y | Jerry McNerney | ||||
CO Ed Perlmutter | Y | Y | Y | Y | Ed Perlmutter | ||||
CT Joe Courtney | Y | Y | Y | Joe Courtney | |||||
CT James Himes | Y | Y | Y | James Himes | |||||
CT Christopher Murphy | Y | Y | Y | Y | Christopher Murphy | ||||
IA Bruce Braley | Y | Y | Y | Y | Bruce Braley | ||||
IN Joe Donnelly | Y | Y | Y | Joe Donnelly | |||||
KY John Yarmuth | Y | Y | Y | Y | John Yarmuth | ||||
MI Gary Peters | Y | Y | Y | Gary Peters | |||||
MN Timothy Walz | Y | Y | Y | Timothy Walz | |||||
NC Larry Kissell | Y | Larry Kissell | |||||||
NC Heath Shuler | Y | Heath Shuler | |||||||
NM Martin Heinrich | Y | Y | Y | Martin Heinrich | |||||
PA Jason Altmire | Y | Jason Altmire | |||||||
VA Gerry Connolly | Y | Y | Y | Gerry Connolly |
GRAPHIC: Wilson Andrews, Dan Keating, Karen Yourish / The Washington Post - November 3, 2010.
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