We are now through 40 states with 10 more to go. If you haven’t taken a look at the state-by-state summaries, please check the blog for each one.
President: So far Senator Obama retains his lead over Senator McCain. The numbers from the first 40 states give him 269 Electoral Votes to 171 for Senator McCain. He is now just 1 state shy of victory.
This is a net Democratic Gain of 41 over the 2004 vote.
Senate: The Democrats are currently up three seats which would give them 54 seats (including ’Independent’ Senator Sanders of Vermont) to the Republicans 45. Senator Lieberman’s status is unclear.
At this point he votes with the Democrats, but there is talk they may kick him out of the party in 2009. If so, he would probably side with the GOP.
So the numbers will probably be 53 Dems, 1 Ind Dem (54 total) to 45 Republicans and 1 unclear Independent.
At least so far.
House: So far the Democrats lead 207-150 which is a net gain of seven seats from the current 233-202 majority which would give them 240-195 edge in 2009. But we still need to review enough states to give then the final 11 seats for control.
Governor: No changes other than Missouri gain for the Democrats which would give them a net edge of 29-21.