With Bob Etheridge in North Carolina conceding to Republican Renee Ellmers on Friday and Republican Andy Barr also defeated by Chandler in Kentucky, the GOP gains stand at 61 seats. At this juncture, only five races remain:
New York 1- Democrat Tim Bishop currently holds a razor thin 15-vote lead over Republican Randy Altschuler and the absentee and provisional votes will not be fully counted until tomorrow or the end of the week. Hold on.
New York 25- Republican Ann Marie Buerkle expanded her lead over Democrat Dan Maffei to 567. Since only 200 challenged ballot remain to be counted, it appears this race will be called and some have reported Maffei's concession:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/253835/maffei-concedes-robert-costa
Texas 27- Republican Blake Farenthold continues to lead Democrat Solomon Ortiz by nearly 800 votes in this manual recount. It has been reported that Ortiz has conceded to Farenthold after the recount, but I'm not sure when it will be called.
California 11- Democrat Jerry McNerney has a 1,700 vote-lead over Republican David Harmer, who has yet to concede, but likely will do so by the end of the week.
California 20- Democrat Jim Costa has a 2,422- vote lead over Republican Andy Vidak, who has yet to concede. Again, this one will likely be called this week for Costa.
So, where does that leave us? It appears the Republicans have secured 63 seats and could grab one more in New York 1, where all the votes are still being counted and only 15 votes separate the pols.
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