Mark Warner has entered this Senate race. The addition of him will probably mean that this seat leans toward a Democratic takeover.

I realize that this is early, but I'm going to make a prediction anyway: the Democrats will take 2-6 former Republican seats back this next year, while losing just one or two. The seats that they have the inside edge on are in Virginia, Colorado, and New Hampshire. Seats that may potentially be taken by Dems are in Minnesota, Oregon, and Nebraska (depending on who runs in the Husker state, of course).

There's still a lot of politicking to be done, but, for now, it looks like the Dems have the inside edge on maintaining, and even padding to, their lead in the Senate.

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with 55% of the vote to 44% for Andrew Hurst and 1% for Indy Greco. Davis withstood Webb carrying the district with 54.69% of the vote.Hurst put on a strong campain, he was an upset primary winner defeating Kenneth Longmyer, who faced Davis in '04 getting only 38% of the vote. Hurst lacked any significant Netroots funding but did get attention from the "RaisingKaine" website. It is doubtful that Hurst even came close to Davis' warchest.
Should Davis move on, Hurst is well positioned to make another stab at it in '08. I think Davis' No.VA base (FairaX Co.) which has been trending Dem will help and not necessarily hurt him downstate. Although an ardent Bush supporter his NJournal ratings have him ranging from 75% Conserv on Economic to 48% Conserv on Social. If he presents himself as a moderate-centrist he could be a formidable contender.

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