*This is an update from August 5th with improved notes and names of incumbents. The findings are based on rankings from major web resources (including the National Journal rankings that came out this week), polls, discussions with the grassroots, fundraising numbers, ethical issues of for the Republican incumbent, and buzz about the campaign.
The 60 seats is an upgrade from the last update, in part because of troubles in the Northeast bumping up some races that were on the fringe. In total, these 60 vulnerable seats for Republicans encompass 26 states. Each race has a Democratic candidate either vying for an open seat or challenging the incumbent.
The question is how well these Democratic challengers can raise money, get volunteers to come out in force, and have the intelligence and wherewithal to withstand the Republican smear machine to bring the voters the truth about their incumbents dirty laundry. So far the Republicans seem to have more money than God. However, that might not be enough to get the voters to keep buying their bull.
Below the flip is a list of key races in 2006.
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