2000 Congressional Elections House of Representatives

2000 Congressional Elections

House of Representatives • All 435 seats in the House are at stake • Current line-up Republicans 222 Democrats 211 Independents 2 (one usually votes with the Democrats one usually votes with the Republicans) • Not running for re-election Republicans 24 Democrats 8

• While the Republicans hold an 11 seat majority, the critical number is 218 the number of votes needed to pass legislation. • To regain the majority and control of the house the Democrats need a net gain of 6 seats.

Senate • 33 Senate seats are at stake Republicans 19 Democrats 14 • Current line-up Republicans Democrats • Open seats Republican s Democrats 55 45 1 4

Resources These four committees are the congressional campaign arms for the political parties. They assist in recruiting candidates issue research media and polling but their primary roll is fund-raising

National Republican Congressional Committee http: //www. nrcc. org Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee http: //www. dccc. org National Republican Senatorial Committee http: //www. nrsc. org Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee http: //www. dscc. org

Information on Incumbents U. S. House of Representatives http: //www. house. gov/ United States Senate http: //www. senate. gov/

Campaign election analysis and handcapping The Cook Political Report 1501 M Street, N. W. - Suite 300 Washington, D. C. 20005 202/739 -8525 The Rothenberg Political Report 50 F Street, N. W. - 7 th Floor Washington, D. C. 20001 202/546 -2822

Campaign Contributions The Federal Election Commission http: //www. fec. gov Center for Responsive Politics http: //www. opensecrets. org

Miscellaneous Center for American Women and Politics http: //www. rci. rutgers. edu/~cawp/index. html The Associated Press Campaign Bios - available through Nexis Vital Statistics on Congress - 1999 -2000 The AEI Press 1150 17 th Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20036 1 -800 -269 -6267

Congressional Quarterly’s Guide to U. S. Elections Congressional Quarterly’s Poilitics in America Congressional Quarterly 1414 22 nd Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20037 1 -800 -638 -1710

State Races • Governorships and state legislatures will be important battlegrounds in this year’s elections. • They will determine the makeup of congressional and legislative districts following the 2000 Census.

State Houses • Republicans have majorities in 23. • Democrats have majorities in 25. (Washington is evenly split. Alabama, Louisiana, New Jersey and Virginia will not hold legislative elections this year. )

State Senates • Republicans have majorities in 24. • Democrats have majorities in 24. (Nebraska’s unicameral Legislature is nonpartisan. New Hampshire is evenly divided)

Governors • Current line-up Republicans Democrats Independents Reform Party 30 18 1(Maine) 1(Minnesota) • Governorships at stake(11) Republicans Democrats 4 7 • Not running for re-election Republicans Democrats 2 3

Resources National Conference of State Legislatures http: //www. ncsl. org National Governors’ Association http: //www. nga. org Republican Governors’ Association http: //www. rga. org Democratic Governors’ Association http: //www. democratsgovernors. org

National Institute on Money in State Politics http: //www. followthemoney. org Republican National Committee http: //www. rnc. org Democratic National Committee http: //www. democrats. org