Since it's impossible for one person to cover all 435 House races, I decided to use a laser-focus on Illinois races and competitive contests in the Upper Midwest. Election Day was a great one for the GOP up north. The three Lake Superior seats, Minnesota's 8th, Wisconsin's 7th, and Michigan's 1st, flipped to the Republicans. Each district (Michigan's was renumbered in 2002) has been served by Democrats for over thirty years. This is huge.
Wisconsin's 7th, which went Democratic during the party's 2006 surge, has returned to the GOP fold.
Both Dakota at-large seats saw Democratic incumbents defeated. And southern Michigan's 7th is another GOP pick-up.
Minnesotan DFL incumbent, Jim Oberstar, is the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. A big loss for the Dems.
But there is a dark cloud: What's the matter with Iowa? No House pick-ups for the GOP.
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