Elections and Voting

November 1, 2006 - Analyst Charlie Cook has an updated list of the key House races to watch. The overview: nationally, Democrats currently hold 7 seats that are close -- they either "lean" one way or are a pure toss-up. Republicans hold 54 seats that are "lean" or "toss-up" contests.

October 17, 2006 - The NAACP is sending hundreds of workers to ten states to monitor the November elections:

October 12, 2006 - Hastings Wyman, the long-time editor of the useful Southern Political Report, sees the scandals surrounding Florida Rep. Mark Foley (R) having a big impact on races in Florida and the rest of the South this November:

October 9, 2006 - As readers know, Facing South has been closely following the troubled state of the religious right, especially the disaffection setting in among "values voters" going into the Novemb

October 6, 2006 - As we reported earlier, one of the biggest concerns among Republicans heading into the November elections is the party's faltering support among Conservative Christians.

October 6, 2006 - The contest for the U.S. Senate seat in Virginia remains one of the most closely-watched battles in the country. After enjoying a commanding lead over the summer, incumbent Sen. George Allen (R) has stumbled into a close race with challenger Jim Webb (D).

October 5, 2006 - After realizing they had received money from disgraced former GOP Florida Rep. Mark Foley's PAC, Republican Alabama Governor Bob Riley and Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-AL are donating the money to charities. Both are up for reelection in November.

September 26, 2006 - Apparently, the Christian Coalition isn't radical enough for some state chapters. Alabama, Iowa and Ohio recently left the national organization, and now Georgia is the latest to secede:

September 20, 2006 - The fate of Georgia's law requiring that citizens have a photo ID to vote -- pushed hard by Gov. Sonny Perdue and the state legislature to go into effect before the fall elections -- suffered its latest setback yesterday, reports the New York Times:

September 6, 2006 - Having just spent the Labor Day weekend with family in deeply conservative Paulding County, Georgia -- just west of Cobb County and Atlanta -- I wasn't surprised to read of this exchange inv