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    2010
    11:47am, EDT

    First Read’s Field of 64

    From NBC's Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro
    In lieu of our normal weekly First Read Top 10, we’re running our updated Field of 64, the list of the 64 House seats we consider most likely to switch parties in the fall. (No. 1, for instance, is the seat we consider most likely to flip.) For Republicans to take back the House, they need to pick up a NET of 39 seats. (So if Democrats are able to win three or four GOP seats, as they’re hoping to do, then Republicans must win 42 or 43 Democratic seats.) Political journalists and junkies: Clip and save this list, because it gives you a good idea of where the House battlefield is and whether or not Republicans can reach the number it needs to take back the House. There are 58 Democratic-held seats on this list, and six GOP-held ones.

    1. TN-6 (D-Open-Gordon) LIKELY R
    2. LA-3 (D-Open-Melancon) LIKELY R
    3. DE-AL (R-Open-Castle) LIKELY D
    4. AR-2 (D-Open-Snyder) LIKELY R
    5. NY-29 (D-Open-Massa) LIKELY R
    6. LA-2 (R-Cao) LEAN D
    7. OH-15 (D-Kilroy) LEAN R
    8. OH-1 (D-Driehaus) LEAN R
    9. KS-3 (D-Open-Moore) LEAN R
    10. CO-4 (D-Markey) LEAN R
    11. FL-24 (D-Kosmas) LEAN R
    12. N-8 (D-Open-Ellsworth) LEAN R
    13. IL-10 (R-Open-Kirk) LEAN D
    14. MD-1 (D-Kratovil) LEAN R
    15. VA-5 (D-Perriello) LEAN R
    16. VA-2 (D-Nye) LEAN R
    17. AZ-5 (D-Mitchell) TOSS UP
    18. OH-16 (D-Boccieri) TOSS UP
    19. PA-7 (D-Sestak-Open) TOSS UP
    20. NM-2 (D-Teague) TOSS UP
    21. PA-3 (D-Dahlkemper) TOSS UP
    22. IL-11 (D-Halvorson) TOSS UP
    23. AZ-1 (D-Kirkpatrick) TOSS UP
    24. FL-2 (D-Boyd) TOSS UP
    25. PA-11 (D-Kanjorski) TOSS UP
    26. AR-1 (D-Open-Berry) TOSS UP
    27. FL-8 (D-Grayson) TOSS UP
    28. HI-1 (R-Djou) TOSS UP
    29. PA-8 (D-Murphy) TOSS UP
    30. ND-AL (D-Pomeroy) TOSS UP
    31. SC-5 (D-Spratt) TOSS UP
    32. NV-3 (D-Titus) TOSS UP
    33. MS-1 (D-Childers) TOSS UP
    34. TN-8 (D-Open-Tanner) TOSS UP
    35. TX-17 (D-Edwards) TOSS UP
    36. NH-1 (D-Shea-Porter) TOSS UP
    37. MI-1 (D-Open-Stupak) TOSS UP
    38. NH-2 (D-Open-Hodes) TOSS UP
    39. SD-AL (D-Herseth Sandlin) TOSS UP
    40. MI-7 (D-Schauer) TOSS UP
    41. NY-19 (D-Hall) TOSS UP
    42. WA-3 (D-Open-Baird) TOSS UP
    43. OH-13 (D-Sutton) TOSS UP
    44. WI-8 (D-Kagen) TOSS UP
    45. NY-24 (D-Arcuri) TOSS UP
    46. IN-9 (D-Hill) TOSS UP
    47. IL-14 (D-Foster) TOSS UP
    48. TX-23 (D-Rodriguez) TOSS UP
    49. IL-17 (D-Hare) TOSS UP
    50. CO-3 (D-Salazar) TOSS UP
    51. GA-2 (D-Bishop) TOSS UP
    52. CA-11 (D-McNerney) TOSS UP
    53. WI-7 (D-Obey-Open) TOSS UP
    54. AL-2 (D-Bright) TOSS UP
    55. AZ-8 (D-Giffords) TOSS UP
    56. WV-1 (D- Open-Mollohan) TOSS UP
    57. NM-1 (D-Heinrich) LEAN D
    58. NJ-3 (D-Adler) LEAN D
    59. NC-8 (D-Kissell) LEAN D
    60. GA-8 (D-Marshall) LEAN D
    61. CA-3 (R-Lungren) LEAN R
    62. NY-20 (D-Murphy) LEAN D
    63. FL-25 (R-Diaz-Balart) LEAN R
    64. IA-3 (D-Boswell) LEAN D

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