Tonight looks like a good night to update some of the races.
Let’s look at the first group; Retiring Democrats
| State | Inc Party | R-Candidate | D-Candidate | Leader | Spread |
| CT | D | McMahon | Blumenthol | D | 22 |
| DE | D | Castle | Open | R | 20 |
| IL | D | Kirk | Giannoulias | R | 5 |
| ND | D | Hoevan | Open | R | 24 |
| IN | D | Coats | Ellsworth | R | 12 |
I have moved the Indiana race to retiring Democrats; Mr. Bayh retired. Not much has changed since last time I posted except that McMahon has slipped and Castle has surged.
Based on this and restarting the count we have the Republicans gaining 4 seats.
Score: Democrats 55 Republicans 45
Not bad.
