With the election just three days away, here are the fearless predictions of David Madeira, Matt Cartwright and Steve Urbanski.
We picked 32 individual races on the local and state level. We also made picks on races of interest throughout the country. In addition to the individual races, we make predictions on the Luzerne County Home Rule Question and the breakdown of the new Congress.
Pennsylvania House
116th - Todd Eachus (D) vs. Tarah Toohil (R) --- Madeira and Urbanski pick Eachus, Cartwright picks Toohil
117th - Karen Boback (R) vs. Richard Shermanski (D) --- All three for Boback
118th - Mike Carroll (D) vs. Terrence O'Connor (R) --- All three for Carroll
119th - Gerald Mullery (D) vs. Rick Arnold (R) vs Brian Bergman (L) --- All three for Mullery
120th - Phyllis Mundy (D) vs. Bill Goldsworthy (R) vs. Tim Mullen (L) --- All three for Mundy
121st - Eddie Day Pashinski (D) vs. James O'Meara, Sr. (R) --- All three for Pashinski
PA State Senate
14th - John Yudichak (D) vs. Steve Urban (R) --- All three for Yudichak
22nd - John Blake (D) vs. Frank Scavo (R) --- All three for Blake
Governors
PA - Dan Onorato (D) vs. Tom Corbett (R) --- All three for Corbett
CA - Jerry Brown (D) vs. Meg Whitman (R) --- All three for Brown
NY - Andrew Cuomo (D) vs. Carl Palladino (R) --- All three for Cuomo
FL - Alex Sink (D) vs. Rick Scott (R) --- Madeira and Cartwright for Scott, Urbanski for Sink
US Senate
PA - Joe Sestak (D) vs. Pat Toomey (R) --- Madeira for Toomey, Cartwright and Urbanski for Sestak
CA - Barbara Boxer (D) vs. Carly Fiorina (R) --- All for Boxer
NV - Harry Reid (D) vs. Sharon Angle (R) --- Madeira and Cartwright for Angle, Urbanski for Reid
WA - Patty Murray (D) vs. Dino Rossi (R) --- Madeira for Rossi, Urbanski and Cartwright for Murray
CT - Richard Blumenthal (D) vs. Linda McMahon (R) --- All for Blumenthal
IL - Alexi Giannoulias (D) vs. Mark Kirk (R) --- Madeira and Cartwright for Kirk, Urbanski for Giannoulias
KY - Jack Conway (D) vs. Rand Paul (R) --- All for Paul
WV - Joe Manchin (D) vs. John Raese (R) --- Madeira for Raese, Urbanski and Cartwright for Manchin
DE - Chris Coons (D) vs. Christine O'Donnell (R) --- All for Coons
AK - Lisa Murkowski (WI) vs. Scott McAdams (D) vs. Joe Miller (R) --- Madeira and Cartwright for Miller, Urbanski for Murkowski
FL - Kendrick Meek (D) vs. Marco Rubio (R) vs. Charlie Crist (I) --- All for Rubio
US House
PA 10th - Chris Carney (D) vs. Tom Marino (R) --- Madeira for Marino, Cartwright and Urbanski for Carney
PA 11th - Paul Kanjorski (D) vs. Lou Barletta (R) --- Madeira for Barletta, Cartwright and Urbanski for Kanjorski
PA 12th - Mark Critz (D) vs. Tim Burns (R) (this was the John Murtha seat) --- All for Critz
PA 4th - Jason Altmire (D) vs. Keith Rohtfus (R) --- All for Altmire
PA 6th - Jim Gerlach (R) vs. Manan Trivedi (D) --- All for Gerlach
PA 3rd - Kathy Dahlkemper (D) vs. Mike Kelly (R) All for Kelly
PA 7th - Patrick Meehan (R) vs. Bryan Lentz (D) (this is Joe Sestak's seat) Urbanski and Madeira for Lentz, Cartwright for Meehan
PA 8th - Patrick Murphy (D) vs. Michael Fitzpatrick (R) --- Urbanski for Murphy, Madeira and Cartwright for Fitzpatrick
MA 4th - Barney Frank (D) vs. Sean Bielat (R) All for Frank
ND-AL - Earl Pomeroy (D) vs. Rick Berg (R) All for Berg
Luzerne County Home Rule
All three are predicting that Luzerne County Home Rule will pass.
Breakdown of Congress
All three have predicted a Republican takeover of Congress. Madeira predicts 250 Republicans and 185 Democrats in the House. Cartwright predicts 197 Democrats and 238 Republicans. Urbanski predicts 230 Republicans and 205 Democrats.
None of the three predict the Senate will change hands. The Democratic numbers include two Independents who caucus with the Democrats. Madeira predicts 51 Democrats and 49 Republicans. Urbanski and Cartwright both predict 52 Democrats to 48 Republicans (Urbanski believes that Murkowski will be elected as an Independent, but will caucus with the Republicans.















Comments
I think all three of you are wrong in the 120th, but in the 14th State Senatorial District you forgot to put Betsy Summers, which your predicting in that race is probably correct.
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