House Races in which the 2008 Winner is Not Running
This is a list of House seats in which the 2008 winner is not going to be running in 2010. Some are open seats and some were filled by special elections. Open seats like these tend to be especially competitive unless the PVI (Charlie Cook's Partisan Voting Index) is very skewed one way or another, say D+10 or higher or R+10 or higher. All the district names are hyperlinked, either to a story about the race (if competitive) or a map of the district (if not). The colors represent the party that won in 2008.
Also check out the page discussing the Hot House races.
| District | 2008 winner | Party | PVI | Reason 2008 Winner is Not Running in 2010 |
| AL-07 | Artur Davis | Dem | D+18 | Running for governor |
| CA-10 | Ellen Tauscher | Dem | D+11 | Appointed Undersecretary of State |
| CA-31 | Hilda Solis | Dem | D+29 | Resigned to become Sec. of Labor |
| DE-AL | Mike Castle | GOP | D+7 | Castle is running for the Senate |
| FL-12 | Adam Putnam | GOP | R+6 | Running for Agriculture Commissioner |
| FL-17 | Kendrick Meek | Dem | D+34 | Running for Mel Martinez' open Senate seat |
| FL-19 | Robert Wexler | Dem | D+15 | Will join a nonprofit organization in January 2010 |
| GA-09 | Nathan Deal | GOP | R+28 | Running for governor |
| HI-01 | Neil Abercrombie | Dem | D+11 | Running for governor |
| IL-05 | Rahm Emanuel | Dem | D+19 | Resigned to become WH CoS (replaced by Mike Quigley) |
| IL-07 | Danny Davis | Dem | D+35 | Running for Cook County President |
| IL-10 | Mark Kirk | GOP | D+6 | Running for Roland Burris' open Senate seat |
| HI-01 | Neil Abercrombie | Dem | D+11 | Running for governor |
| KS-01 | Jerry Moran | GOP | R+23 | Running for Sam Brownback's open Senate seat |
| KS-04 | Todd Tiahrt | GOP | R+14 | Running for Sam Brownback's open Senate seat |
| LA-03 | Charlie Melancon | Dem | R+12 | Running for the Senate against Vitter |
| MI-02 | Peter Hoekstra | GOP | R+9 | Running for governor |
| MO-07 | Roy Blunt | GOP | R+17 | Running for the Kit Bond's open Senate seat |
| OK-05 | Mary Falin | GOP | R+13 | Running for governor |
| NH-02 | Paul Hodes | Dem | D+0 | Running for Judd Gregg's open Senate seat |
| NY-20 | Kirsten Gillibrand | Dem | R+2 | Appointed to Hillary Clinton's Senate seat |
| NY-23 | John McHugh | GOP | R+1 | Appointed Secretary of the Army |
| PA-06 | Jim Gerlach | GOP | D+4 | Running for governor |
| PA-07 | Joe Sestak | Dem | D+3 | Running for senator |
| OK-05 | Mary Fallin | GOP | R+13 | Running for governor |
| SC-03 | Greshman Barrett | GOP | R+17 | Running for governor |
| TN-03 | Zach Wamp | GOP | R+13 | Running for governor |
| TN-06 | Bart Gordon | Dem | R+13 | At a young 60, he had decided he's had enough |
| TN-08 | John Tanner | Dem | R+6 | At 65, he's had enough of politics |
| WA-03 | Brian Baird | Dem | D+0 | Apparently just bored; he's young and popular |
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