1. 2000 Congressional Elections

2. House of Representatives All 435 seats in the House are at stake Current line-up Republicans222 Democrats211 Independents 2 (one usually votes with the Democrats one usually votes with the Republicans) Not running for re-election Republicans 24 Democrats 8

3. While the Republicans hold an 11 seat majority, the critical number is 218 the number of votes needed to pass legislation. To regain the majority and control of the house the Democrats need a net gain of 6 seats.

4. Senate 33 Senate seats are at stake Republicans 19 Democrats14 Current line-up Republicans55 Democrats45 Open seats Republicans 1 Democrats 4

5. Resources These four committees are the congressional campaign arms for the political parties. They assist in recruiting candidates issue research media and polling but their primary roll is fund-raising

6. National Republican Congressional Committee http://www.nrcc.org Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee http://www.dccc.org National Republican Senatorial Committee http://www.nrsc.org Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee http://www.dscc.org

7. Information on Incumbents U.S. House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/ United States Senate http://www.senate.gov/

8. Campaign election analysis and handcapping The Cook Political Report 1501 M Street, N.W. - Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20005 202/739-8525 The Rothenberg Political Report 50 F Street, N.W. - 7th Floor Washington, D.C. 20001 202/546-2822

9. Campaign Contributions The Federal Election Commission http://www.fec.gov Center for Responsive Politics http://www.opensecrets.org

10. Miscellaneous Center for American Women and Politics http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cawp/index.html The Associated Press Campaign Bios - available through Nexis Vital Statistics on Congress - 1999-2000 The AEI Press 1150 17th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 1-800-269-6267

11. Congressional Quarterly’s Guide to U.S. Elections Congressional Quarterly’s Poilitics in America Congressional Quarterly 1414 22nd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037 1-800-638-1710

12. State Races Governorships and state legislatures will be important battlegrounds in this year’s elections. They will determine the makeup of congressional and legislative districts following the 2000 Census.

13. State Houses Republicans have majorities in 23. Democrats have majorities in 25. (Washington is evenly split. Alabama, Louisiana, New Jersey and Virginia will not hold legislative elections this year.)

14. State Senates Republicans have majorities in 24. Democrats have majorities in 24. (Nebraska’s unicameral Legislature is nonpartisan. New Hampshire is evenly divided)

15. Governors Current line-up Republicans30 Democrats18 Independents 1(Maine) Reform Party 1(Minnesota) Governorships at stake(11) Republicans 4 Democrats 7 Not running for re-election Republicans 2 Democrats 3

16. Resources National Conference of State Legislatures http://www.ncsl.org National Governors’ Association http://www.nga.org Republican Governors’ Association http://www.rga.org Democratic Governors’ Association http://www.democratsgovernors.org

17. National Institute on Money in State Politics http://www.followthemoney.org Republican National Committee http://www.rnc.org Democratic National Committee http://www.democrats.org