East and South

Scorecard | Some races that are expected to be close | John Dawson

House races

Florida-16

Disgraced Florida congressman Mark Foley seemed to be cruising to reelection prior to the page scandal. With the deadline to switch names from the ballot already passed, his replacement, Joe Negron, won't even get his name on the ballot. Instead he will need to convince conservatives to pull the lever for Foley to prevent Democrat Tim Mahoney from stealing a stalwart conservative district.

  • Negron (R)
  • Mahoney (D)

New York-26

Prior to the Foley revelations, most political experts didn't even consider veteran Republican Tom Reynolds' race to be competitive. But when Democrats began charging that Reynolds, the chairman of the GOP's reelection campaign, didn't do enough to stop Foley, the race became a dead heat. Opponent Jack Davis even launched a television ad campaign charging that Reynolds "knew that Congressman Mark Foley was a predator."