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Washington Post: A Bad Week for House Republicans
Twin decisions this week by Reps. Mark Kirk (Ill.) and Jim Gerlach (Pa.) to run for statewide office in 2010 have handed House Republicans a setback as they seek to build momentum heading into next November's election.
Kirk, although he has yet to formally announce, is widely expected to enter the open seat Senate race in Illinois while Gerlach is running for governor in Pennsylvania next year.
Both Kirk and Gerlach sit in Democratic-leaning districts that Republican strategists acknowledge privately will be almost impossible to hold. President Barack Obama carried Kirk's 10th district with 61 percent and Gerlach's 6th district wth 58 percent in 2008.
A third Democratic leaning seat could come open in short order as Delaware Rep. Mike Castle (R) is openly contemplating running for the Senate in 2010. Obama carried the First State with 62 percent in 2008.
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