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The head of House Republicans’ campaign efforts said the GOP would pick up a number of seats totaling at least in the “mid-40s.” (more)

With the respected, nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifting Barney Frank’s Massachusetts district from “solid” Democratic to “likely” Democratic and what appears to be the increasing momentum of his Republican challenger Sean Bielat, the National Republican Congressional Committee may be putting its money into the race. (more)

President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tried to put a positive spin on the monthly job report Friday by arguing that meager growth in private sector jobs is moving the economy in the right direction. (more)

Cash-flush conservative groups are stretching the boundaries of the 2010 map, pouring millions into long-shot House races once thought to be out of the GOP’s reach. (more)

The playing field of competitive House races has expanded substantially over the past two months, increasing the chances that Republicans will control the lower chamber next year. (more)

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has reserved airtime for the final two weeks before the election in key congressional districts across the country. (more)

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) predicted Sunday that Republicans will win just enough House seats come November to gain control of the House. (more)

Republicans are seizing on White House press secretary Robert Gibbs’s admission Sunday that Democrats could lose their House majority to send an unambiguous message to Washington’s lobbyist community: The train is leaving the station, and it’s time to get on board. (more)

For months, the conventional wisdom has been that Democrats’ best hope of holding the House rests on two things: the long time they’ve had to prepare for a wave election, unlike in 1994, and the money advantage they’ve accumulated due to fumbling at the Republican National Committee and House Republican fundraising arm. (more)

Republicans believe they are on the cusp of winning a House special election in Hawaii Saturday, an outcome that would take some of the sting out of a decisive loss suffered in another House special election earlier in the week. (more)

Facing two Democrats in a winner-take all special election, Charles Djou is poised to become the first Republican to represent President Obama’s home district since the 1990s when the mail-in ballots in Hawaii are counted this weekend. (more)

Idaho Republican Vaughn Ward is significantly outspending primary opponent Raul Labrador but the winner of their May 25 primary will begin the general election race at a big fundraising disadvantage to one-term Rep. Walt Minnick (D). (more)

The NY House seat left open by Rep. Eric Snorkel Massa will not be filled by a special election, Gov. David Paterson said today. (more)

The organizers of this weekend’s National Tea Party — who have been accused of trying to take a leadership role in the grassroots movement largely defined by its lack of centralized leadership — announced on Friday that they are forming a political action committee to “address the next step in the growing impact of the citizen activist movement.” (more)

The Republican fundraising arm for House races this year raised $3.2 million in December and paid off their debt, but still lags far behind their Democratic counterpart in cash on hand. (more)