Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007 | 7:22 a.m.
By Jon Ralston
Las Vegas Sun
This is a surge Rep. Shelley Berkley can support: The Nevada congresswoman was part of a trend last year, CQ reports, that saw more than 80 percent of Democratic congressmen take more than 60 percent of the vote. It almost makes you think the system is closed. CQ also found that Rep. Jon Porter was one of only seven Republicans who prevailed with less than 50 percent of the vote. In fact, Porter's 48.5 percent was the third lowest in the country - and one of those below him had a three-way race. So perhaps Democrats who think they had their best chance to beat Porter in '06 should reconsider? And maybe Porter thinks it might be safer to run statewide - is there a Senate seat up in 2010?
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