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Updated 10/29/98 6:30PM

NR's Election Predictions
We dusted off our crystal ball, gazed deeply into it, and came up with the following results for Tuesday's elections.

THE HOUSE
This one goes to eleven: Republicans will gain a net of 11 seats.

THE SENATE
Republicans will gain a net of 3 seats.

Arkansas: Blanche Lincoln (D.) over Fay Boozman (R.)
California: Matt Fong (R.) over Sen. Barbara Boxer (D.)
Illinois: Peter Fiztgerald (R.) over Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun (D.)
Indiana: Evan Bayh (D.) over Paul Helmke (R.)
Kentucky: Jim Bunning (R.) over Scotty Baesler (D.)
Nevada: Sen. Harry Reid (D.) over John Ensign (R.)
New York: Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R.) over Chuck Schumer (D.)
North Carolina: John Edwards (D.) over Sen. Lauch Faircloth (R.)
Ohio: George Voinovich (R.) over Mary Boyle (D.)
South Carolina: Sen. Fritz Hollings (D.) over Bob Inglis (R.)
Washington: Sen. Patty Murray (D.) over Linda Smith (R.)
Wisconsin: Mark Neumann (R.) over Sen. Russ Feingold (D.)

GOVERNORS
Republicans will gain a net of 5 governors.

Alabama: Don Siegelman (D.) over Gov. Fob James (R.)
California: Gray Davis (D.) over Dan Lungren (R.)
Colorado: Bill Owens (R.) over Gail Schoettler (D.)
Florida: Jeb Bush (R.) over Buddy MacKay (D.)
Georgia: Guy Millner (R.) over Roy Barnes (D.)
Hawaii: Linda Lingle (R.) over Gov. Ben Cayetano (D.)
Illinois: George Ryan (R.) over Glenn Poshard (D.)
Iowa: Jim Ross Lightfoot (R.) over Tom Vilsack (D.)
Maryland: Ellen Sauerbrey (R.) over Gov. Parris Glendening (D.)
Massachusetts: Gov. Paul Cellucci (R.) over Scott Harshbarger (D.)
Minnesota: Norm Coleman (R.) over Skip Humphrey (D.)
Nebraska: Mike Johanns (R.) over Bill Hoppner (D.)
Nevada: Kenny Guinn (R.) over Jan Jones (D.)
New Mexico: Gov. Gary Johnson (R.) over Martin Chavez (D.)
Rhode Island: Gov. Lincoln Almond (R.) over Myrth York (D.)
South Carolina: Gov. David Beasley (R.) over Jim Hodges (D.)

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Updated By:
Ramesh Ponnuru - Articles Editor
John J. Miller - National Political Reporter
Kate Dwyer - Editorial Associate


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