My assessment of Chet Edwards in my list of 99:

Chet Edwards, Texas: Edwards, one of the first politicians to encounter angry crowds at his town-hall meetings, voted against the health-care bill. Edwards is a survivor, but this is the most Republican district in the country represented by a Democrat; he won with only 53 percent in 2008. Money should not be an issue for GOP challenger Bill Flores.

Stu Rothenberg reveals some news about Edwards today:

A new Republican poll obtained by the Rothenberg Political Report shows ten-term Democratic Congressman Chet Edwards (Texas 17) trailing challenger Bill Flores (R) by a dozen points. But Edwards, who isn’t releasing his own survey, remains confident that he can turn the contest from a referendum on President Barack Obama and national atmospherics into a choice between the two candidates. The new survey of 400 likely voters, conducted May 2-3 by OnMessage Inc, a GOP firm, shows Edwards remains popular in the Republican-leaning district, with a name I.D. of 53% favorable/38% unfavorable. But when matched against challenger Bill Flores, who recently won a run-off to become the Republican nominee, Flores holds a 53%-41% lead over Edwards. Flores’s name identification is just 37% favorable/10% unfavorable.

Because Chet Edwards has held that seat in that heavily Republican district year in, year out in the past, it will be easily for analysts and prognosticators to conclude, “Eh, Edwards always survives, he’ll be fine.” This year, probably not.

Yet as of this morning, Cook Political Report scores the race “leans Democrat”, Rothenberg had it “Democrat favored,” CQ Politics scores it “likely Democrat,” Larry Sabato scores it “leans Democrat,” and only RealClearPolitics scores it “leans Republican.”