Targeting 75 House seats?

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The 1994 election was only a blowout because the solid south finally realigned at the congressional level.

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The GOP didn't take out 50+ Dems in '94. They got 30-something (34?) in a once-in-a-generation, maybe not even that likely, event.

I don't know about incumbents, but this indicates a net pickup of 54 (108 swing).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._House_election,_1994

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The GOP didn't take out 50+ Dems in '94. They got 30-something (34?) in a once-in-a-generation, maybe not even that likely, event.

I don't know about incumbents, but this indicates a net pickup of 54 (108 swing).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._House_election,_1994

True, though most of the victories were localized. Most of the switches occurred in the South or in Washington State, where I think there was something like a 7-seat switch, which went back to being evenly split later.

I count only ~29 pickups in the South (using the most broad definition).

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Where were the 25 non-southern pickups?

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The 1980 Senate takeover was not gradual.