Pindell Report

The Pindell Report, Politicker.com's political and campaign forecast, has released its final projections for Election Day. Using polling, historical and demographic trends, tracking campaign visits and spending, The Pindell Report ranks races in terms of their competitiveness and their status as either a toss-up or leaning or likely voting in a particular way.

In Kentucky, The Pindell Report's final breakdown is as follows:

If Democrats wind up with 59 U.S. Senate seats on Election Day, they can still reach the magic filibuster-proof number of 60 if the new President appoints Republican Olympia Snowe to his cabinet. The Governor of Maine, John Baldacci, would presumably appoint a fellow Democrat to serve until a November 2010 special election to fill the balance of Snowe's term.

Kentucky's U.S. Senate race and a U.S. House races both are among the most-competitive elections in the nation this fall, a new Politicker.com report shows.

The Pindell Report, unveiled today, shows U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville) appears to be on his way to remaining in the U.S. Senate where he has been since 1984. That said, the race is viewed to be the 10th most-competitive Senate race in the country this fall.

"Two polls showing the race to be tighter than expected got our attention, but unless Bruce Lunsford capitalizes soon we will lose interest quickly," said Politicker.com Managing Editor James Pindell, referring to the Louisville Democrat trying to unseat McConnell, the U.S. Senate minority leader. "There just doesn't seem to be enough out there to indicate that McConnell is going to be out of a job in November."