Since I’m interested in politics, I thought I’d put a little “predict the winner” type game in this forum. I’ve listed below some of the most competitive races from the upcoming election. To play, e-mail me using the subject line “The Politics Game”, put your board nickname at the top of the letter, and then number your answers, with the letters R (for republican), D (for democrat), or I (for independent or third party) based on the party designation of the candidate that you think will win each race.
A few times a day towards the election, I’ll update this thread to show what entries I’ve received between now and midnight on Monday, November 4. After election day, I’ll post to the thread to show how everyone did. There aren’t any prizes in this game, just a lot of recognition for those of you who think you might make good political pundits 
I’m going to make my own predictions as well, but count myself as “the house”, or “the dealer”.
Here are the races (an asterisk denotes the incumbent, if there is one.) I’ve listed candidates in the order D,R,I but this does not reflect who’s ahead or behind in polls.
- Alabama Governor: Don Siegelman (D)* vs. Bob Riley (R)
- Alaska Governor: Fran Ulmer (D) vs. Frank Murkowski (R)
- Arizona Governor: Janet Napolitano (D) vs. Matt Salmon (R)
- Arkansas Governor: Jimmie Lou Fisher (D) vs. Mike Huckabee (R) *
- Arkansas Senator: Mark Pryor (D) vs. Tim Hutchinson (R)*
- California Governor: Gray Davis (D)* vs. Bill Simon (R)
- Colorado Senator: Tom Strickland (D) vs. Wayne Allard (R)*
- Florida Governor: Bill McBride (D) vs. Jeb Bush (R)*
- Georgia Governor: Roy Barnes (D)* vs. Sonny Perdue (R)
- Georgia Senator: Max Cleland (D)* vs. Saxby Chambliss (R)
- Hawaii Governor: Mazie Hirono (D) vs. Linda Lingle (R)
- Maryland Governor: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D) vs. Bob Ehrlich (R)
- Massachusetts Governor: Shannon O’Brien (D) vs. Mitt Romney (R)
- Minnesota Governor: Roger Moe (D) vs. Tim Pawlenty (R) vs. Tim Penny (I)
- Minnesota Senator: Walter Mondale (D) vs. Norm Coleman (R)
- Missouri Senator: Jean Carnahan (D)* vs. Jim Talent (R)
- New Hampshire Senator: Jeanne Shaheen (D) vs. John Sununu (R)
- New Jersey Senator: Frank Lautenberg (D) vs. Doug Forrester (R)
- Oklahoma Governor: Brad Henry (D) vs. Steve Largent (R) vs. Gary Richardson (I)
- Oregon Governor: Ted Kulongoski (D) vs. Kevin Mannix (R)
- Rhode Island Governor: Myrth York (D) vs. Don Carcieri (R)
- South Carolina Governor: Jim Hodges (D)* vs. Mark Sanford (R)
- South Dakota Senator: Tim Johnson (D)* vs. John Thune (R)
- Wyoming Governor: Dave Freudenthal (D) vs. Eli Bebout (R)