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Pennsylvania: Jim Gerlach (R) v. Lois Murphy...
...suburbs outside of Philadelphia have become one of the key battlegrounds of 2006, with three close House races, and the contest between Democrat Lois Murphy and incumbent Republican Jim Gerlach is perhaps the tightest of them all. Gerlach eked out a victory in 2004 against Murphy, collecting 51% of the vote. To hold his seat, he is trying to focus the race on local issues like the federal money for local roads he's brought home, and at the same time trying to link Murphy with Nancy Pelosi, the San Francisco lawmaker likely to become Speaker of the House...
Murphy, a Democrat, is hoping to unseat Republican incumbent Jim Gerlach. In 2004 she lost to him by two percentage points and recent polls show this race also in dead heat...
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Murphy's fund raising initially put Gerlach atop the list of endangered G.O.P. incumbents. But he has bounced back, attacking Murphy as too liberal and demonstrating the power of suburban issues, campaigning on a platform of preserving open spaces and lower taxes...