The Hotline's editor in chief, Chuck Todd, is keeping tabs on all the upcoming key races with regular updates and analysis. His weekly column, "On The Trail," is published Wednesdays. Chuck can be reached at chuck.todd@nbcuni.com.

Get a quick look at the latest rankings below, or visit the full 2006 rankings for the Senate, House and governor races to get Chuck's commentary and analysis. Or, get the most recent WH 2008 rankings here.

Senate Rankings Updates each Wednesday	Governor Rankings Updates each Thursday	House Rankings Updates each Friday
Based on likelihood of seat switching party control. Updated: 9/19.   1. Virginia (Open-R)   2. New Mexico (Open-R)   3. N.H. (Sununu-R)   4. Colorado (Open-R)   5. Alaska (Stevens-R)   6. Oregon (Smith-R)   7. North Carolina (Dole-R)   8. Minnesota (Coleman-R)   9. Louisiana (Landrieu-D)   10. Mississippi (Wicker-R)   11. Kentucky (McConnell-R)   12. Maine (Collins-R)   13. New Jersey (Lautenberg-D)   14. Georgia (Chambliss-R)   15. Oklahoma (Inhofe-R) Complete Rankings	Full Rankings & Analysis Links below lead to individual tip sheets for each state.   1. N.Y. (Open-R)   2. Ohio (Open-R)   3. Mass. (Open-R)   4. Colo. (Open-R)   5. Ark. (Open-R)   6. Minn. (Pawlenty-R)   7. Md. (Ehrlich-R)   8. Ore. (Kulongoski-D)   9. Nev. (Open-R)   10. Idaho (Open-R) 11. Wis. (Doyle-D) 12. Fla. (Open-R) 13. Alaska (Murkowski-R) 14. Maine (Baldacci-D) 15. Iowa (Open-D) 16. Mich. (Granholm-D) 17. Ill. (Blagojevich-D) 18. Texas (Perry-R) 19. R.I. (Carcieri-R) 20. S.C. (Sanford-R) 21. Calif. (Schwarzenegger-R) 22. Okla. (Henry-D) 23. Ariz. (Napolitano-D) 24. Pa. (Rendell-D) 25. Ga. (Perdue-R) 26. Vt. (Douglas-R) 27. Conn. (Rell-R) 28. Ala. (Riley-R) 29. Tenn. (Bredesen-D) 30. Kansas (Sebelius-D) 31. S.D. (Rounds-R) 32. Wyo. (Freudenthal-D) 33. N.H. (Lynch-D) 34. N.M. (Richardson-D) 35. Neb. (Heineman-R) 36. Hawaii (Lingle-R)	Based on likelihood of seat switching party control   1. N.Y.-13 (Open-R)   2. N.Y.-25 (Open-R)   3. Ariz.-01 (Open-R)   4. Alaska-AL (Young-R)   5. N.J.-03 (Open-R)   6. Texas-22 (Lampson-D)   7. Va.-11 (Open-R)   8. Ill.-11 (Open-R)   9. La.-6 (Cazayoux-D)   10. N.J.-07 (Open-R)   11. Ohio-16 (Open-R)   12. Colo.-04 (Musgrave-R)   13. Pa.-11 (Kanjorski-D)   14. N.M.-01 (Open-R)   15. Minn.-03 (Open-R) Complete Rankings

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