Congressmen who voted for Obamacare are now fewer by 45, as they lost primaries, runs for the Senate, were lost by Democrats to Republicans number 45 according to our tally. Here’s the list:
- Baird (Retired) X
- Boccieri
- Boyd
- Carney
- Cooper (Retired) X
- Dahlkemper
- Driehaus
- Ellsworth (Retired, lost Senate bid) X
- Etheridge
- Foster
- Gordon (TN) (Retired) X
- Grayson
- Hall (N.Y.)
- Halvorson
- Hare
- Hill
- Hodes (Retired, lost Senate bid) X
- Kagen
- Kanjorski
- Kilpatrick (Lost primary)
- Kilroy
- Kirkpatrick (AZ)
- Klein (FL)
- Kosmas
- Markey (CO)
- Meek (FL) (Retired, Lost Senate bid)
- Mitchell
- Mollohan (Lost primary) X
- Moore (KS) (Retired) X
- Murphy (NY)
- Murphy, Patrick
- Oberstar
- Obey (Retired) X
- Perriello
- Pomeroy
- Rodriguez
- Salazar
- Schauer
- Sestak (Retired, lost Senate bid) X
- Shea-Porter
- Snyder (Retired) X
- Spratt
- Stupak (Retired) X
- Titus
- Wilson (OH)
Note that both Meek’s and Kilpatrick’s seats were retained by Democrats.
These are still pending, but would bring the tally up to 53 if they should lose:
- Bean
- Ortiz
- Connolly (VA)
- McNerney
- Larsen (WA)
- Maffei
- Giffords
- Costa
Also, there were 16 Obamacare supporters who came from districts that had voted for McCain in 2008. Twelve of these seats have flipped to Republicans:
- Carney
- Ellsworth
- Hill
- Kirkpatrick (AZ)
- Mitchell
- Mollohan
- Perriello
- Pomeroy
- Salazar
- Snyder
- Spratt
- Wilson
On the other hand, John Murtha’s seat was maintained, and both Rahall and Space’s seats were safe.
