This is a list of 65 seats in the House that are the most likely to be tightly contested this year.
The list includes the 59 seats where the winner in the 1998 election drew 55 percent of the vote or less. Most of these seats have changed hands in the last four elections at least once. Some of these incumbents may coast this year, but others undoubtedly will have to fight tooth and nail.
Democrats need a net gain of five seats – six if Vermont independent Bernie Sanders is not re-elected – to gain control of the House. Thirty-eight of these 65 seats are now held by Republicans. Thirty-three states are represented; 11 of the seats are in California.