31.   The Democrats have targeted swing congressional districts in states like Ohio and Michigan, as well as smaller markets where they can saturate the air waves at lower cost.

32.   The debacle over gun control can be reversed, but only with concerted lobbying in these swing districts.

33.   The single biggest reason for the decline of the old-fashioned swing district is the set of advantages the system gives incumbents.

34.   The vanishing swing district is one of the most telling examples of how the nature of congressional election politics has changed.

35.   Then they tell us they only care about the swing districts.

36.   This is also considered a swing district that was held by a Democrat, Tom Downey, before Lazio was elected.

37.   To be sure, a few swing districts have heated races.

38.   This year, the same charisma-challenged candidates are vying for the same wealthy swing district, debating pretty much the same issues.

39.   Urban liberals in the Assembly have complained for years that Silver, of Manhattan, often steers the chamber rightward to protect upstate Democrats in swing districts.

40.   With all the money flowing in, it was clear that both parties had targeted the race as a swing district in the partisan battle to control Congress.