Flood Of Results Slows To Trickle

Only 25 of 435 House seats remain up for grabs, and the flow of returns has slowed to a trickle.

Of these, 9 are Democratic-held:

• Calif. 3: Democratic Rep. Vic Fazio has a solid lead over Republican Tim Lefever with 60 percent of the vote in.
• Calif. 24: Democrat Brad Sherman slightly trails Republican Rich Sybert with about 10 percent of the vote in.
• Calif. 36: Rep. Jane Harman has a 1,500-vote lead over Republican Susan Brooks with 11 percent of the vote counted.
• Calif. 42: Republican Linda M. Wilde and Democratic Rep. George Brown are trading the lead with almost 80 percent of the vote counted. Brown's up by 400 votes at the moment.
• Hawaii 1: Rep. Neil Abercrombie has a slight lead on Republican Orson Swindle.
• Ill. 20: Republican John Shimkus holds a slight lead on Democrat Jay Hoffman in this open seat.
• Ore. 1: Rep. Elizabeth Furse has about an 8,000-vote lead over Republican Bill Witt
• Texas 25: Rep. Ken Bentsen looks to be headed for a runoff; he only picked up 35 percent of the vote. Republican Dolly Madison McKenna placed second, with 18 percent.
• Utah 3: Rep. Bill Orton has about a 2,000-vote lead over Republican Christopher B. Cannon with almost 60 percent of the vote counted.