Roll Call, the four-times-a-week newspaper that covers all things Congress, has a special section today reviewing the electoral landscape.

The paper characterizes the race between incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic Rep. Tom Allen as "leans Republican."

"In what could become the most contentious Senate race in the nation, an incumbent Democratic House Member is challenging a moderate Republican Senator. But Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine, has yet to budge any of the publicly released polls against Collins. He's still looking at a 20-point spread," the newspaper said.

Roll Call reports that the race to replace Allen in Maine's 1st Congressional District features "an all-star Democratic field" and that Chellie Pingree is the frontunner. No surprise there. The paper gives Ethan Strimling the second best chance to win, followed by Michael Brennan, Adam Cote and Mark Lawrence.

Of the race on the GOP side between Dean Scontras and Charlles Summers, Roll Call writes: "Two Republicans are running though it is hard to envision a scenario in which either of them wins Portland in November."

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