Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Democrats lead in seven of nine uncalled House races

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' A number of races nationwide were uncalled when we put our Tuesday liveblog to bed, so here's a brief rundown of what's transpired since election night:

Called on Wednesday:

' MT-Sen: Sen. Jon Tester (D) defeats Denny Rehberg (R)
' MT-Gov: Steve Bullock (D) defeats Rick Hill (R)
' ND-Sen: Heidi Heitkamp (D) defeats Rick Berg (R)
' AZ-01: Ann Kirkpatrick (D) defeats Jonathan Paton ' Dem pickup
' CA-03: Rep. John Garamendi (D) defeats Kim Vann (R)
' CA-08: Paul Cook (R) defeats Gregg Imus (R)
' CA-10: Rep. Jeff Denham (R) defeats Jose Hernandez (D)
' CA-16: Rep. Jim Costa (D) defeats Brian Whelan (R)
' CA-26: Julia Brownley (D) defeats Tony Strickland (R) ' Dem pickup
' CA-31: Rep. Gary Miller (R) defeats Bob Dutton (R)
' CA-35: Gloria Negrete McLeod (D) defeats Rep. Joe Baca (major upset!)
' CA-41: Mark Takano (D) defeats John Tavaglione (R) ' Dem pickup
' CA-44: Rep. Janice Hahn (D) defeats Rep. Laura Richardson (D)
' CA-47: Alan Lowenthal (D) defeats Gary DeLong (R)
' MI-01: Rep. Dan Benishek (R) defeats Gary McDowell (D)

Still Uncalled:

' AZ-02: Martha McSally (R) leads Rep. Ron Barber (D) (media accounts differ on the margin), but many votes remain uncounted.

' AZ-09: Kyrsten Sinema (D) leads Vernon Parker (D), but again, there are lots of ballots yet to be counted.

' CA-07: Ami Bera (D) leads Rep. Dan Lungren (R) by just 184 votes. Many ballots remain to be counted.

' CA-36: Raul Ruiz (D) leads Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R) by 4,557 votes. The race has not been called by the AP due to outstanding ballots that remain to be counted, and Bono Mack is refusing to concede, but many local media outlets are declaring Ruiz the victor.

' CA-52: Scott Peters (D) leads Rep. Brian Bilbray (R) by 685 votes. Again, there are still many more votes to be counted.

' FL-18: Patrick Murphy (D) leads Rep. Allen West (R) by 2,456 votes with 100% reporting and has declared victory, but West is refusing to concede and seems to be demanding a recount, even though there's "no statutory mechanism" for initiating one since Murphy's lead is wider than 0.5%.

' LA-03: Rep. Charles Boustany (R) and Rep. Jeff Landry (R) will head to a Dec. 8 runoff, since neither received 50% on election night. Boustany came close, with 44.7%, while Landry took 30% and other candidates (including one Democrat) split the remainder of the vote.

' NC-07: Rep. Mike McIntyre (D) leads David Rouzer (R) by 507 votes votes with 100% reporting. A recount seems likely. Results would be known in two to three weeks.

' UT-04: For some reason, the AP has not called the race for Rep. Jim Matheson (D), even though Mia Love (R) conceded on Tuesday night. (For what it's worth, CNN has called it.)