Dems’ bright spots in foreboding election year

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WILMINGTON, Del. – John Carney of Delaware is a rarity in a campaign season of foreboding for Democrats, a practicing politician with a strong chance of winning a Republican-held seat in Congress.

Not that Carney is interested in attaching any national significance to his race. “I’ll support (President Barack Obama) when I think he’s right and I won’t when I think he proposes something that isn’t in the best interests of Delaware,” he says.

But with House Republicans on offense in dozens of races in all regions of the country, victories by Carney and a few others challenging for GOP-held seats — most prominently in Louisiana, Hawaii and Illinois — could amount to a last line of defense for Democrats in their struggle to maintain a majority.