The race for the state's other Congressional seat is also close.
Democrats have held the Congressional seat for 26 of the last 36 years.
And they hold 14 of the state's 34 Congressional seats.
"The fight we had two years ago cost us at least one Congressional seat," he said.
Democrats had not held the congressional seat since after the 1978 election.
He held his congressional seat for 14 years, completing seven terms in the House.
He said it might look good on a r6sumd if I want to run for a congressional seat someday.
He ran as an independent candidate for the same congressional seat in 2012.
Next, he spent $500,000 running for - and losing, but not by much - a Congressional seat.
As of 2011, Democrats controlled all five federal congressional seats.
