Back when Election 2010 was looking a bit more like a contest, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee created a “Red-to-Blue” list of 29 House districts. The name, of course, implies that was a program of offense, but in fact several of the candidates were defending Democratic-held seats.

Democrats defeated only two incumbent federal officeholders last night, but they did keep some of their own dicier seats, and they picked up one open House seat in Delaware. Here’s a look at how the Red-to-Blue program did, with asterisks marking the “Blue-to-Blue” seats:

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