Republican Lee Zeldin lost by 16 points when he first ran in 2008, but won by 10 this year Leading Off: • House: It's no secret that the DCCC is trying to convince several unseated incumbents and other unsuccessful candidates to run again in 2016. As those would-be contenders mull their plans, here's a statistic from Nathan Gonzales at Roll Call that should give them some hope: More than 40 percent of this year's House freshman class lost at least one race sometime in their careers. There's a lot of interesting information in Gonzales' piece.