On the Ninth District race

In this post from Commonwealth Conservative, John predicts regarding the Ninth District race that it will "be the closest race in the 9th District since Boucher beat incumbent and political giant William Wampler two decades ago."

Here are some numbers from past Boucher races, via this site:

1982:
Boucher 76,227
William Wampler 75,009

1984:
Boucher 102,446
C. Jefferson Stafford 94,510

1986:
Boucher 59,864
Write-in 602

1988:
Boucher 113,309
John Brown 65,410

1990:
Boucher 67,215
Write-in 2,015

1992:
Boucher 133,284
Gary Weddle 77,985

1994:
Boucher 102,876
Steve Fast 72,133

1996:
Boucher 122,908
Patrick Muldoon 58,055
Tom Roberts 8,080

1998:
Boucher 87,163
Joe Barta 55,918

2000:
Boucher 137,488
Michael Osbourne 59,335

2002:
Boucher 100,075
Katzen 52,076