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Rating changes: 30 races shift toward Democrats

Democratic Rep. Don Davis, here greeting voters Thursday in New Bern, N.C., is running for reelection in North Carolina's 1st District, where Inside Elections has shifted the race rating from Tilt Republican to Toss-up.

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