Issue of Health-Care Reform Emerges in Races (Politico)

President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are not the only names in this year’s partisan fight over health care. Obama’s health care reform law is coming up again and again in House and Senate races across the country in the fight for control in Congress. Five races in which the politics of health care figure to be pivotal are – Pennsylvania 12: Rep. Mark Critz (D) vs. Keith Rothfus (R), Wisconsin Senate: Former Gov. Tommy Thompson (R) vs. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D), Montana Senate: Sen. Jon Tester (D) vs. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R), New York 27: Rep. Kathy Hochul (D) vs. Chris Collins or David Bellavia (R), New York 24: Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R) vs. former Rep. Dan Maffei (D).