We're on to the eleventh installment of our comprehensive look at the fun races in 2008, and throughout the districts in states that touch the Pacific Ocean -- 70 combined in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii -- just five look like they might be serious contests. A quick scan of the West Coast:

-- California 04: Buffeted by investigations into his association with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Republican Rep. John Doolittle survived 2006 by just three points. Now that he's retiring, retired Air Force officer Charlie Brown, Doolittle's 2006 Democratic foe, faces a steeper climb against the winner of an increasingly nasty Republican primary. Brown has raised $952,000 and still has $590,000 in the bank, but he may need more than that to win a district President Bush carried by twenty-four points in 2004. He will face either former Rep. Doug Ose, who has $845,000 in the bank after raising $3.25 million -- including a $400,000 transfer from his old congressional account and more than $800,000 in loans to his own campaign -- or State Senator Tom McClintock, who has raised $315,000 and still has $125,000 left in the bank in advance of the state's June 3 primary. The bizarre irony: Ose lives in the neighboring district, and McClintock's house is in his State Senate district, 400 miles south.

-- California 11: Outside interest groups concerned with the environment played a key role in ousting Republican Rep. Richard Pombo in 2006, when Democrat Jerry McNerney beat the incumbent by six points. Republicans now see the seat, which includes Stockton and parts of San Joaquin, Alameda and Santa Clara Counties and a fraction of Contra Costa County outside of Oakland, as one of their best pickup opportunities, and former State Assemblyman Dean Andal as one of their best candidates in the country. Andal has raised $638,000 for his challenger bid, with $531,000 left on hand. McNerney raised $2.4 million for his 2006 race, and has already pulled in $1.64 million this year. He ended the quarter with $1.15 million in the bank, but McNerney could face an uphill battle in a district that is likely to back John McCain.

-- Oregon 05: South and west of Portland, Democrats are playing a rare game of defense in an open seat after Rep. Darlene Hooley's health problems forced her to retire. Businessman Mike Erickson, who narrowly lost to Hooley in 2006, is already up with television ads after raising $634,000 and retaining $332,000. Erickson will face former state Republican Party chair Kevin Mannix, a former GOP gubernatorial nominee, in the state's May 20 primary. Mannix kicked off his campaign last month and has raised $109,000 with $66,000 in the bank. Democrats have recruited State Senator Kurt Schrader, who raised just $56,000 in the little more than a month he's been in the race, but he kept all but $34 of that money. He will face Steve Marks, who served as chief of staff to former Democratic Governor John Kitzhaber, in the primary; Marks has raised $26,000 and has $18,000 in the bank.

-- Washington 08: Republican Rep. Dave Reichert is running for his third term, and he's never had an easy contest. This year could be even more difficult, as Reichert will face Democrat Darcy Burner for a second time. In 2006, Reichert won by just 7,000 votes as the two candidates spent virtually identical amounts. This year, Burner is actually outraising Reichert, with $1.396 million raised and $921,000 left over. Reichert has raised $1.37 million and is keeping $698,000 in reserve. Netroots activists are helping Burner, a leader of a move by some Democratic challengers to focus most on the war in Iraq, but Reichert remains popular for his service as King County Sheriff. The second meeting of these two strong candidates will be one of the closest races in the country.

-- Alaska At-Large: Alaska Republican Don Young, who has represented his state in Washington for 17 terms, faces two tough contests this year as he finds himself involved in an investigation over an oil services company that has already seen several members of the state legislature head to jail. Young has raised $834,000 so far this cycle and has $604,000 in the bank, but he's spent nearly $2.1 million in the past fifteen months, much of it on attorneys' fees. In the primary, Young will face Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell, who announced in late March he will run and has raised $26,000 and spent about $225 so far. Democrats will throw former State House Minority Leader Ethan Berkowitz at the winner of the primary; Berkowitz has raised $401,000 since jumping in the race and retains $287,000. If Young survives the primary, watch for Democrats to spend heavily on the state.