The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is targeting three more House seats held by Democrats in the upcoming elections. These districts include Texas’s 28th Congressional District, New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District, and North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District. This announcement brings the total number of Democratic seats on the NRCC hit list to 40.
NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson stated that “corrupt Democrats are retreating and Republicans are charging forward to press our advantage.” The committee aims to hold these Democrats accountable for their lack of progress in improving Americans’ lives. The NRCC primarily focuses on fundraising and donating to Republican candidates running for House seats.
Currently, the Republican Party holds a majority in the House during the 118th Congress, despite some departures from the party. All 435 House seats and one-third of Senate seats will be up for election in November.
In recent news, Mr. Furman defeated Lazaro Garcia Jr. on May 28 to represent the Republican Party. The Texas District is located south of San Antonio and includes portions of the city as well as all of Laredo and a strip of the southern border. Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.) is running for re-election in this district, which he has held since 2005.
New Hampshire’s Democratic and Republican candidates will be determined during their partisan State Primary Election on September 10th. The state’s 2nd Congressional District covers the rural, western portion of the Granite State, encompassing Concord and Nashua.
In December, Rep. Kathy Manning (D-N.C.) announced she would not seek re-election in North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District, citing “egregiously gerrymandered maps [that] do not make this race competitive.” The state’s General Assembly redrew the district in October, prompting a change in its representation.
The newly redrawn district now covers Davie County, Davidson County, and Rowan County entirely, along with portions of Cabarrus County, Forsyth County, and Guilford County. The counties of Winston-Salem and Greensboro are located within these districts. In the Republican primary on March 5th, Addison McDowell emerged as the winner for his party’s nomination. The Democratic Party did not hold a primary in this newly drawn district, leaving it without a candidate following Manning’s departure from the race.
As part of their strategy to regain control of more House seats, Republicans are also targeting one seat each in Alaska, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.