House Republicans Expand Offensive Map Following Nationwide Redistricting Developments

Jacob BlissMarch 30, 2022

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) announced Wednesday they are expanding their offensive map to target 72 Democrat-held or newly created seats ahead of the 2022 midterms following the latest redistricting developments.

The NRCC, looking to pick up as many seats as possible to regain the House majority, expanded their list from 70 to 72 after the majority of states approved their redistricting maps. The House Republicans, who are favored to take back the House, only need a net gain of five seats. So far, there have been 31 House Democrats who announced they would not seek reelection.

The 72 targeted districts include 12 that were won in 2020 by former President Donald Trump, 11 that were won by President Joe Biden from zero to five percent, 16 that are were won by Biden from five percent to ten percent, and 33 were won by Biden from ten percent or more.

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) depart after a House Democratic Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill, October 1, 2021, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The new additions to the list are California’s 13th and 26th Congressional Districts; Colorado’s 8th Congressional District; Florida’s 14th and 22nd; Illinois’s 11th Congressional Districts; Michigan’s 10th Congressional District; Montana’s 1st Congressional District; North Carolina 6th, 13th, and 14th Congressional Districts; New Mexico 1st Congressional District; Nevada’s 1st Congressional District; Ohio 9th Congressional District; Oregon’s 6th Congressional District; and Texas’s 38th Congressional District.

NRCC Chairman Tom Emmer said that “Republicans have the message, the candidates, and the resources needed to take back the majority. Vulnerable Democrats who chose not to retire will be shown no mercy.”

The complete list of the NRCC’s new targets are:

AZ-02: Tom O’Halleran
AZ-04: Gregory Stanton
AZ-06: Open (Ann Kirkpatrick)
CA-09: Josh Harder
CA-13: Open
CA-26: Julia Brownley
CA-47: Katie Porter
CA-49: Mike Levin
CO-07: Open (Ed Perlmutter)
CO-08: Open
CT-02: Joe Courtney
CT-05: Jahana Hayes
FL-07: Open (Stephanie Murphy)
FL-13: Open (Charlie Crist)
FL-14: Kathy Castor
FL-22: Open (Ted Deutch)
GA-02: Sanford Bishop
GA-06: Open (Lucy McBath)
IA-03: Cindy Axne
IL-06: Sean Casten/Marie Newman
IL-11: Bill Foster
IL-14: Lauren Underwood
IL-17: Open (Cheri Bustos)
IN-01: Frank Mrvan
KS-03: Sharice Davids
MD-06: David Trone
ME-02: Jared Golden
MI-07: Elissa Slotkin
MI-08: Dan Kildee
MI-10: Open (Haley Stevens)
MN-02: Angie Craig
MN-03: Dean Phillips
MT-01: Open
NC-01: Open (G. K. Butterfield)
NC-06: Kathy Manning
NC-13: Open
NC-14: Open
NH-01: Chris Pappas
NH-02: Annie Kuster
NJ-03: Andy Kim
NJ-05: Josh Gottheimer
NJ-07: Tom Malinowski
NM-01: Melanie Stansbury
NM-03: Teresa Leger Fernandez
NV-01: Dina Titus
NV-03: Susie Lee
NV-04: Steven Horsford
NY-03: Open (Tom Suozzi)
NY-04: Open (Kathleen Rice)
NY-18: Sean Patrick Maloney
NY-19: Antonio Delgado
NY-20: Paul Tonko
OH-09: Marcy Kaptur
OH-13: Open (Tim Ryan)
OR-04: Open (Peter DeFazio)
OR-05: Kurt Schrader
OR-06: Open
PA-06: Chrissy Houlahan
PA-07: Susan Wild
PA-08: Matthew Cartwright
PA-17: Open (Conor Lamb)
RI-02: Open (Jim Langevin)
TN-05: Open (Jim Cooper)
TX-15: Open (Vicente Gonzalez)
TX-28: Henry Cuellar
TX-34: Open (Filemon Vela)
TX-38: Open
VA-02: Elaine Luria
VA-07: Abigail Spanberger
VA-10: Jennifer Wexton
WA-08: Kim Schrier
WI-03: Open (Ron Kind)

The NRCC noted seven seats — Florida’s 7th, 13th, 14th, and 22nd Congressional District; New Hampshire’s 1st and 2nd Congressional District; and Maryland’s 6th Congressional District — have yet to approve their maps.

Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter.