House Republicans in 2024 seek to expand narrow majority

TIt will be 70 years ago that the House flipped control following a single 2-year term. House Republicans desire to ensure that history does not repeat itself.

House Republicans were able to capitalize on this success back then President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Big 1952 White House victory to win a narrow majority However, it lasted just two years. In the 1954 midterm elections, Democrats won control of the House and held it for forty years.

THE 2000s ARE CALLING

It 2024 battle The Republicans have the slimmest majority in the House, 222-213 to the advantage of Democrats. This means that House control is possible. The House majority fight will take place against the backdrop of a White House race that could feature a pair of familiar faces — President Joe Biden vs. former President Donald Trump A replay of 2020. One of the candidates might be included in this race. You might have one, or none depending on how things play out over the next few years.

There are many factors that will decide if Trump is able to win the GOP nomination. He was the first to announce for the presidency in 2022. Biden (80) has not yet said whether he plans to run again, but he appears to be moving towards this direction.

The 18 House Republicans will defend the districts Biden won, while five House Democrats represent districts that voted in Trump’s favor. Republicans want to continue the offensive.

Top Republican targets for 2024 will include some, or all, of these Democrats who won Trump-won congressional seats. That includes Democratic Reps. Matt Cartwright in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and northeastern Pennsylvania 8th Congressional District, Jared Golden in the northern Maine 2nd District, and Marcy Kaptur in the Toledo and northwestern Ohio 9th District, along with freshman Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in southwestern Washington’s 3rd District, who before coming to Congress was an auto repair shop co-owner.

Top Democratic targets have begun to emerge among the 18 House Republicans who won Biden-won House seats. Many first-term Republicans and many freshman won in 2022 by narrow margins. Reps. Lauren Boebert and Western Slope in Colorado (546 votes), John Duarte and John James in California’s mid Central Valley 13th District (564 vot), John James and John James in Michigan’s Macomb County (10th District) (1,600 vote), Mike Lawler and Zach Nunn respectively in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley 17th District (1.820 votes)

House Democrats are going to be looking within their political borders in order to win back seats they lost in 2022. The blue behemoths in California and New York are where Democrats will find themselves losing their four year House majority.

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