If House Democrats have any hope of saving their majority in 2022, it will be thanks to candidates aiming to win roughly a dozen Republican-held House seats that Joe Biden carried in 2020
Every two years for the past decade, Democratic recruiters would come to Rudy Salas with the same question: Would he challenge Republican Rep.The California state legislator grew up working summers in the grape fields and eventually became the first Latino on the Bakersfield City Council before moving on to the state Assembly. He was Democrats’ dream recruit to run in California’s Central Valley, and this election, he finally agreed — just when the party might need him most.
“Redistricting has been obviously bad for Democrats in Ohio, but it’s been great in Cincinnati,” said Democrat Greg Landsman, an early education advocate-turned-Cincinnati city council member who’s taking on GOP Rep.Chabot was protected over the last decade by a gerrymander that sliced Cincinnati in two. But the newly drawn district unites the city, transforming the seat from one Trump carried by 3 points in 2020 to one Biden won by 9 points.
Salas, for example, has racked up huge victory margins in his California state Assembly seat elections, attracting crossover voters by bucking his own party on issues including opposing the gas tax and supporting increased funding for police. While some Democrats in the Biden-GOP districts are skating through primaries, others have been more contentious. In the Los Angeles area, Christy Smith is seeking her third matchup against Rep.But some national Democrats are pushing for first-time candidate Quaye Quartey, a Navy intelligence officer. He and his supporters argue he’s a better contender against Garcia.
Still, while Biden-won territory isn’t solid ground for Republicans, it also means that many of the incumbents have experience winning elections in tougher environments than they may face in 2022. Garcia and Rep. — who was one of just three Republicans in Hillary Clinton-won districts to survive the 2018 Democratic wave — each have just under $2 million banked already.
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