Keep up with these 12 critical midterm election races in the House of Representatives as Democrats fight to keep their majority in the House.
Midterm elections have the ability to shift the power of the presidency. Here's how the midterms work and why they're so important.Control of the House of Representatives is on the ballot in November and, with it, the ability for President Joe Biden to achieve much of his remaining political agenda.
Democrats hope to make abortion a key issue in the race. State Rep. Yadira Caraveo, a Mexican American pediatrician, is the party's nominee.Trump carried this largely rural district by 6 points in 2020, so the odds are against incumbent Democratic Rep. Jared Golden. But Golden, a former Marine and one-time staffer to GOP Maine Sen. Susan Collins, has taken steps to distance himself from the national party by voting against Biden's Build Back Better and the American Rescue Plan.
Slotkin was first elected in 2018, when she flipped a traditionally GOP seat. She previously served in the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency. Mowers served in the State Department under Trump, and is the frontrunner in the crowded primary this cycle. Other candidates include former Trump White House assistant press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who would be 25 at the time of election - the minimum age requirement to serve in Congress - and Gail Huff Brown, a former journalist and the wife of former Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass.Incumbent Democratic Rep.
Herrell faces Democrat Gabe Vasquez, who previously worked for New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich and served as a Las Cruces City Councilor. Vasquez is a first generation American who has stressed his personal story growing up in both the U.S. and Mexico, a bio that fits well with this border district.Democratic Rep. Dina Titus's once-safe seat was redrawn during redistricting to be more competitive. The district now contains part of Las Vegas, as well as Boulder City and Henderson.
But the previously safe Republican seat was redrawn. His new district covers an area Biden won during redistricting by almost nine points.That gives Democrats a rare pickup opportunity to flip the seat.
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