Republicans plot comeback in New Jersey
By Naomi Jagoda - 08/18/19 02:20 PM EDT
Republicans are targeting several House seats they lost to Democrats in New Jersey last year, as they look to come back after losing nearly all of their seats in the state.
Republicans lost four New Jersey House seats in 2018 as voters angry with President Trump and former Gov. Chris Christie (R) punished their party. The GOP had already lost a seat in the state in 2016.
In 2020, the GOP thinks it has a decent chance of winning back three of those seats – if things break the right way. But it won't be easy, and Democrats are optimistic that they’ll hold all of the seats
“I think the Democratic incumbents are at least slightly favored in all four of the districts that flipped in 2018, but Republicans have a chance in all of them,†said John Weingart, associate director of Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University who has worked in New Jersey state government during both Democratic and Republican administrations.
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