House GOP hopes bleeding has stopped as Democrats expand map
Democrats are pouring money and effort into brand-new districts, but GOP incumbents are putting up a fight.
By Rachael Bade and Theodoric Meyer
10/26/16 05:07 AM EDT
House Republicans are increasingly worried that Donald Trump’s presidential collapse will cut deep into their 30-seat majority, as races that looked relatively safe months ago have suddenly become battlegrounds in the final weeks of the 2016 election.
The blowback against Trump has practically eradicated the GOP’s early autumn hopes of keeping its House losses in the single digits. Some senior House Republicans are now predicting they could lose as many as 20 seats — not quite enough to lose the majority, but “on the warning track” of a devastating result, as one worried GOP strategist put it.
more
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/house-republicans-democrats-trump-230313