House Republicans Release Plan to Retake Majority: 47 Target Districts with Vulnerable Democrats

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House Republicans Release Plan to Retake Majority: 47 Target Districts with Vulnerable Democrats

Matthew Boyle 10 Feb 2021Washington, DC

U.S. House Republicans released a detailed breakdown of 47 Democrat-held districts they intend to target in November 2022 in their quest to retake the majority from Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) laid out in a memo how the GOP is only five seats away from a majority in the House, and explained it believes Republicans can be competitive in 47 districts Democrats currently hold. Technically, given redistricting will see several changes to congressional district lines and the move of some districts either into or out of certain states around the country, this map may and probably will change some when those new districts are set in stone later this year. But for now, the fact that Republicans are already laser focused on retaking the lower chamber of Congress has to warm some hearts on the right of depressed GOP base voters who saw Democrats sweep into power in both chambers of Congress and the White House in November 2022.

The 47 House Democrats under fire are as follows:

The Battleground Democrats (29):

    Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ)
    Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA)
    Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL)
    Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA)
    Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA)
    Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL)
    Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL)
    Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME)
    Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
    Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI)
    Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN)
    Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ)
    Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
    Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ)
    Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV)
    Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV)
    Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
    Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA)
    Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA)
    Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA)
    Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX)
    Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
    Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
    Rep. Filemon Vela (D-TX)
    Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA)
    Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)
    Rep. Kim Schrier (D-WA)
    Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)

Underperforming Democrats (8):

    Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA)
    Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA)
    Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA)
    Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)
    Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS)
    Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH)
    Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR)
    Rep. Collin Allred (D-TX)

Redistricting Watch (10):

    Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ)
    Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA)
    Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
    Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL)
    Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN)
    Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC)
    Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ)
    Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
    Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
    Rep. Antonio Delgado (D-NY)

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/10/house-republicans-release-plan-retake-majority/

[sneakypete]

Doesn't mean squat to anyone but House Members,who want the new allies to help them pass bills that put cash in their offshore accounts.

Face it,most of the "vulnerable Dims" are from states  where a Republican there would be a leftist Dim anywhere else.

I guess beating there is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick,but not much unless you happen to be related to or in business with one of them.

[GtHawk]

And where are they going to get the money to make this happen, after insulting and pissing off or driving off 'republicans' with their kowtowing to Madam Pelunatic and cowardice in the fight for the American people? The color of the republican party should be changed to piss yellow.

[Sled Dog]

They better target more than that, because the Americans are fed up with the GOP and will be tossing out RINOs, too.

[libertybele]

And where are they going to get the money to make this happen, after insulting and pissing off or driving off 'republicans' with their kowtowing to Madam Pelunatic and cowardice in the fight for the American people? The color of the republican party should be changed to piss yellow.

All these supposed Republican plans don't mean squat and are quite pathetic.  Exactly what are they doing about election integrity?  The GOP is the do nothing party riddled with liberals. No thank you.

[libertybele]

They better target more than that, because the Americans are fed up with the GOP and will be tossing out RINOs, too.

No worries.  The GOP is DOA.

[The_Reader_David]

Doesn't mean squat to anyone but House Members,who want the new allies to help them pass bills that put cash in their offshore accounts.

Face it,most of the "vulnerable Dims" are from states  where a Republican there would be a leftist Dim anywhere else.

I guess beating there is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick,but not much unless you happen to be related to or in business with one of them.

You've forgotten both Lord Acton's dictum that the true friends of freedom are always few, and that it advances only by combining with auxiliaries, and William F. Buckley, Jr.'s advice to nominate the most conservative candidate who can win.  Better a Republican who's almost like a Democrat, if he's coming from a district where a real conservative could not win than, an actual Democrat.

[roamer_1]

You've forgotten both Lord Acton's dictum that the true friends of freedom are always few, and that it advances only by combining with auxiliaries, and William F. Buckley, Jr.'s advice to nominate the most conservative candidate who can win.  Better a Republican who's almost like a Democrat, if he's coming from a district where a real conservative could not win than, an actual Democrat.

That has proven to be false.

[Sled Dog]

You've forgotten both Lord Acton's dictum that the true friends of freedom are always few, and that it advances only by combining with auxiliaries, and William F. Buckley, Jr.'s advice to nominate the most conservative candidate who can win.  Better a Republican who's almost like a Democrat, if he's coming from a district where a real conservative could not win than, an actual Democrat.

Buckley was totally wrong.

It's better to have an open enemy in office that a hidden traitor.

What good is having Mittens in the Senate when Chuck Schumer wears him chasing erections?

In fact, Buckley hisself organized the BucPac to remove Republican Lowell Weicker, self-proclaimed Turd In The Republicans' Punchbowl, from the US Senate seat for Connecticut.

[sneakypete]

You've forgotten both Lord Acton's dictum that the true friends of freedom are always few, and that it advances only by combining with auxiliaries, and William F. Buckley, Jr.'s advice to nominate the most conservative candidate who can win.  Better a Republican who's almost like a Democrat, if he's coming from a district where a real conservative could not win than, an actual Democrat.

@The_Reader_David

HorseHillary!

THAT is the kind of thinking that put us where we are today. People who pay very little attention to politics see these alleged Republicans voting with the Dims,and think it must have been a good bill or the Republicans wouldn't have voted for it.

What we end up with when we do what you suggest is end up with an alleged Republican candidate that ALWAYS votes with the Dims unless it would cost him or her votes in his district during an election year,and who can NEVER be counted on to vote with the real Republicans on bills that are truly conservative.

It's like having an employee who won't stick a gun in your face and rob you,but will embezzle from you every week,a little at a time.

Bleep them and the donkey's that rode in mounting them. I wouldn't urinate on one if he or she were on fire.

[Longiron]

And where are they going to get the money to make this happen, after insulting and pissing off or driving off 'republicans' with their kowtowing to Madam Pelunatic and cowardice in the fight for the American people? The color of the republican party should be changed to piss yellow.

The best reply to that post on here! Thank You. And they want to replace them with a RINO. They really believe the people are that dumb!

[bilo]

All these supposed Republican plans don't mean squat and are quite pathetic. Exactly what are they doing about election integrity? The GOP is the do nothing party riddled with liberals. No thank you.

I'm sure they will have a lot to say about election integrity after HR1 is passed and signed into law.

HR1 will do for the USA what it did for CA., end any hope of Pubs getting a legislative majority.

The future does not look good right now.

[libertybele]

I'm sure they will have a lot to say about election integrity after HR1 is passed and signed into law.

HR1 will do for the USA what it did for CA., end any hope of Pubs getting a legislative majority.

The future does not look good right now.

The GOP will continue to implode from within.  Let it.

[bilo]

The GOP will continue to implode from within.  Let it.

The country is coming apart. We are split culturally. Our govt represents coastal leftists, who don't really like the USA. The Pubs under Trump finally started representing middle America, had a very energized base, and turned it's back on both after the election.

I don't see the Pubs winning a majority in 2022. I believe the GA., Senate results are a precursor of what's to come.

[XenaLee]

The country is coming apart. We are split culturally. Our govt represents coastal leftists, who don't really like the USA. The Pubs under Trump finally started representing middle America, had a very energized base, and turned it's back on both after the election.

I don't see the Pubs winning a majority in 2022. I believe the GA., Senate results are a precursor of what's to come.

And what makes anyone think that these same leftists that stole the 2020 election won't use the same tactics, same cheating machines, to steal the next election, and the next, and the next...?

[bilo]

And what makes anyone think that these same leftists that stole the 2020 election won't use the same tactics, same cheating machines, to steal the next election, and the next, and the next...?

It is so surprising how so many of the Pubs, conservative radio hosts, conservative media/news outlets act like everything was on the up and up with the Nov. elections. I know Dominion is suing everyone in sight, but 200,000 over votes in PA is all you have to know to know that the election was fraudulent and that Biden was selected, not elected.

It doesn't bode well for the future, when even France is afraid of the radicals in control of the USSA. 

Give me a 3rd party that's strong enough to control some States that want out of the USSA.

[XenaLee]

It is so surprising how so many of the Pubs, conservative radio hosts, conservative media/news outlets act like everything was on the up and up with the Nov. elections. I know Dominion is suing everyone in sight, but 200,000 over votes in PA is all you have to know to know that the election was fraudulent and that Biden was selected, not elected.

It doesn't bode well for the future, when even France is afraid of the radicals in control of the USSA. 

Give me a 3rd party that's strong enough to control some States that want out of the USSA.

At this point.... what do we have to lose?       It's not like the GOP is suddenly, magically and miraculously going to become what we thought they would be (fooled again) and what they promised they'd be.

[bilo]

At this point.... what do we have to lose?       It's not like the GOP is suddenly, magically and miraculously going to become what we thought they would be (fooled again) and what they promised they'd be.

We have nothing to lose!

I think the leftists would love to see us "deplorables" leave. I know I don't want to live with them.

[libertybele]

And what makes anyone think that these same leftists that stole the 2020 election won't use the same tactics, same cheating machines, to steal the next election, and the next, and the next...?

   That's what I've been saying.  We need a 3rd party in essence that will replace the global/marxists that have take over our Republic --- we won't win at the ballot box that's for sure.

We need a thread called "Solutions" -- how do we get from here to there -- we need solutions and ideas and a team of knowledgeable, constitutional conservative leaders to lead over 75 million people that avoided voting for Biden.

[The_Reader_David]

"Mittens" Romney is not an example of following Buckley's dictum -- there were surely more conservative candidates who could have won state-wide in Utah.  The most conservative candidate who can win is sometimes very conservative, but in deep blue districts might be a moderate who will get sneered at as a "RINO" on this board, but whose presence in Congress might be the difference between Speaker Pelosi and Speaker McCarthy.  Giving the GOP control of Congress's investigative and oversight powers vis-a-vis the executive is more important during a Democrat administration than the ideological purity of the caucus, as is denying those powers to the 'Rats during a GOP administration.  It's really simple:  If you're in deep red Trump country and your Congressman is a squish, get a conservative to primary him.  If you're in a blue district where the looney left has the seat, find a soothing moderate to run against the 'Rat, who will organize with the GOP if elected and vote conservative on a least some issues.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

I'm not exactly optimistic but maybe things will change in 2 years.

[bilo]

  That's what I've been saying.  We need a 3rd party in essence that will replace the global/marxists that have take over our Republic --- we won't win at the ballot box that's for sure.

We need a thread called "Solutions" -- how do we get from here to there -- we need solutions and ideas and a team of knowledgeable, constitutional conservative leaders to lead over 75 million people that avoided voting for Biden.

Instead of looking to send a leader and a handful of like minded legislators to DC we need to form a 3rd party that runs a whole slate of candidates from the lowest office up to Gov., in strong conservative states. Once this new party controls a State, or States, they need to begin nullifying federal oversight and control. The goal being to ultimately be so much of a pain in the backside to the rest of the country that the feds will be happy to see these States leave.

I think during this process if MAGA Pub politicians wish to join the 3rd party they should be happily embraced, but the ultimate goal must always be to separate from the USSA and return to a govt that is a constitutional republic.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

  That's what I've been saying.  We need a 3rd party in essence that will ensure global/marxists will rule or dominate with impunity for a generation

FTFY.

[bilo]

"Mittens" Romney is not an example of following Buckley's dictum -- there were surely more conservative candidates who could have won state-wide in Utah.  The most conservative candidate who can win is sometimes very conservative, but in deep blue districts might be a moderate who will get sneered at as a "RINO" on this board, but whose presence in Congress might be the difference between Speaker Pelosi and Speaker McCarthy.  Giving the GOP control of Congress's investigative and oversight powers vis-a-vis the executive is more important during a Democrat administration than the ideological purity of the caucus, as is denying those powers to the 'Rats during a GOP administration.  It's really simple:  If you're in deep red Trump country and your Congressman is a squish, get a conservative to primary him.  If you're in a blue district where the looney left has the seat, find a soothing moderate to run against the 'Rat, who will organize with the GOP if elected and vote conservative on a least some issues.

This approach of voting for the "lesser of two evils", or under the guise of needing a majority so we can get "good judges" has been tried since the 60's after Goldwater was crushed. What did we get? A long slow walk to a totalitarian fascist state.

The vote on Cheney should have told you everything. When questioned publicly 140+ Pubs said she had to step down from leadership. When a private vote was cast only 61 Pubs voted for her to step down. The establishment Pubs are never there when you need them.

BTW, what did Cheney immediately do after the Pubs voted to keep her in leadership? She began doing interviews saying Trump should be convicted and he is not the leader of the Party.

[libertybele]

Instead of looking to send a leader and a handful of like minded legislators to DC we need to form a 3rd party that runs a whole slate of candidates from the lowest office up to Gov., in strong conservative states. Once this new party controls a State, or States, they need to begin nullifying federal oversight and control. The goal being to ultimately be so much of a pain in the backside to the rest of the country that the feds will be happy to see these States leave.

I think during this process if MAGA Pub politicians wish to join the 3rd party they should be happily embraced, but the ultimate goal must always be to separate from the USSA and return to a govt that is a constitutional republic.

No, I was never implying or thinking about any party affiliated with DC.  Why?  That would be counter productive. I like your ideas. IMHO it's not going to be long before we see some very strong leaders emerge or vacate DC.