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House Democrats lay out their targets for 2026 battle
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Tuesday that it is targeting 35 Republican-held House seats, noting that recent gains in special elections have suggested a midterm election environment that will not be kind to Republicans. The committee is also launching a program to raise money for its eventual nominees.
House Democrats unveil 35 Republican targets for 2026 midterms
House Democrats rolled out a list of 35 Republican-held seats they are targeting next year as the party looks to win control of the chamber.
Democrats target 35 House Republicans from swing states, red districts
WASHINGTON – House Democrats' are looking to target Republican incumbents in swing districts across the Rust Belt, upper Midwest and the Sun Belt – as well as several Trump allies who Democrats argue are beatable despite their big wins in 2024.

Johnson, Democrats and Anna Paulina Luna

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Johnson, Luna struck a deal to end their feud over remote voting for new parents. Democrats are still pushing the point
House Speaker Mike Johnson successfully stopped an effort by fellow Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely. But her House Democratic partners made clear Tuesday that they still want that vote — even if it’s now symbolic.
House GOP settles fight over remote votes after Johnson-Luna standoff
The House voted Tuesday to effectively kill a discharge petition championed by Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna.
Democrats pour cold water on Johnson and Luna’s ’embarrassing’ proxy voting deal
A fiery fight between Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) over remote voting for new parents fizzled out over the weekend with a compromise to bring back vote pairing, a system dating back to the 1800s that would essentially require a Democrat to willingly cast off their vote to offset a
Democrats look to force Republicans to choose between backing Trump or lessening tariff pain
Congressional Democrats are taking steps to force their Republican colleagues to choose between backing President Donald ...
Democrats reveal their top targets to flip in 2026
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s list includes 10 seats that President Donald Trump won by 10 percentage ...
National Democrats to target 3 GOP Iowa Congress members in the 2026 midterm election
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To Beat DOGE, Democrats Must Learn From DOGE | Opinion
The Democratic Party is starting to rediscover the power of action. It might just be what saves our democracy from Donald ...
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Trump Is Doing Democrats’ Heavy Lifting for Them
But while it’s true that Democrats still need to address many of their long-term challenges, like winning back the working ...
Another Group the Democrats Should Stop Taking for Granted
Trump didn’t just defy the assumption that his demonization of immigrants would cost him Hispanic voters; he turned those ...
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Town halls, f-bombs and Elon Musk: How Democrats are waging a new messaging war
Democrats are looking everywhere for their missing mojo as progressives demand they turn up the volume and fight back against ...
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Democrats’ Two Hidden Weapons in the 2026 Midterms
Ticket-splitting is making a comeback among Latinos, and Democrats now turn out more reliably than Republicans in ...
Younger Democrats want to force an uncomfortable conversation about age
Many complain the party is dominated by an older generation of leaders who have lost touch with Americans’ day-to-day ...
Democrats demand information from Microsoft, Google on AI deals
A pair of Senate Democrats are calling on Microsoft and Google to share more information on their separate partnerships with ...