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DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene joined NPR’s Morning Edition to discuss House Democrats’ path to re-taking the majority, the DCCC’s expansive and offensive map, and how House Republicans’ record of broken promises, rising prices, and cuts to Medicaid will cost them in 2026.
Excerpts from Chair DelBene’s conversation below:
NPR Morning Edition: Democratic Rep. Suzan DelBene discuss campaign targeting GOP seats in midterms
“We’ve got opportunities all across the country, multiple seats in places like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona.
“We’re recruiting great candidates to run in all those districts.
“We’ve got 35 districts that are on our map so far across the country.
“The number one issue in the last election was about lowering costs. […]The economy is top of mind right now, and what [people have] seen from Trump and the Republican Congress is anything but a focus on costs. It’s a broken promise from Republicans. Costs have gone up. Tariff policy has really created an uncertain economy and is a drag on the economy. Right now, prices are going up for families, so that absolutely will be a number one issue, and the attacks on health care, including proposed cuts they have to Medicaid, massive cuts to Medicaid, will also be devastating for families across the country.
“We know the American people are with us, and our goal is to make sure we take back those gavels, make Hakeem Jeffries Speaker of the House, and have a voice that’s going to stand up for the American people in Congress.
“We’re going to be focused on making sure that our current incumbents who are in those swing districts across the country, have the resources to run their strong campaigns, get re-elected, and then we’re going to be on offense across the country to make sure we pick up seats.
“In the house, having the gavels makes an incredible difference. We can have hearings. We can move legislation. We can stop legislation right now. We’re not having debates in Congress. Republicans aren’t holding hearings. […] They are just rubber stamping the actions of this administration. Having a Congress that actually will stand up and do its job can make an incredible difference, and when we have the majority, we can do that.”
Listen to the interview HERE.
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