After String of Demoralizing Retirements, Aggressive Campaign of Field Operations And Digital Ads Will Keep Pressure on Vulnerable Republicans
Republicans limped out of July (or at least some did), but the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s ‘August Accountability’ Project is keeping the pressure on them this month.
“August Accountability” is the latest project in the DCCC’s cycle-long work to protect and expand the most diverse House Majority in American history. Over the next month, the project will keep the pressure on Republicans across the battlefield with a combination of field operations and digital ads, holding Washington Republicans accountable for their records that have made health care more expensive, done nothing to bring down the cost of prescription drugs, prevented desperately needed election security, and saddled working Americans with the bill for giant handouts to the wealthiest among us.
“Washington Republicans have demonstrated they answer to big special interests, not the needs of everyday working Americans, and now they need to explain their votes to raise health care costs, gut protections for Americans with preexisting conditions, and ignore the real challenges their constituents are facing. We’re working overtime to ensure this August is focused on holding Republicans accountable for their records in Washington.” said DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos.
This campaign comes on the heels of a particularly damaging July for Republicans. More than half a dozen prominent GOP members, including Will Hurd in TX-23, announced they will retire over the last two weeks alone — with more expected to throw in the towel.
And that’s not the end of the problems facing Republican dreams to challenge for the House Majority… The DCCC continues to smash fundraising records, 20 Frontline Members have either over $1,000,000 cash on hand, or are within $50k of the $1,000,000 mark. And Democratic challenger candidates are already outraising longtime Washington Republican incumbents.
In the meantime, the latest Economist/YouGov survey gives Democrats an 11-point lead on the generic Congressional ballot. As reference, when Democrats flipped the House in 2018, the average of the generic ballot was +7.3-points.
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