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DCCC CHAIRWOMAN BUSTOS ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND OF RED TO BLUE CANDIDATES & RED TO BLUE CO-CHAIRS DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos today announced the first round of candidates the DCCC is naming to its highly competitive Red to Blue program. Additionally, Chairwoman Bustos announced Representatives Pete Aguilar, Don McEachin, and Lisa Blunt Rochester as Red to […]

Drug prices and the rising cost of health care were already the number one issue for voters in November’s elections. And President Trump just upped the ante by putting Medicare on the ballot. In an interview with CNBC, Trump reversed his 2016 campaign promise and signaled that he is already looking at cuts to Medicare […]

As the DCCC, Frontline members and Democratic House candidates continue raising unprecedented amounts of money, the NRCC is raising alarm bells about Republican fundraising…and lowering expectations about its own. NRCC Chairman Tom Emmer said on Wednesday that House Republicans “need to get their act together and raise more money.” He also warned his members that […]

The low numbers come amidst Republican bragging about an impeachment fundraising bump House Republicans are freaking out about low candidate fundraising. And they really should be, given the monster numbers Democrats are unveiling. The National Journal reports that Republicans are “fretting” how low their numbers are: So far, only a handful of House Republicans have […]

After NRCC staff tweeted a deceptively edited, disproven, and out-of-context video of Vice President Biden, CNN’s Jake Tapper called out the NRCC for actively spreading disinformation. Tapper On NRCC Disinformation: The morning after [the video] was debunked, Bob Salera, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee retweeted the clip alongside a slur against Biden. […]

Washington Republicans had a holiday season filled with retirements, weak fundraising, and new members getting caught in outright lies. But their allies in drug manufacturing made out ok.  Here are four of the stories House Republicans hoped you missed over the break.   The DCCC outraised NRCC by $2.3 million in November – despite Republicans boasting […]

Reminder: Democrats Flipped 40 Seats In 2018 The House Republican retirement crisis is bad. Like really bad. And the historic number of Republicans running for the exits suggest House Republicans have given up on retaking the majority. Apparently Leader McCarthy agrees? He told Roll Call that 2020 Republican retirements remind him of 2018…when Republicans lost […]

DCCC Memorandum To:           Interested Parties From:       Lucinda Guinn, DCCC Executive Director Date:        Thursday, December 19, 2019 Subject:    Republicans’ Uphill Battle In NJ-02 Republicans face a significant challenge holding onto New Jersey’s Second Congressional District and Congressman Jefferson Van Drew’s party switch does not improve their chances in November. Beyond the vulnerabilities on display […]

DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos released the following statement after Congressman Mark Meadows announced his plans to retire less than 12 hours after he voted to undermine the rule of law and oppose both articles of impeachment: “Count ‘em: This is No. 25 just this year for House Republican retirements. Why are they running away as […]

DCCC Spokesperson Cole Leiter released the following statement in response to tonight’s federal court ruling on the House Republican-backed lawsuit to eliminate the Affordable Care Act and it’s protections for 135 million Americans with pre-existing conditions. “This ruling is a terrifying reminder of what’s at stake because Washington Republicans will stop at nothing to undermine our […]