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GOP Slackers Endanger House Majority
https://politicalwire.com/2018/02/07/gop-slackers-endanger-house-majority/GOP Slackers Endanger House Majority
February 7, 2018 at 8:15 am EST
By Taegan Goddard
Josh Kraushaar: “There are a whole lot of Republican slackers in the House, representing GOP-friendly districts that will be vulnerable in a down year for the party. There doesn’t need to be a Democratic tsunami to win some of these seats. All it takes are unprepared Republican members, overconfident about their reelection prospects and ideologically cocooned in their hard-right caucus.”
“Here’s how vulnerable many of these members are: Of the 23 Republicans representing seats that the Cook Political Report rates as “likely Republican,” 12 were outraised by at least one Democratic challenger in the most recent fundraising quarter. By contrast, only one Democratic member in the same “likely Democratic” position was outraised by a GOP challenger.”
