Vulnerable Republicans include several up-and-coming GOP leaders
Bring it on!!
Vulnerable Republicans include several up-and-coming GOP leaders
By Melanie Zanona and Juliegrace Brufke - 08/13/18 06:00 AM EDT
If a blue wave materializes this fall, it could not only wipe out the GOP’s majority in the House, but could also knock out some of the party’s top Republicans.
GOP Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the highest-ranking female in Republican leadership, is locked in a highly competitive race in her traditionally red district in eastern Washington state, which was just rated as a “toss up” by one election handicapper this week.
Two other members of lower leadership — Reps. Pete Sessions (Texas), chairman of the House Rules Committee, and Mimi Walters (Calif.), the sophomore class representative — are also fighting to hang on to their seats in competitive races.
A few senior Republicans eyeing leadership bids or committee gavels next year, including Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (Ohio) and senior GOP whip member Ann Wagner (Mo.), are also not in the clear in what’s shaping up as a tough year for the GOP.
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“Part of the responsibility you have being in leadership is… you have to put the team ahead of your own needs,” he said. “You spend a lot of time raising for other members. And that’s part of the reason you oftentimes don’t have vulnerable members in leadership, because they just can’t make that sacrifice.”
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Rodgers and Waters were vocal same sex marriage opponents etc, etc.
On election night I hope we get to serenade them with tiny violins of no pity
