In bid to win majority, House Democrats target districts Trump easily won
The campaign arm for House Democrats announced significant investments Monday in 12 candidates seeking to oust Republican lawmakers, including three in districts that President Donald Trump won handily in 2024.
The latest crop of recruits, in contrast to past cycles, come from an array of working-class backgrounds, some having worked as farmers and ministers and served in the U.S. military.
“Our theory is that it’s important to have candidates whose life stories are extremely relatable to the people in their congressional districts,” Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) said in an interview Sunday. “That means making sure they are individuals who perhaps don’t have the same type of political experience which a traditional congressional candidate may have had in the past, but whose life experience clearly demonstrates a commitment to service.”