A Dozen More Congressional Seats Move Left

Democrats Make Gains as More Seats Become Competitive

By Jillian S. Ambroz


Everyone is working the math. Democrats need to pick up 23 seats to take back the House. Forty-three seats would give them a majority the Republicans now enjoy. The ram-legislation-through kind of majority. And each day it is looking like Democrats will win one of the two in November.

The Cook Political Report currently rates 60 Congressional seats as competitive; 56 of those seats are held by Republicans and four are held by Democrats. Of those 60 seats, 26 are considered toss-ups at the moment. But if we split the toss-up districts evenly down the aisle today, Democrats would pick up 19 seats.

And there’s better news for Democrats. There are currently around 26 GOP-held seats that Cook Political is tracking in the Lean-Republican territory with great potential to become toss-ups. Add to that another 28 Republican seats in the Likely-Republican category that could become more competitive and there’s a lot of upside for Democratic candidates to not only get to the 23-seat majority but possibly an even greater number.

https://www.dcreport.org/2018/07/16/a-dozen-more-congressional-seats-move-left/


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