Congressional Democrats widen 2026 battlefield, zero in on new House Republican targets
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee adds five Republican-held House districts in California, Texas, Florida and North Carolina to their target list.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
The DCCC's move comes in the wake of Democrats' decisive ballot box victories in last month's 2025 elections and their overperformance in last week's special congressional showdown in a solidly red district in Tennessee, where a progressive Democratic nominee lost by nine percentage points, shaving 13 points off the margin that President Donald Trump carried the district in the 2024 election.
Four of the new districts the DCCC is adding to their list of "offensive targets" were carried by Trump by 13 points or fewer in last year's elections. The president lost the fifth district added to the Democrats' map.
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