House Democrats on offense: Expand 2026 map with 5 new Republican targets
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Democrats expand House midterm targets to 44 districts as DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene adds five Republican-held seats in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana and Virginia.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
That brings the total number of districts Democrats are hoping to flip to 44. The DCCC notes that all five of the new districts they're adding to their list of "offensive targets" were carried by President Donald Trump by 13 points or fewer in the 2024 elections.
Republicans currently control the House by a 218-214 majority, with two right-tilting districts and one left-leaning seat currently vacant. Democrats need a net gain of just three seats in the midterms to win back the majority for the first time in four years.
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