Post Trump, House GOP recruiting chair looks to build off 2020 success

Unlike President Trump and Senate Republicans in 2020, House GOP lawmakers were able to hold onto every seat held by an incumbent in 2020 and even succeeded in flipping 15 seats. They attribute their 2020 success to recruiting: Most of the candidates who flipped House seats were minorities, women or veterans. In 2022, they view recruiting as essential to flipping the five seats needed to win back the House.

Congresswoman Carol Miller, of West Virginia, the recruitment chair for the National Republican Congressional Committee, is leading that effort.  She is the third woman in a row to serve in the position, following Elise Stefanik of New York and Susan Brooks of Indiana, who is coming off a cycle where 30 Republican women —  a party record —  were elected.