Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Expanding states of play
In 2018, the party thought it had a strong chance to oust Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, but Cruz wound up winning.
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In 2018, the party thought it had a strong chance to oust Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, but Cruz wound up winning.
The National Republican Congressional Committee put Bustos on its initial target list for the 2022 midterm elections after she won reelection in 2020 with 52 percent of the vote to 48 percent for
She lost the open seat race in Illinois’ 6th District to Republican Peter Roskam by nearly 3 points.Â
Rodney Davis, could survive that year’s Democratic wave, then the Republican would be safe through 2020.  Now Gaines has lost confidence in his prognosis.Â
Democrat Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, who is challenging Illinois Republican Rep.
Most Republican incumbents in races that Inside Elections rates as competitive have the same formidable campaign war chests.
Another Republican, Iowa Rep.
Evelyn Sanguinetti announced Monday that she will run for the state’s 6th District, a longtime Republican stronghold captured last year by Democrat Sean Casten.Â
Patrick Meehan’s district office in Springfield, Pennsylvania, on Monday, two Democratic candidates hoping to unseat the GOP congressman stood alongside 50 or so picketers calling for him to step down.
The crowded Democratic primaries taking shape raise questions about whether more liberal candidates can win in Republican districts.