<p class="p1"><span class="s1">On the eve of the conventions, with Republicans poised to nominate reality show celebrity Donald Trump as their presidential nominee, we’re still waiting for the bottom to drop out of the election for the GOP and jeopardize dozens of House seats.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Thus far, the universe of House battleground districts has been fairly static. Democrats claim they are adding seats to the competitive map, but many of those are districts they haven’t contested in years and finally have a warm body to run in.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">But there is enough evidence in Minnesota’s 3rd District and Indiana’s 9th District to change <a shape="rect" href="https://rothenberggonzales.com/">The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report</a>/Roll Call rating from Safe Republican to <a shape="rect" href="https://data.rollcall.com/electionguide/house">Republican Favored</a>.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">[<em><strong><a shape="rect" href="https://data.rollcall.com/electionguide/">Roll Call's 2016 Election Guide</a></strong></em>]</span></p><p class="p3"><span class="s1">In Minnesota, Democrats are ecstatic over their recent recruit, state Sen. Terri Bonoff, and Trump is tanking in the Minneapolis suburbs. But GOP Rep. <a shape="rect" class="memberLink" title="Click to view member info in a new window" href="https://data.rollcall.com/members/29350?rel=memberLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Erik Paulsen</a> had a more than $2 million cash advantage at the end of June. With his moderate reputation, the congressman still has the advantage but Republicans </span><span style="line-height: 1.75;">may have to spend money to defend his seat.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Trump may actually do well in Indiana’s 9th but Republicans nominated <a shape="rect" href="https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/whos-trey-guy-indianas-9th-district-asks">Trey Hollingsworth</a>, who only recently moved to the state from Tennessee and won the GOP primary by massively outspending his opponents.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">[<em><strong><a shape="rect" href="https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/whos-trey-guy-indianas-9th-district-asks">'Who is This Trey Guy?' Indiana's 9th District Asks</a></strong></em>]</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Democratic nominee is Shelli Yoder, a Monroe County commissioner and former Miss Indiana who will be a contrast to Hollingsworth. Yoder is a <a shape="rect" href="https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/indiana-9th-house-district-democratic-poll-yoder-hollingsworth-tied">credible enough candidate</a> and there is enough volatility up and down the ballot and in the district to move this out of Safe Republican to Republican Favored.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Down in Florida, Democrats looked all-but-certain to pick up the 13th District, which GOP Rep. David Jolly left to run for the Senate. Courts forced the state legislature to redraw the seat (and made it more Democratic). Democrats will nominate former Republican governor/independent Senate candidate/2014 Democratic gubernatorial nominee <a shape="rect" class="memberLink" title="Click to view member info in a new window" href="https://data.rollcall.com/members/26524?rel=memberLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Charlie Crist</a>, who performed well in this, his home area, even in his statewide losses.</span></p><p class="p1">[<em><strong><a shape="rect" href="https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/indiana-9th-house-district-democratic-poll-yoder-hollingsworth-tied">House GOP to Jolly: We're Not Sure We Want You Back</a></strong></em>]</p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Now Jolly is running for re-election after dropping out of the Senate race and two public polls, one from each side, show a very competitive race. The congressman will struggle to raise money after demonizing the National Republican Congressional Committee for common fundraising practices.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">But House Majority PAC, the go-to outside group for Democrats interested in House races, has reserved time in the district and Democrats can’t take it for granted. Move this seat from Safe Democratic to Democrat Favored.</span></p><p class="p1">For analysis on over 90 House districts, check out the <a shape="rect" href="https://rothenberggonzales.com/edition/39/14">July 14 issue</a> of The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report.</p><p class="p1"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-28403 default" src="https://cdn.media.rollcall.com/author/2016/07/seat-diagrams-gop-cut-house-01-01.png" alt="seat-diagrams-gop-cut-house-01-01" width="100%"/></p><div id="cqrcPostAdditional"></div>
