SOME STATS on House Dem majority, which is 253 seats + counting
So far Ds have:
>> flipped 43 seats blue
>> ousted 31 GOP incumbents
>> won 51 (!) seats Trump carried in 2024, including 23 he won by double digits
>> leads in 6 uncalled races in SC/CO/FL/TN/MN/NC
Big chart:
RT @maxpcohen: Blue Dogs entering the chat
@AdamGrayCA, the Blue Dog PAC chair, told me progressives need to respect the centrists in the new Congress
Plus: “If there was a mandate from the American people, it’s this: Washington’s got to stop with the messaging bills and the finger-pointing"
RT @BrendanPedersen: News in PBN texts: Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) is now *unlikely* to challenge Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) for the House Financial Services Committee gavel
Comes after weeks of Foster pitching committee changes and priorities to the current top Democrat
RT @maxpcohen: Matt Dunlap has conceded to Paul LePage in #ME02.
LePage will succeed Dem Rep. Jared Golden in the Trump-won seat in Maine.
Only non-redistricting blue to red flip so far in the House
RT @burgessev: NRSC Chair Tim Scott, R-S.C., briefly spoke to Democratic Sen.-elect Annie Andrews yesterday, per two people familiar with the convo. Andrews defeated Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina.
Scott was the pro forma senator today as well but didn't want to chat
RT @maxpcohen: Dem leadership latest: House Minority Whip Katherine Clark on Thursday launched her bid for majority leader.
"United as a team, we will fight every day for an agenda focused on working people," Clark wrote in a Dear Colleague letter.
PBN text subscribers got 10 mins ago!
RT @bresreports: There will be at least 18 new senators next Congress, possibly as many as 20 depending on Alaska & Mississippi. So as much as one-fifth of the Senate will be new.
Plus Senate is losing many of its most senior senators - McConnell, Collins, Durbin, Cornyn, Klobuchar
In @PunchbowlNews Midday: Lots of races still uncalled but House Ds are likely to hit 260 seats
That could be 46+ seat pick up...
In fact, we think the FLOOR for House Dems is 251 seats
They are positioned to clear 260, depending on how NC + CO shake out
Hakeem Jeffries starts his victory lap
“Mike Johnson was correct. The polls were wrong. It wasn't simply a blue wave; it was an American tsunami”
via @maxpcohen
NEWS - House Democrats have noticed their leadership elections. They will begin at 9 a.m. on Wednesday Nov. 18 and run until Thursday Nov. 19
Committee chair elections will come later, per notice
First, I congratulate Congressman-Elect Paul Barringer on the successful campaign that he ran. I am ready to assist him and his team in any way going forward.
Next, and most importantly, I thank the wonderful people of the 13th District for the honor of serving you in Congress for the last two years.
Last night's results put our country on a new path, one that I believe will make life harder on our families and businesses.
While disappointed, I remain committed to fighting for the principles that made this country great. Now is not the time to shrink back, but to keep the faith and work to preserve the gift of freedom we inherited.
It is my privilege to work with each of you now, and going forward, to make our country stronger and more prosperous for every American. May God Bless you and may He continue to bless our great country.
First, I congratulate Congressman-Elect Paul Barringer on the successful campaign that he ran. I am ready to assist him and his team in any way going forward.
Next, and most importantly, I thank the wonderful people of the 13th District for the honor of serving you in Congress for the last two years.
Last night's results put our country on a new path, one that I believe will make life harder on our families and businesses.
While disappointed, I remain committed to fighting for the principles that made this country great. Now is not the time to shrink back, but to keep the faith and work to preserve the gift of freedom we inherited.
It is my privilege to work with each of you now, and going forward, to make our country stronger and more prosperous for every American. May God Bless you and may He continue to bless our great country.
RT @ec_schneider: NEWS - Inside the GOP cataclysm, from redistricting backfire to nightmare mid-Sept polling.
"The Trump coalition came apart at the seams."
& a secret DCCC polling program to save $10M in Sept
w/ @Alex_Roarty@reesejgorman
RT @MurphyAJC: HUGE: .@GovKemp will not call a special legislative session, as was discussed, to either redistrict Georgia’s political maps or curtail incoming Gov. Keisha Lance Bottoms’ powers. “The voters of our state have spoken.” @bluestein
RT @JakeSherman: 🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS -- REP. JIM JORDAN will announce this morning that he's running for House minority leader.
The Ohio Republican is the first person in the minority leader race.
JORDAN will make the case that the leadership needs new blood, investigations are his specialty.
MIKE JOHNSON and STEVE SCALISE have not said what they will do yet.
(@PunchbowlNews text subscribers had it first)
Total Latino collapse for Rs in Texas
#TX28 - Henry Cuellar is up 36
#TX15 - Bobby Pulido won by 25 (!)
#TX34 - Vicente Gonzalez won by 16
#TX35 - Johnny Garcia is up 11
#TX23 - Katy Padilla Stout is up 8
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Democrats not only won, but won BIG in races that were well funded.
MGP up 11 in Washington State.
Shomari Figures won by 8 in Alabama
Suozzi, who GOP kept pouring money against, up by 10.
Fitzpatrick lost by 6
Scott Perry lost by 10.
Bresnahan lost by 8.
Democrats not only won, but won BIG in races that were well funded.
MGP up 11 in Washington State.
Shomari Figures won by 8 in Alabama
Suozzi, who GOP kept pouring money against, up by 10.
Fitzpatrick lost by 6
Scott Perry lost by 10.
Bresnahan lost by 8.