Democrats Pull Money From Red House Districts They Once Hoped To Flip

Democrats are cutting spending in two red House districts which were once seen as winnable — a sign that they will take a more targeted approach in the final two weeks of the midterm elections. President Trump carried the two districts in question by double digits. Republicans began the final stretch of the midterm elections with a significant cash advantage across party committees and outside spending groups. In total, Republicans raised hundreds of millions of dollars more than Democrats, one of the largest differences in the size of the parties’ warchests in history. The main Democratic super PAC charged with electing House Democrats, House Majority PAC, is cutting its ad spend in two districts — Colorado’s Third and Florida’s 7th, according to the ad tracking firm Adpact. Mr. Trump carried the district by 10 and 12 points, respectively. Democrats are cutting $27,000 dollars in ad spending in the Colorado district and more than $523,000 from the Florida district. Congressman Jeff Hurd, the Colorado lawmaker, was seen as potentially vulnerable this year, given some trends toward Democrats in recent years. Mr. Trump won the district by 14 points in 2016 and eight points in 2020, and the district shifted only two points back to the right four years later. The national popular vote between 2020 and 2024 swung roughly six points toward Republicans. Mr. Hurd has distanced himself from the president on the tariff issue, which disproportionated impacted rural communities like the one Mr. Hurd represents. “I’ve heard a lot from our farmers, agricultural producers, manufacturers of all sizes across the district that these tariffs are not good for Colorado’s 3rd District. And the Constitution is clear and it’s in the best interest of my district. And for me, that made the vote the right vote, and I stand by it,” Mr. Hurd told Colorado Public Radio at the time. Mr. Hurd went on to win his primary even after Mr. Trump demanded that voters toss him out. In Florida’s Seventh district, Republicans got lucky with the primary defeat of Congressman Cory Mills — a Republican accused of domestic abuse who was under investigation for potential improper government contracting work while a sitting member of the House. Mr. Mills lost his primary by 13 points — despite having Mr. Trump’s endorsement — to Ryan Elijah, a local radio news anchor. Mr. Elijah, unlike Mr. Mills, is not facing any allegations of improper behavior. Senator Rick Scott and two Republican members of Congress from Florida endorsed Mr. Elijah. The Cook Political Report now ranks Florida’s Seventh district as a “likely Republican” win, in part due to Mr. Elijah’s lack of accusations of wrongdoing. Shortly before House Majority PAC pulled more than half-a-million in funding from the race, a Republican former lawmaker, Senator Mel Martinez, endorsed the Democratic candidate in the race, Bale Dalton. “I’ve known Bale all his life,” Mr. Martinez, who served in the U.S. Senate from 2005 to 2009, said in an ad for Mr. Dalton. “I saw him go to the Naval Academy, and then I saw him serve in the U.S. Navy with great distinction, saving people from flooding waters after Katrina in New Orleans, to later going into very difficult areas like Afghanistan and Iraq, and flying helicopters into very dangerous situations.”

Democrats Pull Money From Red House Districts They Once Hoped To Flip

Democrats Pull Money From Red House Districts They Once Hoped To Flip

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