Dems Increasingly Optimistic About Flipping US House

The Hill reports:

Democrats are increasingly bullish about their chances of flipping the House now that Vice President Harris, and not President Biden, will sit at the top of the ticket in November.

Coming out of the party’s national convention in Chicago last week, a long list of lawmakers said the eleventh-hour roster change has led to a flood of new volunteers, a spike in campaign fundraising and a burst of new energy among base voters, all lending new hope that they’ll win back control of the lower chamber next year.

“I don’t know a member who doesn’t think that,” Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) said. “We’ve seen the enthusiasm; we’re hearing it.” “No question about it: It elevates a lot of our races, it may broaden the map,” Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) echoed.

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— The Hill (@thehill) August 27, 2024