Despite President Joe Biden carrying New Hampshire in a runaway, Republicans surged in other races to flip both chambers of the state legislature. Now,
Republicans are just half-dozen seats away from reclaiming the House, and some strategists believe they can achieve that through new maps alone by squeezing every last advantage. "We need to make sure that redistricting represents the broad spectrum of people in New Hampshire," Stepanek said. "And when you have a Republican [state]
Elsewhere, other state Republicans are reveling in their 2020 victories from Minnesota to Georgia to Texas. In Kansas, Democrats hold the governorship but needed to flip one seat in the state House — or three in the state Senate — to break the GOP's supermajorities. They failed at both, limiting Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's ability to wield her veto.to make Davids' suburban Kansas City district redder.
Democratic incumbents in four major states: Florida, Texas, Georgia and North Carolina. But they also plan to press their advantage in smaller states to bring new seats into play and shore up districts that have become competitive more recently, such as those outside St. Louis and Indianapolis. In Georgia, Republicans plan to ax the district of either Bourdeaux or Rep. Lucy McBath, leaving the two Democrats to fight over just one blue seat in the northern Atlanta suburbs. Democrats in the state are aware of the looming prospect, and some have quietly begun whispering that Bourdeaux should look into a run for lieutenant governor.
With total control, Democratic legislators could have tinkered with seats in the southeast corner, shoring up Rep. Angie Craig by padding her 2nd District some blue pockets of the neighboring 1st District. She won reelection by just 2 points and faces the same challenger in 2022.
hack politico
I wonder if these so called 'rising stars' as as looney as some of the present House GOPOOP members.
It’s not so much the democrats failed, as it was rigged against them. Reality matters, get with it politico.
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