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And all of that crowing over Dem's grabbing House seats in special elections this year?

Bishop's win was a bright spot for Democrats in New York state, where they lost six House seats in this year's midterms, more than in any other state.

Stu Rothenberg of the Rothenberg and Gonzales Political Report said Democrats could pick up as many as 20 House seats in next year's election.

With only two House seats in the state, Democrats say the opening will lead to a crowded primary, similar to the state's 2nd District primary in 2006.

Trump... remains deeply unpopular among minorities, women and younger voters — just the kind of voters Democrats need to win House seats in swing districts....

Getting union voters to the polls in and around Las Vegas is key to Democratic chances to hold the Senate seat, pick up House seats in the Silver State and to put Nevada in Clinton's column.

That is why the democratic party lost the most house seats in 80 years.

The group has been running a mail and digital ad campaign in select Republican - held House seats in New York and is expected to increase its efforts in districts like the ones held by Reps. John Faso and Claudia Tenney as the 2018 midterm election approaches.

New York State will be in the thick of it when it comes to races for Congress this November, because there are more competitive races than usual for house seats in the Empire State.

Wisconsin looks like it could swing strongly to the Republican side this year, with the GOP also looking favored to defeat Sen. Russ Feingold (D) and potentially taking House seats in the 7th and 8th districts.

The GOP also picked up 34 new House seats in 1980.

(CNN)- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is pressing forward with its «Drive to 25» campaign to win 25 House seats in 2012.

Off the top of my head, I'd project the Dems to gain 20 - 35 House seats in November.

Perhaps the most long - term of these officials has been House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who Cuomo joined with on Tuesday in New York City to launch an effort to flip Republican House seats in New York.

It's clear that New York will lose two House seats in the next round of redistricting — most likely one upstate and one downstate, as is the tradition, although if the push for a nonpartisan commission is successful (seems doubtful at this point), that could change.

The district is also one of the most Republican House seats in New York, encompassing a broad swath of the Adirondack Park, as well as the area to the immediate north and south.

I don't know how well those populations match House district boundaries, but it seems like that blue belt of Gore and Kerry voters in the South should be yielding some Democratic House seats in the same places.

There are 1,971 state senate seats and 5,413 state house seats in state legislatures.

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox, who spent a lot of time after the November elections crowing about how the GOP has gained more House seats in New York (6) than any other state in the nation, just released the following statement in response to former Rep. Chris Lee's resignation yesterday:

The GOP may pick up some House seats in NY but not because any GOP leaders had anything to do with it.

The Transit Workers Union and the Working Families Party is at odds over the push directed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to help flip Republican - held House seats in New York.

-LRB-...) The party in power has lost House seats in 9 of the last 10 congressional elections held at the midpoint of a president's first term.

The minority party aims to win 23 Republican - held House seats in November to take a majority in the chamber.

Eighteen candidates are vying for a U.S. House seat in central Ohio that Republicans have held for 35 years and Democrats now see as competitive.

Illinois lost one House seat in apportionment.

At the same time, Blanche Lincoln survived (for now) and the Dems held on to John Murtha's old House seat in a Republican - leaning area, where again observers will try to draw grand conclusions from the fact that Mark Critz found it necessary to run against Obama's healthcare plan.

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford completed a political comeback earlier this year, winning a House seat in a special election after he publicly admitted to having an affair while in the governor's office.

Republicans were served another reminder of President Donald Trump's unpopularity as Democrat Jon Ossoff nearly captured a House seat in a region that for decades has been a conservative stronghold, though he fell just short of the percent needed to avoid a runoff.

Former Rep. Vito Fossella has decided against trying to run for his old House seat in NY - 13 that he retired from in the wake of a DWI / out - of - wedlock child scandal two years ago.

Alternatively it is said that she has her eye on Carolyn Maloney's House seat in the famed silk stocking district, but the Hon. Maloney isn't going anywhere soon, so CM Lappin has decided to try for Manhattan BP in the meantime.

Amid a sexting controversy involving women, the New York Democrat resigned his U.S. House seat in 2011 only to have new allegations doom his 2013 run for mayor.

In the November 2010 elections, Democrats won only one U.S House seat in Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas and two out of nine House seats in Tennessee.

Hayworth held a U.S. House seat in the 19th District from 2010 - 2012, and after New York's redistricting, was defeated by Maloney in the 2012 18th Congressional District election.

«It's a disservice to women, and it's something that I think is wrong and unacceptable,» said the junior senator earlier today at a rally for Rep. Scott Murphy, who took her old House seat in NY - 20.

via New York Post John Faso is running for a House seat in the Catskills, and that's good news for New York.

Collins went on to oust the current Democratic LG candidate, former Rep. Kathy Hochul, from her House seat in the 2012 election.

Astorino is widely believed to be gearing up for another run for governor in 2018, but could face competition for the GOP nomination from Rep. Chris Gibson, a Republican who retires from his House seat in 2016 and is also considering a statewide run.

Also, a reader notes Katz ran against Weiner for Schumer's old House seat in 1998 and lost to him by just 489 votes.

Chris Chocola for Congress: $ 4,200 Republican incumbent Chocola is trying to save his House seat in Connecticut.

He is looking to reclaim his old House seat in 2018.

Wasserman Schultz's term at the DNC was to expire next year and she's still running for re-election to her House seat in Florida.

Jim McDermott, the party's candidate for the at - large U.S. House seat in Alaska, is currently holding steady at a healthy 7.5 % of the vote against both a Republican and a Democrat.

The Republican was first elected to his southern Wisconsin House seat in 1998, and was elected by his colleagues as speaker in October 2015.

The statement was made in July 2017 by Randy Bryce, one of two Democrats running for Ryan's House seat in 2018.

Brian Mann April 12, 2018 NRP A crowd of Vermonters packed into Chris Shaw's living room this spring, not to hear about local politicians, but to meet a Democrat running for a House seat in upstate New York's 21st Congressional District.

Sanford's political career was left for dead following an infamous affair, but he ran in a special election earlier this year to fill a vacant U.S. House seat in South Carolina.

But Collins, who narrowly defeated Hochul in her bid for re-election for a Buffalo - area House seat in 2012, said at $ 60 billion, New York ranks second - highest in the nation in Medicaid annual spending and spending per Medicaid beneficiary — which is 44 percent more than the national average, according to materials provided by the lawmaker's office.

Republicans haven't taken over a Democratic House seat in California since 1998, when Doug Ose took over retiring Democrat Vic Fazio's 3rd District and Steve Kuykendall won the 36th District, which Rep. Jane Harman vacated to run for governor.

Justin Fareed represents a rare opportunity for Republicans to win a Democratic House seat in California.

Democrat Pam Keith, former primary opponent of Rep. Patrick Murphy and Alan Grayson in 2016, is running against freshman Rep. Brian Mast for his Florida 18th District House seat in 2018.