Sentences with phrase «moderate swing district»

As for Katko, Long said the fact that he's from a moderate swing district is not an excuse for refusing to support the GOP's repeal effort.

But his decision is likely to make New York's 22nd District one of the most competitive House races in the nation next year for an open seat in a traditionally moderate swing district.

Throne - Holst and Calone mentioned Zeldin's votes against funding for the Department of Homeland Security and student loans and Pell grants as signs that he is out of touch with the district, and Democrats have indicated they will attempt to paint the foreign policy hawk and only Jewish Republican in Congress as too extreme for the moderate swing district.

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And assuming Republicans lose seats next year — with swing - district moderates the first to fall — the conservatives will have even more leverage over GOP leadership in the coming Congress.

The Democrats being singled out are considered among the most vulnerable House incumbents in next year's elections and generally represent swing districts around the country that are politically and culturally moderate.

The House members also want to appeal to New York's moderate Republican and Democratic voters, and independents who help decide elections in swing districts like Katko's in the Syracuse area.

In the U.S. House, a small knot of moderate Republicans — from swing districts, from areas with high Hispanic populations, or retiring — are attempting to go around Speaker Paul Ryan and bring a compromise on immigration to the floor for a vote.

The $ 15 million ad campaign largely targeted moderate Republicans in swing districts.

Grimm's vote reflects his evolution from a Tea Party candidate in 2010 to a more moderate profile that's suited to his Staten Island swing district.

«The good news is, when we take back the House, we're going to take back the House in these swing districts with moderate Democrats,» Crowley said.

«To win these swing districts over a sustained period of time, they've got to be moderates,» Davis said.

The incumbent representative, moderate Republican Chris Gibson, is retiring, and Democrats are exceptionally eager to take back the district, which tends to vote Democratic during presidential elections, although it is rural enough that it can swing red in midterms or close legislative races.

Many moderates in swing districts were wary of supporting the legislation, which included major cuts to Medicaid and was estimated by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office to lead to 24 million fewer Americans having health insurance over the next 10 years.