Paint the House Blue -- and the Senate too

To secure checks and balances to Trump's authoritarian steps and damaging agenda, it is critical that Democrats retake either the House or the Senate in the upcoming midterm elections.


The House should be the easier lift -- and donations to House candidates can have a bigger impact since their budgets are smaller. Accordingly, the recommendations include more House than Senate candidates.


All the recommended races had competitive Democratic primaries, where the winners then face close general election contests to flip Republican seats. Donations to such primary winners are especially timely, both because they have depleted their resources to win their primaries, and because they are typically running against Republican incumbents who have greater name recognition and more established campaign organizations.


The House recommendations are:


  • Rebecca Bennett, NJ-07
  • Bob Brooks, PA-07
  • Nominee Fund, CO-08
  • Nominee Fund, NY-17


Nominee Funds are funds distributed immediately to primary winners. The election for CO-08 is on June 20 and for NY-17 is on June 23.


Despite the challenges raised by Republican redistricting, winning tight races like these could still produce a Democratic majority in the House.


It will be difficult to win back the Senate if the electorate is relatively evenly divided this November, but it is certainly possible that there will be a sizable blue wave. Even in this scenario, to win back the Senate, Democrats will have to capture at least two Republican races in decidedly red states.


Fortunately, Democrats have several strong challengers running in ruby red states. They could ride a blue wave to victory. Two are recommended here:


  • Josh Turek, Iowa
  • James Talarico, Texas


This list will be updated periodically to reflect significant election year developments and if other candidates become higher funding priorities.


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