Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“I think we really have to take into consideration that based on some of the modeling and the national mood last cycle … we could have lost 20 or more seats. The team we had in place … kept that to 13. As we’re moving into all of this, that’s something to build off of.”
— DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), quoted by National Journal, arguing that Democrats don’t need to make major changes.
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