Swing State Dems Don’t Fear Backlash Over Earmarks

Roll Call: “Dozens of at-risk House Democrats are betting that securing money for their constituents through earmarks will be somewhere between a net positive for their reelection campaigns and a neutral factor that won’t turn off undecided voters.”

Said Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA):  “I’ve been through two energetic elections, 2018 and 2020, and the charges that my opponents leveled had so little basis in fact that it makes me think something real like community project funding would not interest them.”