Why Top Democrats Are Heading to Red States

“Johnny Garcia asked Hakeem Jeffries to join him here in deep-red Texas to help flip a GOP seat. After the midterms, the House Democratic leader may need Garcia even more,” Semafor reports.

“Jeffries can win back the majority without the former deputy sheriff, who’s trying to prevail next week in a district that President Donald Trump won by 10 points in 2024. But a Garcia win could prove essential to Jeffries for two other reasons: to prove that Trump’s mid-decade congressional redistricting has backfired, and to create a Democratic majority that’s easier to govern.”

“Cracks in the GOP redistricting maneuver are showing in other red states, too — a top party super PAC has pulled out of Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz’s reelection race in Florida after making his district redder. Yet Democrats’ hopes of neutralizing the Trump power play are particularly strong in Texas, where Republicans initially dreamed of gaining five House seats.”

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