House Democrats pack 2026 target list with more Trump-won seats

Per Axios, House Democrats' campaign committee announced Wednesday it's adding a dozen districts to its midterm target list — districts President Trump won by comfortable margins in twenty twenty-four. The move expands their 'Districts in Play' list to fifty-nine seats, including races in Colorado, Tennessee, and North Carolina where Trump's margins ranged from roughly ten to twenty-one percentage points. Democrats say the expansion projects confidence, citing national polling showing congressional Democrats ahead by eight points. There's a catch, though: the committee won't actually spend serious money trying to win all fifty-nine. The real battleground will be much smaller, likely just a few dozen seats. A Republican spokesman dismissed the announcement, saying the party had 'officially entered the hallucination phase' of the election cycle.

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