A second tier of targets includes Democrats who won their seats by under 10 percentage points and underperformed Biden. Many of them also represent suburbs that were once GOP-friendly districts but swung hard against Republicans during the Trump era.
A third group includes 10 Democrats whose seats could be changed during redistricting in a way that could make them more competitive for Republicans.
“Republicans have a clear path back to the majority. President Biden, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats will continue to push a radical, partisan agenda that is too extreme for middle-class families,” NRCC Executive Director John Billings wrote in the memo, referring to Nancy Pelosi
If Republicans take back the House next year, Kevin McCarthy likely will be the next Speaker. Jordan once challenged him for party leader and was clobbered. If the Republicans fail to meet those expectations, McCarthy will be dumped; Jordan will likely make a move to replace him.
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Jordan’s clout is not in policy or personal relations he styles himself a beer and blue jeans populist, while voting against working class measures like expanding health care benefits and government-negotiated lower drug prices. Like Trump, Jordan’s power emanates from the media bullhorn, which he uses to arouse the passions of the core base. In the first five weeks of this year, Jordan was on Fox News nine times, almost every week on Lou Dobbs