Confident Republicans look to flip House, Senate seats in heart of Biden Country
'We're going to get a seat in New England, I'm telling you right now'
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By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times - Wednesday, April 20, 2022
House and Senate Republicans are increasingly confident that a predicted red wave in November will sweep into blue districts that supported President Biden in 2020.
Bolstering that optimism, two prominent election forecasters on Wednesday shifted 16 congressional races across the nation toward Republicans’ favor.
Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics shifted 11 House races toward Republicans. Six of the incumbent House Democrats whose prospects were downgraded by the Cook Political Report and the Crystal Ball were elected in 2018 or 2020.
Growing optimism has propelled House Republicans’ campaign effort into New England, whose voters rarely elect Republicans to Congress.
“We’re going to get a seat in New England, I’m telling you right now,” Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota said during a recent briefing with reporters. He is chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the House Republicans’ campaign arm.
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