Our Priority House Races
The Cook Political Report, a respected political analysis website, regularly assesses the competitiveness of critical House races across the country that will determine control of the House. At Activate America, we are focused on uplifting Democrats in these races to give Democrats the greatest opportunity possible to retake Congress.
Learn more about the candidates we are supporting and opposing, then join us for an action soon. This year, we have a golden opportunity to elect leaders who will put people first.
Click on the states to read more about our priority House race.
Alaska
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MAGA freshman Congressman Nick Begich III hasn’t been in office for long, but he sure seems committed to hurting the people he’s supposed to serve. He cast the deciding vote to take health care away from more than 35,000 Alaskans, and he’s refused every effort since to restore their health care coverage.
Alaskans deserve better, and they’ll have their chance with Bill Hill, a commercial fisherman, educator, and Independent. Bill is focused on the everyday concerns of Alaska voters: fighting corruption, lowering costs, restoring health care support, and protecting the Alaska way of life.
This race won’t be easy, but Alaska has a long history of going its own way, and Bill Hill might just be the fresh start they need.
About AK-AL:
PVI: R+6
2024 House Results: Nick Begich III (R) 48.4% v. Mary Peltola (D) 46.4%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 54.5% v. Kamala Harris (D) 41.4
Arizona
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After narrowly losing to outgoing incumbent Rep. David Schweikert in 2024, Dr. Amish Shah is back and hopefully better than ever, winning a competitive Democratic primary against a DCCC-backed alternative. An emergency room doctor and former Member of the Arizona House of Representatives, he had more bills signed into law than any other Democrat in a decade, expanding teacher pay, lowering healthcare costs, and combating price gouging.
He’s up against Trump-endorsed former NFL kicker and broadcaster Jay Feely. After considering a run for the 5th District, he opted instead for the 1st (he changes teams a lot). Untested in politics, Feely did miss three field goals in overtime once – the subject of a famous SNL parody – so we know he’s prone to choking when it counts. His platform is boilerplate Trumpism, and he’ll vote the MAGA way every time. We think the people of Arizona’s 1st are looking for something better, and we’ll take this one all the way to the End Zone to score the W for Shah.
About AZ-01:
PVI: R+2
2024 House Results: David Schweikert (R) 51.9% v. Amish Shah (D) 48.1%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 51.1% v. Kamala Harris (D) 48.0%
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Rep. Juan Ciscomani missed his calling as a ventriloquist, because he’s a master of talking out of both sides of his mouth. He voted to kick 13 million Americans off of their health care, even after signing a letter acknowledging that “Medicaid [is] expected to bear the brunt of these reductions.” But he also claims that protecting Medicaid is his top priority. You can’t have it both ways, Congressman. 1 in 4 of his constituents depend on Medicaid to stay healthy, and they deserve a Congressmember who will vote to save Medicaid, not destroy it.
Luckily, he’s up against some tough competition. Democrat JoAnna Mendoza is a 20-year Marine with combat experience in Iraq and Afghanistan. When she returned home to raise her child, Mendoza became an experienced Congressional staffer, nonprofit leader, and veterans’ advocate. Her priorities are Arizona priorities: lowering costs, cracking down on corruption, and restoring and expanding federal support for rural healthcare. With a leader like Mendoza, 2026 might be the year that Ciscomani has met his match.
About AZ-06:
PVI: EVEN
2024 House Results: Juan Ciscomani (R) 50.0% v. Kirsten Engel (D) 47.5%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 49.8% v. Kamala Harris (D) 49.1%
California
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Rep. David Valadao represents more Medicaid recipients (68% of CA-22 residents) than any other Member of Congress.
You’d think he’d be laser-focused on protecting their health care. You’d be wrong. Valadao voted to gut Medicaid and kick 13 million Americans off of their health care, putting his loyalty to Trump above the needs of his constituents.
Luckily, this ailment has a remedy: vote him out, and Democrats have a strong candidate in Visalia School Board Member Randy Villegas. His priorities are Central Valley priorities: lower the cost of groceries, crack down on utility price gouging, cap the price of prescription drugs, and build more affordable homes.
CA-22 is the most Democratic district represented by a Republican, and with the help of Activate America volunteers, the conditions are ripe for a Villegas victory.
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After CA-48 became more Democratic under Prop 50, Congressman Darrell Issa skedaddled out of the running. It’s now an open seat, and Democrats have a strong contender in San Diego Councilmember Marni von Wilpert.
A former prosecutor who stood up to polluters and Big Pharma, von Wilpert is no stranger to taking on powerful special interests. She’s also proven she can win competitive elections, flipping her San Diego council seat from red-to-blue. Now she’s ready to take on ICE abuses, prevent insider trading in Congress, and reduce red tape to build more affordable homes.
Republicans are hinging their hopes on San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond, who dismissed concerns about rising fuel costs caused by Trump’s war of choice in Iran. “No pain, no gain,” he said. Now we know the consequences of the foolish war Desmond supported: a lot of pain and absolutely no gain.
Democrats have the edge in this race, but we can’t take anything for granted. After a contentious primary, we have work to do to solidify Democratic support behind von Wilpert and ensure that this seat is flipped in the blue column.
Colorado
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When Rep. Gabe Evans voted to gut Medicaid, he wanted you to believe it won’t cut benefits, only “fraud, waste, and abuse.” Hogwash. One in four people in CO-08 depend on Medicaid to stay healthy, and he knows quite well that his actions will lead to 13 million Americans losing their health care.
After DOGE made sweeping cuts to the VA, costing many veterans their jobs, Evans also denied that there would be any impact to VA services. He can deny reality all he wants; we’ll make sure CO-8 voters know the truth.
His challenger, State Representative Manny Rutinel, knows what’s at stake. He was raised by a working class single mother, and their family depended on Medicaid to cover life’s emergencies. He knows what it’s like to struggle in this country, and he’s committed to helping families like his have their shot at the American Dream. Lowering costs in health care and housing, supporting our veterans, and protecting Social Security and Medicare are top on Rutinel’s agenda, and it’s a message that could carry him to the Halls of Congress, with our help.
Florida
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Congressman Darren Soto is running for re-election on the 3 C’s: Lower Costs, Protect Our Care, and Stop Corruption. That’s the kind of message that could break through after Republicans gerrymandered Florida’s 9th District to make it much more Republican-leaning earlier this year. This is going to be a hard seat to hold, but Soto has the credentials to pull it off. A Member of Congress since 2016 and the first Floridian of Puerto Rican descent to serve in Congress,
His opponent, MAGA hardliner Dan Green, lives in a fantasy land where Joe Biden is responsible for high gas prices and it's somehow Democrats in Congress who are a threat to the U.S. Constitution. Vapid red meat for the base will get him close, but this is still a seat we can win.
Congressman Soto has an impressive record of accomplishments, from securing millions in federal disaster relief to being a leader in the fight to stop offshore oil drilling off the Florida coast. If anyone can pull this off, Soto can.
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Earlier this year, Governor Ron DeSantis and Republicans in the state legislature gerrymandered FL-14 to be a Republican flip, but they didn’t count on Rep. Kathy Castor. Recent polling has her ahead, and for good reason. In her time in Congress, Castor has prioritized affordability, expanding access to homes that hardworking families can afford, rejecting deep cuts to Medicaid, and protecting Social Security and Medicare.
Her opponent, former State Representative Mike Beltran, represents everything that’s wrong with the MAGA movement. He pushed for a near total abortion ban in Florida and fought against bipartisan efforts to make housing and healthcare more affordable. He was even the lone vote against a law that increased Medicaid reimbursements for dental, nursing, and maternal care. Mike is too extreme for Tampa Bay, and we’ll make sure voters know it.
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An open seat after Governor DeSantis’s redistricting scheme, Florida’s 22nd District is one that Republicans designed to flip red. They need to go through Democrat Pia Dandiya first.
Dandiya is a teacher and former White House Fellow who is committed to lowering costs, investing in our schools, protecting our personal freedoms (like the right to reproductive healthcare), banning Members of Congress from trading stocks, and making sure that the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share.
Speaking of the wealthiest Americans, Republican Casey Askar’s net worth is in the hundreds of millions. He’s no class traitor though: he loves the massive tax giveaway for millionaires and billionaires in the Trump Budget, and he doesn’t mind that it was paid for by taking health care away from Floridians. He also doesn’t mind the rising gas prices caused by Trump’s war of choice in Iran; loyalty to Trump over the pocketbook concerns of everyday Floridians is his North Star.
Let’s make sure that someone in touch with the needs of working families in Florida wins this seat. That person is Pia Dandiya.
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Florida Republicans gerrymandered Florida’s 25th District to be a Republican pickup, but Congressman Jared Moskowitz won’t make it easy. First elected to the Florida legislature in 2012 and then Congress in 2022, Jared is well known in the district. In an era of increasing division, Moskowitz has secured an impressive number of bipartisan wins, improving school safety and professionalizing emergency preparedness.
Meanwhile, Moskowitz’s opponent, former Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer, can tout skyrocketing housing costs as his greatest accomplishment as Mayor. At least he’s consistent in wanting Floridians to pay more for life’s necessities. He supported the Trump Budget that took health care away from Floridians and praised Trump’s tariffs. Polling shows Singer doing poorly in Boca Raton, which makes sense: his former constituents know better than anyone why voters in FL-25 should steer clear of him and re-elect Congressman Moskowitz.
Iowa
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799 votes. That’s what separated Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks from her Democratic challenger Christina Bohannan in 2024. The gap between them was 20,774 in 2022. Now, they’re once again head-to-head, and in this political climate, we think third time’s the charm.
Representing such a highly contested swing district, you’d think Miller-Meeks would be focused on being a bipartisan bridgebuilder and defending her constituents from the worst excesses of the Trump Administration. Instead, she’s been a party line vote for the President, joining her Republican colleagues in decimating Medicaid and voting to continue the Trump tariffs that have wreaked havoc on Iowa family farmers.
Luckily, Iowa families have a champion in former State Representative Christina Bohannan. She grew up in a mobile home, the child of parents who didn’t graduate high school. She found her path to the middle class through public education, and she’s committed to keeping the door open behind her for the next generation of Iowans. Bohannan’s priorities: lower costs, restore faith in our government, and fix our broken health care system.
IA-01 is a toss up, and we can’t wait to make this the year it finally flips toward someone who will fight for the people of Iowa.
About IA-01:
PVI: R+4
2024 House Results: Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) 50.1% v. Christina Bohannan (D) 49.9%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 53.5% v. Kamala Harris (D) 45.0%
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With MAGA diehard Rep. Ashley Hinson running for U.S. Senate, her Congressional seat is now up for grabs. IA-02 residents have been especially hard hit by Trump’s disastrous tariffs, which Hinson has said are “good for Iowa producers”. IA-02 residents can expect more of the same if they elect Republican Joe Mitchell, Trump’s Regional Administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development of the Great Plains Region.
There’s a better alternative on the ballot: Iowa State Representative Lindsay James. A former chaplain and professor, James capped the price of insulin, protected mobile home residents from price gouging, and co-founded Iowa’s first bipartisan caucus, working to break through MAGA obstruction to deliver actual improvements in peoples’ lives.
As Trump’s economic policies continue to devastate communities in IA-02, Democrats have a real chance at flipping this seat.
About IA-02:
PVI: R+4
2024 House Results: Ashley Hinson (R) 57.1% v. Sarah Corkery (D) 41.5%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 54.1% v. Kamala Harris (D) 44.2%
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While the Trump Administration fired veterans left and right and caused long delays at the VA as part of its DOGE purge, Rep. Zach Nunn stood by and said nothing.
It’s the standard operating procedure for Nunn: profess bipartisan bona fides while rubberstamping everything Trump wants. Nunn voted to preserve the Trump tariffs that plague Iowa families, voted to kick thousands of Iowans off of their health care, and voted for Medicaid cuts that are already closing Iowa clinics. Bold votes in a toss up district like IA-03.
Now, Nunn faces the campaign of his life against Iowa State Senator Sarah Trone Garriott. A minister and mother, Garriott has proven that she can win in a competitive district, and her priorities meet this moment: she’s committed to banning insider trading, cracking down on price gouging, ending Trump’s reckless tariff policy, and rolling back the Medicaid cuts that Nunn voted for.
This is a seat ripe for the taking, and we’re committed to helping Garriott win.
About IA-03:
PVI: R+2
2024 House Results: Zach Nunn (R) 51.9% v. Lanon Baccam (D) 48.1%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 51.6% v. Kamala Harris (D) 47.1%
Maine
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ME-02 was one of the most difficult seats for Democrats to hold even before Congressman Jared Golden’s retirement. Now that it is an open seat, this one is going to be a challenge, but there’s a lot on our side.
Maine’s wacky former Governor Paul LePage is the Republican nominee. He was an early prototype of the MAGA politics we know today, backing tax cuts for the super rich, calling for jail time for advocates for the minimum wage, slashing health care investments, and even calling Social Security and Medicare “welfare” programs in a derisive way.
LaPage is beatable, and on the Democratic side, we have State Auditor and former Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap. Born and raised on a farm near Bay Harbor, Dunlap is focused on the issues that matter most to Maine voters, like demanding billionaires pay their fair share to strengthen Social Security and Medicare and secure the dream of universal childcare and homes Mainers can afford.
With voters paying close attention to the U.S. Senate race, the stars may align for a big upset in ME-02.
About ME-02:
PVI: R+4
2024 House Results: Jared Golden (D) 50.2% v. Austin Theriault (R) 49.7%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 53.5% v. Kamala Harris (D) 44.5%
Michigan
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In a district that Trump only won by six points, Congressman Bill Huizenga has hitched his electoral hopes on his close allegiance to Donald Trump. Like most of his Republican colleagues, he voted to gut Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act while giving himself and other millionaires and billionaires a huge tax cut. Now he’s in trouble.
Democratic State Senator Sean McCann is the real deal. He’s spent his entire career fighting for Southwest Michigan families, as a Kalamazoo City Commissioner, State Representative, and now State Senator. He’s focused on the real priorities of Michiganders: lowering costs for working families, expanding access to health care and restoring funding for Medicaid, and investing in clean water solutions. His affordability plan is comprehensive, focused on housing, utilities, prescription drugs, and other essential services.
About MI-04:
PVI: R+3
2024 House Results: Bill Huizenga (R) 55.1% v. Jessica Swartz (D) 43.4%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 51.9% v. Kamala Harris (D) 46.4%
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Rep. Tom Barrett could have stood up for Michigan families in Congress. He chose Donald Trump instead. He voted to raise prices on working families by gutting Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, all to give massive tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires. Not content with just taking away health care, he’s also a big supporter of the Trump tariffs that are raising prices on groceries and other necessities. Barrett just can’t be trusted.
In Democrat William Lawrence, voters have a clear alternative. Born in Lansing, he’s the co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, and he’s put lowering costs for working families front and center in his campaign. Lawrence wants every Michigander to have affordable health care, and he was sounding the alarm on AI data centers earlier than most.
Democrats narrowly lost this district in 2024, and Lawrence just got out of a hotly contested primary. We can flip this seat, if we put in the work.
About MI-07:
PVI: EVEN
2024 House Results: Tom Barrett (R) 50.3% v. Curtis Hertel (D) 46.6%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 49.9% v. Kamala Harris (D) 48.6%
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As Trump imposes capricious tariffs on steel, aluminum, and other goods essential to the U.S. car industry, Michigan’s 10th District deserves a fighter who will push back. They certainly won’t get that from Republican Mike Bouchard, Jr.
Having been a lobbyist for Big Pharma, the insurance industry, and foreign auto makers, and a foreign auto company, Mike knows the games of Washington, DC well; he’s just always played for the other team. As a big proponent of the Iran War and Trump’s tariffs, Bouchard has also embraced policies that are causing tremendous pain to the auto industry while gas prices skyrocket.
Luckily, working families in MI-10 have SVU Prosecutor Christinia Hines on their side. Unlike Mike, she’s actually from the district, and her vision is what voters are actually looking for: lowering costs, rooting out corruption, protecting Social Security, and making sure that everyone has access to the health care they deserve.
This is an open seat with its current Congressman, John James, now the Republican nominee for Governor, and given the mismatch in priorities between Bouchard and Hines, we have a great opportunity to flip this seat.
About MI-10:
PVI: R+3
2024 House Results: John James (R) 51.1% v. Carl Marlinga (D) 45.0%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 52.2% v. Kamala Harris (D) 45.7%
Nebraska
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In 2024, NE-02 was one of only three House districts in the entire country where both Kamala Harris won and a Republican won re-election. It’s now the only one of those three districts where the incumbent has retired. This is a race we should win, but we’re taking nothing for granted.
Democrat Denise Powell is a small business owner and healthcare advocate who has worked to elect pro-choice leaders up and down the ballot in Nebraska. In Congress, she’s committed to rolling back Trump’s tariffs, reinvesting in public education, and lowering prescription costs.
On the Republican side, Omaha City Councilmember Brinker Harding has the "complete and total endorsement" of Donald Trump, although Trump is conspicuously absent from Harding’s website. We think we know why. While Harding will do Trump’s bidding, he knows that Trump is deeply unpopular in NE-02. From rising fuel prices to destructive tariffs to neighbors going without healthcare, Harding will continue the same failed policies that brought us to this point. He even supported the War in Iran.
Change is coming to NE-02. We’ll make sure of it.
About NE-02:
PVI: D+3
2024 House Results: Don Bacon (R) 50.9% v. Tony Vargas (D) 49.1%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Kamala Harris (D) 51.6% v. Donald Trump (R) 47.0%
New Jersey
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Over the course of more than three months earlier this year, Congressman Thomas Kean, Jr. missed over 100 votes after disappearing from Congress without explanation. He later revealed that he was diagnosed with depression.
We’re glad Congressman Kean is getting the mental health care treatment he needs; it’s just a shame this is the same man who voted for the Trump Budget that kicked millions of Americans off of their health care. One shouldn’t need to serve in Congress to have quality health care and the personal time needed to get better.
There’s a better alternative. Democrat Rebecca Bennett, a former U.S. Navy Healthcare Pilot and healthcare expert, has a great chance at flipping this seat. She’s focused on affordability and economic opportunity for New Jersey families, and she’s committed to restoring funding to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
About NJ-07:
PVI: EVEN
2024 House Results: Thomas Kean, Jr. (R) 51.7% v. Sue Altman (D) 46.3%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 49.6% v. Kamala Harris (D) 48.5%
New York
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They say if you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life, and luckily for Rep. Mike Lawler, he loves depriving women of their reproductive rights.
While a member of the New York State Legislature, Lawler voted against protecting doctors who provide reproductive care and against enshrining abortion rights into the State Constitution. He even praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
He might have finally met his match in Cait Conley, a no nonsense combat veteran and national security expert with deep roots in the district. Conley served as Director for Counterterrorism on the National Security Council under President Biden, a position where she regularly worked with Members of Congress from both parties to keep our nation safe.
Now she’s focused on the struggles at home: lowering costs for Hudson Valley families, stopping attacks on our democracy, and codifying reproductive rights in federal law.
Conley has stood up to much tougher foes than Congressman Lawler, and we can’t wait to see her flip NY-17.
About NY-17:
PVI: D+1
2024 House Results: Mike Lawler (R) 52.2% v. Mondaire Jones (D) 45.8%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Kamala Harris (D) 49.9% v. Donald Trump (R) 49.3%
North Carolina
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After North Carolina Republicans gerrymandered the state at Donald Trump’s bidding, they hoped NC-01 would fall comfortably in their hands. Luckily, Congressman Don Davis stepped up to the challenge, and he’s mounting a serious campaign that can keep this district blue.
A former U.S. Air Force officer and educator, Congressman Don Davis has long served the people of North Carolina as a State Senator and more recently as a Member of Congress. Davis has fought for health care affordability and shipbuilding funding and secured more than $300 million in investments for the region.
On the Republican side, Trump’s Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy Laurie Buckout is up for Round 2 after losing to Davis in 2024. AI companies are spending lavishly to help her win, and we know why: she’s a rubber stamp for corporate interests and Trump’s pay-to-play politics.
This is a difficult seat to hold, but we have a strong incumbent up against a Trump appointee who has never held elected office. With hard work, this is one we can win.
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Pro-tip: if you’re going to gerrymander a state, putting one of your most looney Members of Congress in a more competitive district to maximize gains elsewhere, make sure they don’t have a string of sexual misconduct allegations that will derail their campaign. That’s what happened to MAGA Congressman Chuck Edwards, who suspended his campaign after winning the primary in NC-11 following the launch of a House Ethics Committee investigation.
Republicans found a pinch hitter, State Representative Jennifer Balkcom, who finds herself running for Congress with just 85 days to cobble together a campaign. Sound familiar?
One of Balkcom’s claims to fame is voting to overturn a Governor’s veto over a utility company giveaway that will cost the state tens of thousands of jobs and cost ratepayers $23 billion over the next 25 years. Not a bright move.
Luckily, voters have a great alternative in Democrat Jamie Ager. He’s a fourth-generation Western North Carolina family farmer Jamie Ager and a respected community leader who helped in recovery efforts after the devastation of Hurricane Helene. True to form, his top priority is securing federal recovery funds to help rebuild his community from Helene. He’s also committed to protecting Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, expanding tax credits to help people afford utility bills, and expanding benefits and services for veterans and military families. With all the chaos on the Republican ticket in NC-11, watch this race!
Ohio
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Previously a Cincinnati City Councilman and advocate for early learning, Rep. Greg Landsman defeated a 13-term Republican incumbent in 2022. This impressive feat shocked the Republican Party in Ohio, and this year, they want to get even. They’ve redrawn OH-01 to be more MAGA-friendly, but Landsman has faithfully represented his district, voting to lower health care costs and make record-setting investments in Ohio infrastructure. He’s also authored a package of bills to restore the American Dream; he calls it the Great American Comeback.
Voters certainly won’t be getting that comeback if they elect Eric Conroy. He’s called the Trump budget that decimated Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act “terrific”, which probably comes as a surprise to the tens of thousands of OH-01 residents who lost their health care. He also said the Trump tariffs were “really needed” and “long overdue” despite acknowledging that they were raising prices on 1st District residents.
Landsman’s strength inspired the Cook Political Report to shift this seat from “toss up” to “lean Democrat” earlier this year, but we’re taking nothing for granted. As we work to bring Sherrod Brown back to the Senate, we’re going to make sure that Landsman returns to the House to make that Great American Comeback a reality.
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We don’t expect much from MAGA extremists, but Congressman Max Miller might be the single worst human being in Congress today. His ex-wife, who happens to be the daughter of Ohio Senator Jon Husted, alleges that he scalded her with hot water, held a gun to her head, and broke their two-year old daughter’s collarbone. There are many other allegations and a long history of violent encounters, but honestly, what more needs to be said here?
Miller should have resigned in disgrace, but he didn’t, and now we have a great chance of flipping a seat that is now a “toss up” but was once considered “likely Republican”. We have a great candidate in Brook Park Councilmember Brian Poindexter, a union ironworker with working class roots. His focus is tackling Ohio’s cost of living challenges, protecting workers’ rights, making health care more affordable, and bringing more manufacturing jobs back to America.
The choice couldn’t be clearer. Miller is a disgrace who shouldn’t be anywhere near Congress, and decency can prevail by electing Brian Poindexter this November.
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It’s a case of deja vu in Ohio’s 9th District, where Rep. Marcy Kaptur faces a rematch against former State Rep. Derek Merrin.
Kaptur is a force of nature. Long known as a devoted friend to workers and the labor movement, she has bucked the MAGA tide in Ohio for years, consistently winning in a district where Trump has done well.
This year, Ohio Republicans stacked the deck to defeat her through mid-year redistricting, but if anyone can prevail under these circumstances, it’s Kaptur.
Now in his second bid for this seat, Merrin will have a hard time explaining why tried to stop the City of Toledo from protecting kids in rental homes exposed to unsafe levels of lead. As a landlord himself, maybe that hit too close to home.
When he’s not busy getting in the way of protecting kids from lead poisoning, Merrin loves to praise the Trump tariffs, weaken Ohio’s prevailing wage law, and cut paid sick leave.
We helped Kaptur win in 2024, which means we helped Merrin lose, and that’s the kind of deja vu we can get behind.
Pennsylvania
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PA-01 is one of only three Republican-held House districts in the country that Kamala Harris won in 2024. Democratic Senator Bob Casey also won in this district in his narrow Senate loss in 2024.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick claims to be independent-minded, but under Trump, he has let his true colors show. He is an anti-choice extremist who has voted for a national abortion ban, and he has consistently voted to cut transit funding that will likely force local transit rate hikes.
This year, Democrats have recruited a strong contender in Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie. A former teacher, Harvie is working to lift up middle class Pennsylvanians left behind by the policies of Fitzpatrick. He’s committed to raising the minimum wage, rolling back Trump’s tariffs, and banning Members of Congress from trading individual stocks.
Fitzpatrick has outperformed the Republican brand in the past, but with the makings of a Blue Wave election, he has a lot to answer for. We’re hopeful Harvie is the solution voters are seeking.
About PA-01:
PVI: D+1
2024 House Results: Brian Fitzpatrick (R) 56.4%-Ashley Ehasz (D) 43.6%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Kamala Harris (D) 49.7% v. Donald Trump (R) 49.4%
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The modern Republican Party is no stranger to anti-abortion extremists, but Ryan Mackenzie gives the worst of them a run for their money.
He voted for an abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest and calls himself “100%” anti-abortion. When he’s not busy interfering in health care decisions, he votes against raising the minimum wage, against investing in Pennsylvania’s aging infrastructure, and against enshrining workers’ rights to collectively bargain and join a union into the State Constitution. One thing he voted for: gutting Medicaid and kicking 13 million Americans off their health care.
Who better to stamp out Mackenzie’s extreme record than a firefighter? For 20 years, Bob Brooks served as a CIty of Bethlehem firefighter, saving lives and protecting the homes and businesses of his neighbors. That’s his vision for Congress too: establishing a health care system that everyone can afford, cracking down on price gouging, raising the minimum wage, and preventing private equity firms from colluding to drive up housing costs.
We’ve won this seat before, and in 2026, we intend to win again.
About PA-07:
PVI: R+1
2024 House Results: Ryan Mackenzie (R) 50.5%-Susan Wild (D) 49.5%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 51.1% v. Kamala Harris (D) 47.9%
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Rep. Rob Bresnahan is really adamant that he opposes gutting Medicaid, yet he voted to do just that. He wants PA-08 voters to listen to what he says, not what he does. When given the choice between siding with Trump or siding with his constituents, Bresnahan chooses Trump every time.
In a district where the affordability crisis is hitting especially hard, voters have a strong alternative: Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti. As Mayor of Scranton, she’s overseen budget surpluses and brought a return of new businesses to the Electric City. She’s committed to a government that serves the people, stopping insider trading in Congress, cutting red tape to bring more manufacturing jobs to NEPA, and ending the Trump tariffs.
PA-08 has been one of the most contested House seats for many election cycles, and with rising costs caused by Trump’s failed agenda, the time is right to bring this one back in the blue column.
About PA-08:
PVI: R+4
2024 House Results: Rob Bresnahan (R) 50.8% v. Matt Cartwright (D) 49.2%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 53.8% v. Kamala Harris (D) 45.4%
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Rep. Scott Perry played a central role in the efforts to overturn American democracy after the 2020 election. Among the numerous texts he sent to high-ranking Republican operatives plotting to overthrow the election was one asking the Trump Administration to invalidate the vote in Pennsylvania.
When he’s not busy trying to steal elections, Perry serves as a rubber stamp for the Trump Administration, voting to gut Medicaid and refusing to speak out against massive cuts to the Social Security Administration, VA, and Department of Education.
We came tantalizingly close to defeating Perry in 2024, with Democrat Janelle Stelson losing by just 5,133 votes. A local TV broadcaster for three decades, Stelson has a deep understanding of the concerns and priorities of PA-10 voters; she’s told their stories. Now, those stories inform her priorities for Congress: preserving Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, protecting a woman's right to choose, lowering costs, and helping small businesses and family farms succeed.
It would be a service to the world to get Scott Perry out of Congress, and this is a race we can win.
About PA-10:
PVI: R+3
2024 House Results: Scott Perry (R) 50.6% v. Janelle Stelson (D) 49.4%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 52.0% v. Kamala Harris (D) 46.8%
Texas
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When Trump first launched his scorched earth mid-cycle gerrymandering campaign, he started in Texas, and Congressman Vicente Gonzalez was one of his top targets. The Co-Chair of the Blue Dog Coalition, Gonzalez is no stranger to winning tight elections in South Texas, and Republicans would love to replace him with a MAGA rubber stamp.
MAGA Republicans got their rubber stamp in Eric Flores. A proponent of H.R. 1, Flores would have happily joined other Republicans to gut Medicaid and take health care away from 60,000 TX-34 residents, all to give the richest 1% a massive tax cut. Flores also loves the Trump tariffs that are hurting families across Texas, at the grocery store and on the family farm.
Texas Republicans hoped for a cakewalk when they redrew this seat, but they may have overplayed their hand. Gonzalez can win this toss up seat, and we’re prepared to do what it takes to keep TX-34 blue.
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Rep. Monica De La Cruz represents a diverse district that deserves a champion. Instead, they have Rep. Monica De La Cruz.
She voted to kick 65,000 of her constituents off their health care and voted four times for tariffs that are devastating the South Texas economy. Indiscriminate ICE raids have also hit her district especially hard, directly contributing to a local housing construction crisis. Inspired by so many in the MAGA movement, rather than acknowledging the realities of higher prices and rising unemployment, she just pretends everything is going great. That may work in MAGA media safe spaces, but voters are seeing through her lies.
Her Democratic challenger is Tejano icon Bobby Pulido, who rose to fame performing at small gatherings across the Rio Grande Valley. Among many in this Hispanic-majority district, he’s a household name, and he’s fighting the good fight for affordable healthcare and an agenda that puts workers and lower prices first.
The Rio Grande Valley has seen radical swings in voter behavior during the Trump era, but with Trump’s popularity cratering and with local residents seeing the tremendous harm brought to them by De La Cruz and Trump, TX-15 is within reach, despite Republican gerrymandering designed to make it a safe space for De La Cruz’s extremism.
Virginia
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MAGA Congressman Rob Wittman has been in Congress for a long time, but there’s growing evidence that he’s not keeping up with his constituents. VA-01 was one of the only districts in the country where Trump lost ground from 2020 to 2024, and Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger carried VA-02 by 2.5 points in 2025.
Say what you will about Congressman Wittman, he knows how to look out for himself. His wealth has increased 40-fold since entering Congress, including $2.5 million in stocks he’s traded while overseeing industries he invests in. You already know what comes next: he voted to give himself and his millionaire and billionaire friends a massive tax giveaway paid for by taking health care away from thousands of his constituents. We think voters in VA-01 have had enough.
On the Democratic side, Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor is charting a different path. She’s been Henrico County’s top prosecutor for 14 years, so she knows how to sniff out corruption. She has an extensive anti-corruption plan that includes prohibiting insider trading in Congress and instituting a lifetime ban on Members of Congress becoming lobbyists for industries they regulate.
If this race becomes a referendum on ethics in Washington, DC, it shouldn’t be close. As VA-01 continues to shift in the Democratic direction, 2026 might be the year we say goodbye to Wittman’s self-enrichment at the expense of taxpayers who deserve a Member of Congress looking out for them.
About VA:01:
PVI: R+3
2024 House: Rob Wittman (R) 56.4% . Leslie Mehta (D) 43.6%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 51.7% v. Kamala Harris (D) 46.6%
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When concerned residents of VA-02 urged Rep. Jen Kiggans to hold a town hall and explain her support for the Trump Administration’s chainsaw approach to cutting critical federal programs like the Department of Education, school breakfast and lunch programs, and the VA, Kiggans responded with an insulting statement that claimed, without a shred of evidence, that they were the same people “now firebombing cars.”
You already know how the story goes from there. She’s been a rubber stamp for all of Trump’s worst policies. Gutting Medicaid: check. Voting to sustain the Trump tariffs: check. Supporting the Iran War that is driving up gas prices: she said she “couldn’t be a stauncher supporter.”
Luckily, former Congresswoman Elaine Luria offers a much different vision for the people of Virginia’s 2nd district. She’s running on a robust anti-corruption platform and focused on the many affordability concerns that Congresswoman Kiggans has made worse. When she was in Congress, she voted to cap the price of common prescription drugs at $35 a month and helped shore up Affordable Care Act subsidies. She’s pledged to restore Affordable Care Act funding, oppose endless wars, and vote to stop the Trump tariffs. That sounds like a good plan to us, and we think it will resonate with VA-02 voters too.
About VA:02:
PVI: D+0
2024 House: Jen Kiggans (R) 50.7% v. Missy Cotter Smasal(D) 46.9%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 49.5% v. Kamala Harris (D) 49.3%
Washington
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An independent voice for southwest Washington, Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has skillfully figured out how to win an incredibly difficult district and break through the gridlock to deliver for her constituents. When she first ran for office in 2022, FiveThirtyEight gave her just a 2% chance of winning, but rumors of her defeat were greatly overstated. Since then, she’s delivered 42 important improvements to her district and has worked to lower costs for working Washington families.
She’s up against State Senator John Braun, the Minority Leader in the Washington State Senate. He was the chief architect of the largest property tax increase in Washington history, a bill that conveniently also created a 40% tax break for his own company. Is it pay-to-play when you’re paying yourself? Braun also voted against protecting health care for people with preexisting conditions and voted against lower insurance premiums and lower prescription drug costs for Washington residents. He’s also an anti-choice extremist and a big supporter of the War in Iran, but you probably already guessed that.
Braun will fit right in the MAGA Republican Caucus in Congress, and that’s a good reason to keep him out.
This is a toss up race, but Perez has proven that she’s up to any political challenge.
About WA-03:
PVI: R+2
2024 House Results: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D) 51.9% v. Joe Kent (R) 48.1%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 50.3% v. Kamala Harris (D) 47.0%
Wisconsin
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“Every American who is lawfully receiving Medicaid will continue to receive their benefits.” That’s the lie Rep. Derrick Van Orden is going with after voting to gut Medicaid by up to $880 billion.
After a veteran who worked at the VA wrote to Rep. Van Orden concerned about Trump Administration cuts to the VA that are costing many veterans their jobs, Van Orden replied to him, “I will be referring you to DOGE as it seems that at 13:46 on a Monday you should have been working for veterans, not posting trash about your boss, President Trump.”
That veteran would have loved to be working, but he was already fired by Van Orden’s boss, Donald Trump. Now It’s time to fire Van Orden in 2026, and our chance is coming up this November.
Van Orden faces small business owner and non-profit leader Rebecca Cooke, someone who will actually treat her constituents with the respect they deserve. Appointed to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation by Governor Tony Evers, she understands the economic realities in Wisconsin and has a plan to address them.
Her vision: tackle price gouging, build more affordable homes in rural Wisconsin, help first-time homebuyers, restore Affordable Care Act subsidies, expand Medicare to include dental, vision care, and hearing care, and support prevailing wage laws that put more money in workers’ pocketbooks.
We like what Cooke is cooking up, and this toss up race is a great flip opportunity.
About WI-03:
PVI: R+3
2024 House Results: Derrick Van Orden (R) 51.4% v. Rebecca Cooke (D) 48.6%
2024 Trump v. Harris: Donald Trump (R) 52.9% v. Kamala Harris (D) 45.5%