20 Dems will not seek reelection in House — 4X number GOP needs to win back majority

[Counselor706]

As the twentieth Democrat announced an exit from the House of Representatives after the midterms, the party’s chances of maintaining the majority have declined, as the Republicans only need to net a quarter of those seats to win back the majority.

The announcements are piling up, with California Democrat Rep. Alan Lowenthal on Thursday becoming the latest to say he would not run for reelection at the end of his current term, noting, “it is time to pass the baton” as his “journey” comes to an end. However, his announcement is only the latest, as older or more vulnerable Democrats are leaving their current seats to retire, including three committee chairs, or seek a different office, either on the local or state level.

As the twentieth departure, Lowenthal casts more doubt on the Democrats’ chances of keeping the House after the midterms since the Republicans only need to net a five. After Lowenthal made his announcement, Torunn Sinclair, a spokeswoman from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), said, “Democrats have a full-blown retirement crisis on their hand because voters are rejecting their agenda of higher prices, higher crime, and open borders.”

This gives Republicans a chance to gain more seats as strong Republican candidates are already running in the majority — if not all — of the 20 districts.

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[LittleDixie]

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The sad thing is that the Republicans are going to do the same things the Democrats have been doing. They're not going to dismantle anything and they're not going to reduce spending.

This country will fall if we don't start cutting off all of the unbalancing bloat.

Default on our debt, let the dollar fall. Let people replace it with something new, and keep the government's claws off of the monopoly on money. We need a few decades of things falling apart to get back to where we should be.

 

[Sean Renaud]

The sad thing is that the Republicans are going to do the same things the Democrats have been doing. They're not going to dismantle anything and they're not going to reduce spending.

This country will fall if we don't start cutting off all of the unbalancing bloat.

Default on our debt, let the dollar fall. Let people replace it with something new, and keep the government's claws off of the monopoly on money. We need a few decades of things falling apart to get back to where we should be.

There is no coming back if we collapse the way you are speaking of and the Right will be devastated for at least 50 years if not longer than that.

Republicans by the way are driven by hate but they aren't suicidal. Dismantling things and cutting "bloat" is just just a death pact and most of them aren't that far gone.

 

[YDB95]

Lowenthal's district is D+14, and Biden carried it with 62%. If the Dems lose the House, it won't be because of districts like this.

 

[pecksniff]

The sad thing is that the Republicans are going to do the same things the Democrats have been doing. They're not going to dismantle anything and they're not going to reduce spending.

Of course not, because there is no popular demand for that.

 

[YDB95]

Of course not, because there is no popular demand for that.

Or perhaps more to the point, the voters DO want everything the Dems are trying to pass. They just don't want to pay for it.

 

[pecksniff]

Or perhaps more to the point, the voters DO want everything the Dems are trying to pass. They just don't want to pay for it.

Any support a pollster finds for "Cut spending!" will evaporate the moment he starts asking about specifics -- there are no cuts possible that do not gore somebody's ox.

 

[YDB95]

Any support a pollster finds for "Cut spending!" will evaporate the moment he starts asking about specifics -- there are no cuts possible that do not gore somebody's ox.

Either that or they think spending on things like welfare, school lunch etc. are about twenty times as much as they really are.