GOP faces challengers in 226 House seats while struggling to raise cash for midterms

The following article by Eric Boehlert was posted on the Shareblue website February 8, 2018:

This year’s battleground map is now expanding into red states.

Credit: Scott Applewhite

Passing a Republican tax bill late last year has done nothing to improve the GOP’s chances in the upcoming midterm elections. Meanwhile, Democrats continue to raise way more money than their opponents, as the party expands the map of competitive races in the House to 101 contests.

Meanwhile, the bipartisan Cook Political Report just updated the status of 21 House races and moved the needle in all 21 races in the direction of Democrats. Continue reading “GOP faces challengers in 226 House seats while struggling to raise cash for midterms”