House Republicans have widened the playing field for the midterms after releasing an expanded battleground list on June 9 that added the chair of the Democrats’ House campaign arm and three other targets.
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is now targeting a total of 75 Democrat-held or newly-created seats ahead of the midterms.
The Republican Party needs to flip just five seats in the November elections to claim a majority in the House.
However, the House GOP’s campaign arm stated in a memo that it’s an opportunity for Republicans to deliver a “historically significant majority” given President Joe Biden’s diminishing approval rating….