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Political headwinds have recently shifted in eight close House races around the country. With less than two months until Election Day, Democrats continue to ride a wave of enthusiasm for their new presidential nominee.
Six races have shifted in Democrats’ favor, while just two are looking better for Republicans, according to a nonpartisan analysis by the Cook Political Report.
Meanwhile, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has spent the summer crisscrossing the country to campaign for fellow GOP lawmakers as he seeks to hold onto his razor-thin, four-seat majority in the House.
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Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are battling for control of the House. (Getty Images)
Two of the races that inched toward the left are in districts President Biden won in 2020 but are held by GOP representatives Don Bacon, R-Neb., and Michelle Steele, R-Calif. Both their ratings switched from “lean Republican” to “toss up.”
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, who flipped her seat from red to blue in 2020, saw her race move from “likely” victory for Republicans to only leaning in their favor.
Three Democratic seats — those held by representatives Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, and Henry Cuellar, D-Texas — have also become safer for the left.
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Moskowitz and Cuellar’s race predictions shifted to solidly and “likely” blue, respectively, while Kaptur’s seat is now leaning Democratic after being classified a “toss-up.”
Democrats could be on track to lose a seat in the House, however, with the race for Rep. Mary Peltola’s seat becoming a “toss-up” in Alaska, a state former President Trump won in 2020.
Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s re-election race is now projected more favorably for Democrats than before. (Bill Clark)
Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, which Rep. Lauren Boebert,…
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