Jeffries Launches Final House Push in 7 Battleground Districts as Democrats Chase Majority
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 22
Jeffries Launches Final House Push in 7 Battleground Districts as Democrats Chase Majority
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 22
Summary
Hakeem Jeffries will start his final midterm sprint Saturday in New York’s lower Hudson Valley, campaigning with Democrat Cait Conley in a bid to flip one of the nation’s most competitive House seats.
The House minority leader plans stops in 7 battleground districts, including Republican-leaning seats in San Antonio and Omaha and competitive races in Virginia Beach, San Diego, Orange County and Long Island.
His appearance with Conley targets Rep. Mike Lawler, a two-term Republican whose push to raise the state-and-local-tax deduction cap has won support across party lines.
The tour highlights Democrats’ belief that Jeffries can help moderate candidates in swing areas, a role that contrasts with Nancy Pelosi’s more polarizing profile in past midterms.
It also underscores that Democrats’ path to a House majority — and Jeffries’s chance to become speaker — runs through centrist candidates in closely divided districts.