Democrats Have Record Number of House Challengers

[DonViejo]

July 27, 2017 at 11:28 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Brookings: “As of the end of June, 209 Democratic challengers had registered with the FEC and raised at least $5,000. That more than doubled the previous high mark since 2003. In 2009, the Republicans had 78 challengers with at least $5,000. The early GOP challengers in 2009 foreshadowed the party’s regaining majority control. The question is whether the same will hold true for the Democrats in 2018.”

“The number of challengers at six months is truly remarkable. And the candidates are not simply bunching up in a few primaries. Yes, there is some doubling up: six Democrats have filed so far against John Faso in New York’s 19th congressional district. But there is also a good spread. So far, 105 different Republican incumbents have Democratic challengers with $5,000.”



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https://politicalwire.com/2017/07/27/democrats-record-number-house-challengers/

[still_one]

1. If they are states that don't have open primaries, that is good. However, if they are states are

setup so the top two candidates who get the most votes in that primary go to the runoff, that could end up to be self defeating if there are too many Democratic candidates, because they would take votes away from each other, while the republicans unify just behind one or two candidates.

[uponit7771]

2. Good, go after every Medicare Cutting, Trump supporting bastard in the KGOP.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Work of Indivisible and Emily's List and all the activism is paying off...

sounds good to me. I'm sure many of them won't pass some mythical "purity test" for some, but for now I'll go with Dems is Dems and if we don't stick together and work together we won't get anywhere.

There are 4 red districts in my blue state. I think at least 2 of them could be flipped next year. The 6 blue districts should be safe as they are.

[Gothmog]

4. This is great news

[tblue37]

5. Unclear: are they challenging Dems or Repubs? nt

[Kentonio]

6. Brilliant news

This is exactly what we needed.

[bettyellen]

7. Woo hoo

[dalton99a]

8. Auspicious start

[MiddleClass]

9. 15 months to go

Now this is what I call the first sign of a wave, if it keeps up, it will be tsunami.

This is the exact type thing that makes Republicans take notice and say maybe I shouldn't go that way