{"id":1247396,"date":"2022-01-27T13:08:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T18:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1247396"},"modified":"2022-01-27T13:08:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T18:08:31","slug":"house-dems-add-7-seats-to-list-of-vulnerable-incumbents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dems-add-7-seats-to-list-of-vulnerable-incumbents\/","title":{"rendered":"House Dems Add 7 Seats to List of Vulnerable Incumbents"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-dems-add-7-seats-to-list-of-vulnerable-incumbents%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1247396&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">32 districts up for grabs as Dems play defense ahead of 2022 midterms<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1177282284-736x491-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney\" srcset=\"denied:data:image\/gif;base64, R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-1177282284.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-1177282284-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tRep. Sean Patrick Maloney \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/philip-caldwell\/\" title=\"Posts by Philip Caldwell\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Philip Caldwell<\/a> \u2022 January 27, 2022 12:55 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>House Democrats added seven representatives to their list of vulnerable incumbents to protect ahead of the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which works to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives, <a href=\"https:\/\/dccc.org\/dccc-announces-changes-to-2022-house-battlefield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a> members to its &#8220;Frontline Program.&#8221; The program grants additional resources to incumbent Democrats in districts that are deemed competitive.<\/p>\n<p>The DCCC added members to the program from across the country. One of the seven House members the organization now considers vulnerable, Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D., Va.), represents a Northern Virginia district where Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R.) seized on parents&#8217; outrage over Democrats&#8217; education policy to greatly outperform Donald Trump&#8217;s performance in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of the members brings the Democrats&#8217; Frontline Program list to 32 districts.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are playing defense across the country ahead of the 2022 midterms as President Joe Biden&#8217;s approval has fallen steeply amid high inflation and legislative dysfunction. The president&#8217;s approval rating fell this month to 33 percent, matching Trump&#8217;s all-time low approval as president, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/biden-trump-approval\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> a Quinnipiac poll.<\/p>\n<p><em>Politico<\/em> reported last week that Democratic leaders and operatives are particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/democrats-say-theyre-losing-latinos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concerned<\/a> about maintaining the support of Latinos in the midterm elections. Trump in 2020, and Youngkin in Virginia last year, eroded Democrats&#8217; traditionally strong hold on Latino voters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats 32 districts up for grabs as Dems play defense ahead of 2022 midterms  Rep. 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