{"id":1405814,"date":"2022-03-28T20:14:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T00:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1405814"},"modified":"2022-03-28T20:15:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T00:15:02","slug":"republicans-turn-to-female-candidates-in-suburban-battleground-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-turn-to-female-candidates-in-suburban-battleground-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Turn To Female Candidates In Suburban Battleground Districts"},"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\">18<\/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%2Frepublicans-turn-to-female-candidates-in-suburban-battleground-districts%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=1405814&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--><p>New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, the third-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, is banking on a slate of female candidates to wrest control back of the lower chamber after four years in the minority.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik\u2019s Elevate PAC (E-PAC) is <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/08\/elise-stefanik-endorses-republican-women-e-pac\/\">promoting<\/a> 18 Republican women in some of the most competitive House districts in the country, including <a href=\"https:\/\/elevate-pac.com\/our-candidates\/\">five<\/a> in seats labeled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/house-race-ratings\">toss-ups<\/a> by Cook Political Report. Seventeen of the eighteen candidates are running in districts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrcc.org\/2021\/11\/03\/nrcc-expands-offensive-map-announces-13-new-targets\/\">targeted<\/a> by the National Republican Congressional Committee for flips. Stefanik predicted that more than 50 women will serve in the House GOP conference in 2023, adding that Democrats do not have a \u201cmonopoly on women candidates or women voters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have so many Republican women, it\u2019s hard to fit them all in one press conference,\u201d she joked. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/04\/republican-gop-women-win-elections\/\"><strong>(RELATED: \u2018The Year Of The Republican Woman\u2019: Here\u2019s A List Of GOP Women Who Won 2020 Elections)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rolling out her latest tranche of E-PAC endorsements, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliseStefanik?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EliseStefanik<\/a> says she predicts there will be more than 50 GOP women in the next Congress. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1WWbQxmQX0\">pic.twitter.com\/1WWbQxmQX0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Frey (@KevinFreyTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinFreyTV\/status\/1508512836582100992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stefanik differentiated the processes by which Democrats and Republicans look for diverse candidates, explaining in an interview with the Daily Caller that her efforts are focused on supporting female candidates who have the best chance to win their districts. In contrast, she said, Democrats specifically promote female and minority candidates at the expense of district fit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than playing outdated identity politics, we look for the best candidate, the strongest candidate in these districts who happen to be Republican women, and then we get fully behind that candidate, the strongest candidate, to get them through the primary and general election, which is why I think we\u2019ve had so much success,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Paulina Luna, who is running in Florida\u2019s Thirteenth District, added that female candidates can help Republicans blunt attacks from Democrats claiming racism and sexism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCandidates like myself, and so many of the other candidates today, actually scare the heck out of the Democratic Party platform, because they can\u2019t actually use their identity politics against us. I am a Hispanic female veteran. I\u2019m not supposed to exist in their world, at least not as a conservative, and so I talk about my upbringing and experience, and how these progressive policies actually did nothing for me when I grew up in the welfare system,\u201d she told the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving people that can connect with the community, that look the way that we look, that talk the way that we talk, that makes a difference, especially in national politics moving forward,\u201d Luna added of the GOP\u2019s recruitment of female and minority candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Several candidates discussed pocketbook and public safety issues, emphasizing the GOP\u2019s approach to winning suburbanites, specifically parents, on topics like inflation and immigration. They argue that the Biden administration\u2019s immigration policy has caused increased human trafficking as well as increased drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll fight back to secure the border and stem the flow of illegal drugs into our country,\u201d Indiana state Sen. Erin Houchin said at the press conference. She followed up in an interview with the Daily Caller, explaining that drugs can be shipped to southeastern Indiana from the U.S.-Mexico border in 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen increases in overdose deaths and drug crimes. It\u2019s making our communities less safe, and the voters in southern Indiana want that to end,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Several endorsed candidates worked in the Trump administration or for the Trump campaign, including Ohio\u2019s Madison Gesiotto Gilbert, Tennessee\u2019s Morgan <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/07\/morgan-ortagus-declares-run-tennessee-fifth-district\/\">Ortagus<\/a>\u00a0and New Hampshire\u2019s Karoline Leavitt. Others, including Houchin and Texas\u2019 Cassy Garcia, have worked as aides to congressional Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to do the hardest thing for Republican women, which is getting out of the primary,\u201d Ortagus said. \u201cThis is going to be a pink wave, a pink wave of Republican women around the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7399365\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7399365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JUNE 10: U.S. State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus speaks during a media briefing at the State Department June 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed topics including the latest development on tension with Iran. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Garcia explained that her time working for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz helped her gain experience working on both partisan issues and constituent services. She noted that as Cruz\u2019s south Texas regional director, she spent the most time helping Texans navigate the Department of Veterans\u2019 Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing [Cruz\u2019s] eyes and ears on the ground and working for 28 million Texans, I saw firsthand the border influx that we\u2019ve had, and the different things that have happened within the district. Working with community leaders, working with law enforcement officials, working with land owners, ranchers, small business owners. We\u2019ve got some of the busiest ports of trade in the district,\u201d she told the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia will face either Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, who is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/20\/henry-cuellar-fbi-court-authorized-search-texas-democrat\/\">facing<\/a> an FBI investigation for reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/01\/27\/henry-cuellar-azerbaijan\/\">dealings<\/a> with Azerbaijan, or \u201cSquad\u201d-endorsed immigration attorney Jessica Cisneros. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/02\/henry-cuellar-jessica-cisneros-texas-28-district\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Henry Cuellar And AOC-Backed Candidate Headed To Runoff In South Texas District)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuellar\u2019s voted every time with Nancy Pelosi, even though he talks a real good game on Fox News,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing to say something, but your votes matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>E-PAC endorsed candidates gain access to Stefanik\u2019s small-dollar donor list, as well as her team of advisers. A Monday afternoon fundraiser held for E-PAC raised $150,000, Stefanik told the Daily Caller. E-PAC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00570945\/?cycle=2020\">raised<\/a> more than $1 million during the 2020 election cycle, and has raised more than $548,000 in the 2022 cycle so far, according to Federal Election Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00570945\/?cycle=2022\">filings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One hundred-forty four women hold seats in the 117th Congress, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2021\/01\/15\/a-record-number-of-women-are-serving-in-the-117th-congress\/\">including<\/a> 38 Republicans. Both numbers constitute record highs. More than 600 women have filed to run for Congress in 2022, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/cawp.rutgers.edu\/election-watch\/2022-potential-women-candidates\">review<\/a> from the Rutgers University Center for American Women and Politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Rep. 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