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Yahoo
18 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Democratic PAC launches fund going after Texas GOP for redistricting
A House Democratic super PAC is looking to raise tens of millions of dollars to challenge Texas Republicans next year as the GOP looks to redraw congressional maps in the state in a bid to offset losses in the 2026 midterms. House Majority PAC announced Monday it's creating a Lone Star Fund that is vying to 'raise upwards of $20 million' to target gerrymandered GOP House districts if Texas Republicans redraw their lines. The super PAC noted it's using a multipronged approach, including advertising efforts to reach low-propensity voters, growing its recruitment fund and investing more in targeting Hispanic voters. President Trump is looking to gain five House seats in Texas, with legislators convening in Austin for a special session that will address redistricting, among other items. Midterms have historically been unkind to the president's party in power, and Republicans are bracing for a challenging election cycle next year. Texas's move to reconsider its House lines has prompted blue states to leave the door open to initiating similar moves. California is so far the only state weighing two different options for moving forward with redrawing its own lines in response to Texas. Ohio is the only state that was expected to do redistricting this year, given the maps it used in 2022 did not have bipartisan support. Republicans are hoping to net several seats from new maps there. Redrawing maps, however, raises the likelihood of endangering incumbents in other nearby districts, particularly if one party is overly aggressive in trying to redraw the maps. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Democratic PAC launches fund going after Texas GOP for redistricting
A House Democratic super PAC is looking to raise tens of millions of dollars to challenge Texas Republicans next year as the GOP looks to redraw congressional maps in the state in a bid to offset losses in the 2026 midterms. House Majority PAC announced on Monday that it's creating a Lone Star Fund that is vying to 'raise upwards of $20 million' to target gerrymandered GOP House districts if Texas Republicans redraw their lines. The super PAC noted it's using a multi-pronged approach, including advertising efforts to reach low-propensity voters, growing its recruitment fund and investing more in targeting Hispanic voters. President Trump is looking to gain five House seats in Texas, with legislators convening in Austin for a special session that will address redistricting, among other items. Midterms have historically been unkind to the president's party in power, and Republicans are bracing for a challenging election cycle next year. 2024 Election Coverage Texas's move to reconsider its House lines has prompted blue states to leave the door open to initiating similar moves. California is so far the only state weighing two different options for moving forward with redrawing their own lines in response to Texas. Ohio is the only state that was expected to do redistricting this year, given the maps they used in 2022 did not have bipartisan support. Republicans are hoping to net several seats from new maps there. Redrawing maps, however, raises the likelihood of endangering incumbents in other nearby districts, particularly if one party is overly aggressive in trying to redraw the maps.
New York Times
4 days ago
- Politics
- New York Times
Democrats Plan $20 Million Fund to Target Texas Republicans for Redistricting
The largest super PAC backing House Democrats is creating a new fund with upward of $20 million to target congressional Republicans in Texas if legislators there follow through on plans to redraw district lines to eliminate Democratic seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. At the direction of President Trump, Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, a Republican, has called a special session of the State Legislature to remake the lines in the state in order to squeeze as many as five Democrats out of office in an effort to pad the current slim Republican majority in the House. National Democrats have decried the redistricting effort — lines are typically drawn once a decade after the census — as an effort to rig a Republican majority. 'Republicans are trying to steal five seats in Texas,' said Mike Smith, the president of the House Majority PAC, which is creating the new account, called the Lone Star Fund. The new account, he said, is partly a bid to tell congressional Republicans from Texas that their own jobs could be put in jeopardy by the remapping as Republican voters are shifted into formerly Democratic seats. But he said it was also a bid to recruit some unlikely Republican allies to oppose the new maps because they fear for their own careers. 'They should be scared and they should be vocal about being scared because they're about to get a bunch of money dropped on their head,' Mr. Smith said. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
GOP Rep. Scott Perry to be challenged by Democrat he defeated in 2024
Democrat and former broadcast journalist Janelle Stelson launched her second challenge against Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) in Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District on Monday. Stelson lost to Perry by just more than 1 percent in 2024. The highly competitive 10th District has been rated as a toss-up by the nonpartisan elections analyst Cook Political Report. FBI agents seized Perry's cellphone in 2022 in connection with investigations into President Trump. A court later issued a ruling shielding much of Perry's communications with other lawmakers from special counsel Jack Smith. Controversies hanging over the 2020 presidential election and the investigation hung over the 2024 race, when Perry won reelection and Trump won Pennsylvania after losing the state in 2020 to former President Biden. A poll conducted earlier this month by the left-leaning Data For Progress on behalf of the Democratic-aligned House Majority PAC shows Stelson leading Perry 46 percent to 43 percent. In a statement announcing her campaign, Stelson blasted Perry for voting for Trump's legislative agenda. 'Scott Perry has spent more than a decade in DC taking votes that hurt us instead of delivering results – and he just sold us out again by casting the deciding vote for the largest Medicaid cuts in history, all to fund more tax cuts for billionaires,' Stelson said in a statement. 'People around here are sick and tired of career politicians like Scott Perry betraying them at every turn. I'm running to give Central Pennsylvanians the voice they deserve and to fight to lower costs, protect Social Security and Medicare, ensure a woman's right to choose and secure the border,' she continued. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) responded to Stelson's entrance with a statement Monday. 'Welcome back to certified loser Janelle Stelson! If there's one thing we know for sure, it's that Janelle Stelson, who won't even bother to live in the district she wants to represent, doesn't stand a chance against Scott Perry. Pennsylvanians have rejected her before, and they'll gladly do so again in 2026,' NRCC spokesperson Maureen O'Toole said. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, meanwhile, issued a stament delcaring Perry has 'never been more vulnerable.' 'Nobody likes Scott Perry: He's spent more than a decade in Washington sowing division and selling out his Central Pennsylvania constituents at every turn,' DCCC spokesperson Eli Cousin said. 'After calling Medicaid a 'money laundering' scheme, Perry voted to make the largest cuts to the program in history and add trillions to our national debt all so that he could fund more tax cuts for billionaires – and his only concern was that he wished the Medicaid cuts were even steeper.' Perry won his House seat in 2012 and has secured reelection in each of the six elections since. Stellson is expected to have the support of the Democratic establishment going into the general election. According to her campaign, Stelson has already secured endorsements from Lt. Gov. Austin Davis (D), state Sen. Patty Kim (D) and state Reps. Carol Hill-Evans (D), Dave Madsen (D) and Nate Davidson (D). Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Newsweek
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Janelle Stelson's Chances of Beating Scott Perry in PA House Race: Poll
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Democrat Janelle Stelson holds a slight lead against Representative Scott Perry for a House seat in Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District, new polling shows. According to polling from the leading super PAC supporting House Democrats in next year's midterms shared with Politico Playbook, Stelson, a former local TV anchor, is 3 percentage points ahead of Perry in a head-to-head matchup. Newsweek has contacted the House Majority PAC for comment. Why It Matters Perry, former chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, has represented the district since 2019. He may be in danger of losing his seat to Stelson, who narrowly lost to him by just over 5,000 votes in November. What To Know The survey from the House Majority PAC, conducted July 10-11, asked: "If the candidates for Congress next time were Democrat Janelle Stelson and Republican Scott Perry, who would you vote for?" The poll found 46 percent of likely voters said they would vote for Stelson, while 43 percent backed Perry. Eleven percent were undecided. The survey also measured voter sentiment toward both candidates. When asked whether they held a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Stelson, 35 percent said they viewed her favorably, while 33 percent had an unfavorable view. Thirty-two percent said they were unsure. Meanwhile, 49 percent of respondents said they disapproved of Perry's job performance, while 36 percent expressed approval and 16 percent were undecided. "Today I'm announcing my Congressional campaign against Scott Perry. He just voted for the biggest Medicaid cuts in history, to pay for billionaire tax breaks. We deserve better than a career politician who keeps selling us out," Stelson said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday. What People Are Saying Janelle Stelson, in a statement announcing her congressional bid: "Scott Perry has spent more than a decade in DC taking votes that hurt us instead of delivering results – and he just sold us out again by casting the deciding vote for the largest Medicaid cuts in history, all to fund more tax cuts for billionaires. "People around here are sick and tired of career politicians like Scott Perry betraying them at every turn. I'm running to give Central Pennsylvanians the voice they deserve and to fight to lower costs, protect Social Security and Medicare, ensure a woman's right to choose and secure the border." National Republican Congressional Committee's (NRCC) spokeswoman Maureen O'Toole, in a statement on Monday: "Welcome back to certified loser Janelle Stelson! If there's one thing we know for sure, it's that Janelle Stelson, who won't even bother to live in the district she wants to represent, doesn't stand a chance against Scott Perry. Pennsylvanians have rejected her before, and they'll gladly do so again in 2026."
