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2026-07-14 10:00:14
[Trump Endorses Seven Republican Newcomers Ahead of Midterm Elections, Fierce Battle for House Control] (1) On Monday, Trump announced on Truth Social that he was endorsing seven Republican candidates running for the House of Representatives for the first time, from Georgia (Cowan), New Hampshire (De Lorenzo), New York (Driscoll), South Carolina (Honeycat), Indiana (Regnitz), Tennessee (Taylor), and Texas (Toss). Five of them have already secured the party nomination, while Taylor and De Lorenzo still need to participate in the primaries in August and September, respectively. (2) The districts of Cowen, Taylor, and Toth were rated "solid Republican" by the Cook Political Report; Toth was the only candidate to defeat an incumbent Republican House member in the primaries (by about 15 percentage points); Taylor's district was redrawn, and the Republicans were expected to win it from the Democrats (Cowen had given up his re-election); Hanicart was running for a seat that was "very likely" to be won by the Republicans; while the districts of DeLorenzo, Regnitz, and Driscoll were assessed as "very likely to be won by the Democrats" or "leaning towards the Democrats," respectively. (3) Currently, the Republicans hold a majority of 218 seats to 212 in the House of Representatives (with one independent member serving with the Republicans), but three of the four vacant seats were originally held by Democrats. After the vacancy is filled, the Republicans will have 220 seats to 215. The Democrats need to gain six more seats to regain control, and the redrawn districts of the past year have made this goal more difficult.
