Cook Political Report shifts 5 House races toward Democrats
(The Hill) The Cook Political Report on Tuesday shifted five House races toward Democrats and one toward Republicans, as the minority party seeks to take back control of the House in the November midterms.
The report moved Rep. Greg Landsman’s (D-Ohio) race from “Toss Up” to “Lean Democrat,” Reps. Emilia Sykes’s (D-Ohio) and Nellie Pou’s (D-N.J.) races from “Lean Democrat” to “Likely Democrat,” Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar’s (R-Fla.) race from “Solid Republican” to “Likely Republican” and Rep. Rob Bresnahan’s (R-Pa.) race from “Lean Republican” to “Toss Up.”
It also moved Rep. Jeff Hurd’s (R-Colo.) race from “Likely Republican” to “Solid Republican,” citing President Trump reversing course and endorsing Hurd last month after previously endorsing his primary opponent, Hope Scheppelman. Trump said last month that Scheppelman would suspend her campaign to join his administration “in a capacity to be determined.”
Erin Covey, the House editor for the report, wrote that a “bleak” political environment for the GOP is driving the latest shifts. She noted that “even before” the president’s approval rating “reached a nadir amid spiking gas prices and an unpopular war with Iran, special and off-year elections showed Democrats with a significant enthusiasm advantage and Republicans were trailing the national generic ballot by five to six points.”
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