Democrats were looking at suburban districts. Now they’re glancing toward rural ones too.

Last year, as a wave of special elections popped up, every smart Democrat wanted to focus on one seat. “Watch the special election for Tom Price’s seat in suburban Atlanta,” Rep. Sean Maloney (D-N.Y.) said in an interview in February 2017. …

However, the more telling special elections might have been a handful in more rural districts President Trump won by overwhelming margins. …

Now, Maloney is among the Democrats suggesting that the 2018 field is dramatically larger than anyone could have guessed last year, including in some more rural spots that they once thought of ceding to Republicans. CONT.

Paul Kane, Washington Post