Failure, disappointment and embarrassment. Those three feelings should come to mind for Republicans if they don’t win the House majority in 2022.
Democrats have their narrowest majority in more than a generation, and Republicans have redistricting and history on their side in the midterm elections. There’s really no excuse for the GOP if it can’t pull this off. …
The president’s party has lost 30 seats on average over the past 25 midterm elections. And according to post-apportionment analysis from The Cook Political Report’s David Wasserman, Republicans could gain up to eight seats through redistricting alone.
If that happens, simple back-of-the-napkin calculations point to a Republican majority with 30 or so seats to spare. CONTINUED
Nathan L. Gonzales, Roll Call
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