“Democrats are in a stronger position": Election forecasters give Dems an edge in swing House races

With much of the attention on the House gravitating towards the battleground states of New York and California, where Democrats are trying to push back GOP gains from 2022, a handful of races scattered around the country heading into Election Day could ultimately be the difference in which party holds the majority. The race is closely watched because Golden has held onto the seat since defeating the incumbent Republican in 2018, even though former President Donald Trump carried the rural Second District in both 2016 and 2020. “Democrats are in a stronger position to take on those incumbents.” In Pennsylvania’s Seventh District, which stretches through the presidential battleground around Allentown, Democratic Rep. Susan Wild is defending her seat against Republican Ryan Mackenzie. “In 2022, Abigail Spanberger's numbers in VA-7 being closer to Biden's than Terry McAuliffe's was a sign that the election wasn't going to be the red wave that Republicans had hoped for.” Alongside Golden’s race in Maine, Coleman is Want a daily wrap-up of all the news and commentary Salon has to offer? “Meanwhile, ME-2 is demographically quite Trumpy, and Golden has a better opponent now than in past cycles.” The last bellwether district Coleman is looking at is North Carolina’s First, where Democratic Rep. Don Davis is fending off Republican Laurie Buckhout in the northeastern North Carolina District.