Endangered House candidates grapple with how closely to run with Biden and Trump

WASHINGTON — As Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola readies for a tough reelection contest in Alaska, she’s talking fish. “Whatever that may be, they are speaking up for their communities.” As the country grapples with a moment of dissatisfaction with the choices for president, political strategists “Voters may decide they are going to vote for Trump but they know how unstable he can be, so they will vote for a Democrat to check him,” said former Rep. Steve Israel, who chaired the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and now directs the Cornell University Institute of Politics and Global Affairs. Garcia, the California Republican whose district Biden won by more than 12 percentage points, called Trump’s town hall proposal “a gracious offer.” “We appreciate all the help we can get,” he said. “Four years have gone by, it could be more of a referendum on Biden,” said Sarah Chamberlain, president of Republican Main Street Partnership, which bolsters the GOP House members running in battleground districts. “I will always take a decent, accomplished President Biden who truly cares about people over a narcissistic, chaotic Trump who only cares about himself.” Levin is also emphasizing one of Biden and Democrats’ key legislative accomplishments by developing an interactive map that shows the district projects that have been funded by the infrastructure law of 2021.