To hold House, Democrats eye GOP-held districts won by Biden
Associated PressGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — While preparing to march in a Saturday morning parade through this fast-growing city’s westside, Democratic congressional candidate Hillary Scholten warned her staff that the area was traditionally very conservative and they should brace for possible booing. He’d actually cried, “Give ‘em hell, Hillary!” It’s been 32 years since a Democrat won the House seat where Scholten is competing against Republican John Gibbs. Scholten is trying to become the first Democratic woman elected to the House from western Michigan and isn’t counting on more favorable boundaries to get her there, noting that it’s “hard for people to believe in what they’ve never seen before, and we feel that every day.” But even Gibbs concedes the new maps have Democrats excited. The Democratic House campaign committee even financed a GOP primary ad proclaiming that Gibbs was “hand-picked by Trump to run for Congress,” believing he’d be beatable in November. He retorted of the president’s frequent Mass attendance, “Yeah, I just wish he would accept the teachings.” “If I ever saw him at Mass, I’d have a nice, frank conversation,” Gibbs said.
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