Vulnerable Democrats Rep. Conor Lamb and Rep. Chrissy Houlahan are looking to exit the House of Representatives and run for the U.S. Senate, leaving House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to defend her shrinking majority and giving more momentum to the Republican effort to regain the House.
With midterms approaching, Democrats are quickly losing seats and momentum to members retiring, looking to escape the possible loss of a majority or seeking higher office.
Many Democrats allegedly believe "They would be unable to field a candidate who could hold onto his district next fall, likely costing them a seat." In addition, "Republicans control the state legislature, but Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf can veto their maps."
On Friday, another Democrat, Rep. Cheri Bustos, the former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairwoman, and a top lieutenant of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, announced Friday she would not be seeking reelection.
The Republican's campaign arm, National Republican Congressional Committee, created an "Exit List" last month, which was comprised of vulnerable Democrats the Republicans are looking to pick off in the midterm.
"House Democrats are running for the exits because they know they're in for a bruising election cycle which will cost them their jobs and their House majority," the National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Emmer said in a statement when the NRCC first put the vulnerable Democrats on blast.
An NRCC Spokeswoman, Samantha Bullock, said in a statement, "Conor Lamb knows House Democrats are going to lose the majority in 2022 so he's looking for the nearest exit."
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