"These are the problem children: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) - running for re-election, district rated R+2 Jared Golden (ME-02) - NOT running for re-election Adam Gray (CA-13) - running for re-election, toss-up district Don Davis (NC-01) - running for re-election, district rated R+1 Henry Cuellar (TX-28) - running for re-election, district rated R+2 Tom Suozzi (NY-03) - running for re-election, toss-up district"
"All of these races are gettable by a Democrat firmly left of these boneheads given the current dissatisfaction with the Trump administration and his party of enablers. As Charles Gaba pointed out, "Dems have overperformed an avg of 15 pts across 55 Special Elections so far, winning 36 of them including *flipping* 6 GOP seats!" Democrats running on affordability have done very well."
"Tonight, I voted to end this partisan car crash of a shutdown. Nobody likes paying even more money to insurance companies - and the fight to stop runaway health insurance premiums won't be won by holding hungry Americans hostage. Americans can't afford for their Representatives to get so caught up in landing a partisan win that they abandon their obligation to come together to solve the urgent problems that our nation faces."
Several Democratic representatives voted to end the shutdown: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Jared Golden, Adam Gray, Don Davis, Henry Cuellar, and Tom Suozzi. Some incumbents are running for re-election in competitive or slightly Republican-leaning districts; Jared Golden is not running. Recent special elections show Democratic overperformance, averaging about 15 points and flipping GOP seats, with affordability messaging performing strongly. The contention is that progressive challengers can win these districts and that primary challenges should be mounted against the incumbents named, with particular criticism directed at Gluesenkamp Perez for her public defense of the vote.
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