A couple of late summer political hiccups for House Republicans don't worry the head of their campaign arm, NRCC Chairman TomEmmer.
Throughout the 2022 cycle, House Republicans have been favored to win the majority on Nov. 8. But on Aug. 16, now-Rep. Mary Peltola , flipped Alaska's lone House seat after it had been in Republican hands for 49 years. A week later, now-Rep. Pat Ryan , won an upstate New York House seat where polls and pundits had favored the chances of his Republican rival, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro.
That strategy has been complicated by the Supreme Court's June 24 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization abortion decision. The ruling overturned the 1973 precedent set in Roe v. Wade, which effectively made abortion a national right, and instead sent abortion rights to states to formulate policy.
Emmer dismissed Democratic claims that the party's pair of House race victories in August show it can hold the majority. Molinaro, he noted, is an experienced local officeholder who has residual name recognition as the 2018 New York Republican gubernatorial nominee. Molinaro in November is running for the newly configured 19th Congressional District, covering southeastern upstate New York, against rookie Democratic candidate Josh Riley, an attorney and former congressional aide.
“I fully expect that a Republican candidate is going to come out of that race as the general election winner," Emmer said.Emmer also is confident House Republican candidates will win in districts where Democrats invested significant campaign dollars with the aim of producing the weakest GOP general election nominees.
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