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Democrats Pulling Money From House Districts They Hoped to Flip
PJ Media ^ | 10-21-2026 | Rick Moran

Posted on 10/22/2026 6:14:04 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita

In an election that will decide control of both houses of Congress, every seat, every race matters. While the vast majority of seats for both parties have been carefully gerrymandered, there are 46 seats that are technically up for grabs.

Democrats hold 25 of those districts, and Republicans hold 21, according to Ballotpedia. There are 21 districts currently held by a Democrat that Donald Trump won in 2024. The 21 Republican seats at risk are largely historic swing districts that are competitive every two years.

There was a time early in the fall when Democrats believed they could make big gains in deep red states like Florida and Texas. They may yet win the Texas Senate race, but the districts they were targeting earlier in many cases have proved to be a will-o'-the-wisp.

In two of those districts, Democrats are pulling out and giving up. "The main Democratic super PAC charged with electing House Democrats, House Majority PAC, is cutting its ad spend in two districts — Colorado’s Third and Florida’s 7th, according to the ad tracking firm Adpact," reports The New York Sun. Trump carried the district by 10 and 12 points, respectively.

In general elections, a 10-point win by the party in power typically marks the limit of competitiveness. Democrats have invested in several races in districts Trump won by more than 10 points, and we can expect them to begin pulling back resources from most of those districts.

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Reality is starting to set in for the Democrats. Their dream of a Blue Wave is fading.
1 posted on 10/22/2026 6:14:04 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Dan in Wichita

Just couldn’t lie hard enough this time (looking at you fake polls) to keep the narrative afloat.


2 posted on 10/22/2026 6:22:13 AM PDT by Skwor
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To: Dan in Wichita

That is great news, but for the love of God, can we get Republicans not to stop the day after election day and let the Democrats steal their usual nine or ten house seats and three or four Senate seats by finding and finding more votes? Can we do that this time, please?


3 posted on 10/22/2026 6:23:06 AM PDT by Dahoser (Forget the 2028 horserace and focus on winning the midterms or 2028 won't be worth jack.)
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To: Dan in Wichita

“..Reality is starting to set in for the Democrats. Their dream of a Blue Wave is fading....”

Communism is one helluva drug...


4 posted on 10/22/2026 6:23:10 AM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: Dan in Wichita

They don’t know how to do it without USAID money.


5 posted on 10/22/2026 6:27:03 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
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To: Dan in Wichita

When the commies borrow huge sums of cash, do they get repayment coupons like the rest of us?


6 posted on 10/22/2026 6:29:20 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: for-q-clinton

They don’t know how to do it without USAID money.


and so many are worried abut the mean words Trump uses. The media wants you to look at the issue of the day with Trump.

Look at the whole man for full flavor.


7 posted on 10/22/2026 6:30:31 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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To: for-q-clinton

They are worried about keeping the districts they’ve got now.

Donald Dems are a thing.

And we’re why Deep State has to steal elections.


8 posted on 10/22/2026 6:31:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: Dan in Wichita

Democrats know they will be swept away by the 2026 Red Wave and are pulling their cash!


9 posted on 10/22/2026 6:31:58 AM PDT by Round Earther
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To: Dan in Wichita

Democrats always pull money just before the election so that money can go to buying votes and paying precinct captains in urban neighborhoods.


10 posted on 10/22/2026 6:35:23 AM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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Democrats don’t know how to win without USAID money.


LOL


11 posted on 10/22/2026 6:37:51 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands. " (Psalm 19:1))
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Democrats always pull money just before the election so that money can go to buying votes and paying precinct captains in urban neighborhoods.

Most election years, the Democrats don't have to pull money from anywhere to finance election fraud because they always have more money than they can spend.

This year is different. Trump shut down the USAID money laundering program in early 2025 and now that cash is no longer flowing into Democrat coffers.

12 posted on 10/22/2026 6:47:20 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Dan in Wichita

It’s dawning on them that they have no chance of winning the senate, and the house is slipping away from them.


13 posted on 10/22/2026 6:52:32 AM PDT by Kleon
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They were hoping to pickup AZ district 1.
Probably NOT going to happen.


14 posted on 10/22/2026 7:14:33 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Dan in Wichita

They bought their own hype and threw money into un-winnable races. Hope that hurts em in the close ones.

On a related note, the 100 million spent on Paxton could have been much less if the NRSC had not spent 100 million trashing him in the primary.


15 posted on 10/22/2026 7:34:39 AM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: Kleon

from your lips to God’s ears


16 posted on 10/22/2026 7:35:59 AM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)
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To: Skwor

Talafreako is running constant ads in West Texas claiming he is pro-oil and gas and ranching.

It’s almost funny, it’s such an obvious lie.

I suppose some believe it, though.


17 posted on 10/22/2026 7:52:03 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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Paxton should run some binary, trans ads. Throw in some for being against data centers.


18 posted on 10/22/2026 7:54:21 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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We’re flooded with ads about Talafreako being a heretic.

There’s a lot of voters in WT who are pretty libertarian and don’t care.

But Talafreako’s economic policies are pure DSA socialism, green scam, wackodoodleness. Not enough emphasis on that.


19 posted on 10/22/2026 8:08:08 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Dan in Wichita

“Democrats and those modeled as likely to vote for Democrats have cast an even higher share of early votes in all states except for Alaska and Michigan” ABC

Here is Sandy Springs GA the early vote is higher than normal.
“Democratic and Republican strongholds around Atlanta are posting big gains over 2022. But many RURAL counties are struggling to keep pace.” Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Red Team needs to up its ground game as we enter the 2d half.


20 posted on 10/22/2026 8:19:00 AM PDT by spintreebob
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