NRCC Targets 26 Offensive Seats to Expand House Majority

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) announced a target list of 26 Democrat-held seats representing prime pick-up opportunities for Republicans to grow the House majority.

“House Republicans are in the majority and on offense,” said NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson. “Meanwhile, vulnerable House Democrats have been hard at work demonstrating they are painfully out of touch with hardworking Americans. Republicans are taking the fight straight to these House Democrats in their districts, and we will unseat them next fall.”

House Democrat targets include:

• (CA-09) Josh Harder
• (CA-13) Adam Gray
• (CA-27) George Whitesides
• (CA-45) Derek Tran
• (CA-47) Dave Min
• (FL-09) Darren Soto
• (FL-23) Jared Moskowitz
• (IN-01) Frank Mrvan
• (ME-02) Jared Golden
• (MI-08) Kristen McDonald Rivet
• (NC-01) Don Davis
• (NH-01) Chris Pappas
• (NJ-09) Nellie Pou
• (NM-02) Gabe Vasquez
• (NV-01) Dina Titus
• (NV-03) Susie Lee
• (NV-04) Steven Horsford
• (NY-03) Tom Suozzi
• (NY-04) Laura Gillen
• (NY-19) Josh Riley
• (OH-09) Marcy Kaptur
• (OH-13) Emilia Sykes
• (TX-28) Henry Cuellar
• (TX-34) Vicente Gonzalez
• (VA-07) Eugene Vindman
• (WA-03) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Background:

• Last cycle, in the three closest races won by Republicans, the combined margin of victory was roughly 7,000 votes. 
• In the 2018 cycle, there were only 12 House Democrats in Trump-won districts, while there were 25 Republicans in Clinton-won districts. This cycle, there are 13 Democrats in Trump-won districts and only three Republicans in Harris-won districts.
• Recent polling shows a majority of voters in battleground House districts still believe Democrats in Congress are “more focused on helping other people than people like me.”
• Since 2020, 419 Congressional districts have shifted more Republican, with 65 districts shifting Republican by double digits.
• Republican gains among Latino voters helped flip districts like CO-08 and PA-07 in 2024 while putting Democrat-held Hispanic-heavy seats — such as NJ-09, TX-28, and TX-34, which all swung over 25% right since 2012 — at risk for Democrats, expanding the GOP’s offensive map in 2026.
• Strong support from working-class voters in the Rust Belt helped flip Democrat-held seats in MI-07 and PA-08, which have swung 21% to the right since 2012, reinforcing Republican momentum among working-class voters

Watch Chairman Richard Hudson discuss the target list on Fox News here.