House Battleground Races
Keep It Blue Edition
The following Congressional races are seats that are currently held by Democrats, but rated as toss-ups. These are vulnerable seats that are critical to a Democratic majority.
Yadira Caraveo is a freshman member of Congress running against Republican, Gabe Evans. Recent polling shows Evans is leading 42-41. Caraveo won her 2022 election by a mere 1, 632 votes. Donate. Volunteer.
Jared Golden has held this vulnerable seat since 2019. He is running against Republican, Austin Theriault, a former NASCAR driver and sports business consultant. The NRCC is heavily targeting this race. Donate. Volunteer.
MI-07 is an open seat vacated by Rep. Slotkin for her Senate run. Hertel is running agains Tom Barret (R) who is currently leading by 7 points. As an open seat neither candidate has incumbent advantage. Donate. Volunteer.
MI-08 is an open seat vacated by Rep. Kildee. McDonald Rivet is running against Republican, Paul Junge who currently leads 45-44. Prior to redistricting this seat was also held by Rep. Slotkin. Both MI-07 and MI-08 are at risk. Donate. Volunteer.
Donald Davis is a freshman incumbent. A Dem seat since 1899, NC-01 is under heavy attack from the NRCC. Laurie Buckhout (R) is favored to win 53-47 by DDHQ. Donate. Volunteer.
Gabe Vasquez, a freshman is running against Yvette Herrel (R). Herrel's polling has her +2, while Emerson College has Vasquez +10. There is a lot of uncertainty with such wild vacillations in polling data. Donate. Volunteer.
Marcy Kaptur is the longest serving woman in Congress. Her seat is in danger from Republican, Derek Merrin. A June poll puts Kaptur up +10, but the NRCC is targeting this seat. Donate. Volunteer.
A freshman incumbent, Emilia Sykes is running against Kevin Coughlin (R). OH-13 is one of the most competitively drawn districts in the country. As of July, Sykes is +4, based on 1 poll. Donate. Volunteer.
Susan Wild has held this vulnerable seat since 2019, winning by a narrow margin in 2022. She is running against Republican Ryan McKenzie. Wild is currently up by 4 based on summer polling. Donate. Volunteer.
Matt Cartwright has held PA-08 since 2019, first elected to PA-17 in 2012. His race against Rob Bresnahan Jr (R) is extremely competitive. Bresnahan is considered a very strong candidate. DDHQ is forecasting this as a likely flip to the GOP and Cartwright is largely considered the most vulnerable incumbent. Donate. Volunteer.
Freshman incumbent, Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez is running against Republican, Joe Kent. A June poll has Kent down by 4. This is a rematch election. Kent was also the Republican nominee in 2022, losing by only 2,629 votes. This seat is an NRCC target. Donate. Volunteer.
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