Rep. Richard Hudson, chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, speaks at the Republican National Convention, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., emphasized in an interview on Fox News' "Fox and Friends" that 13 of the 26 House Democrats they are targeting are in districts that "were carried by President Donald Trump in the last election."
Hudson characterized the upcoming midterms as an "opportunity election for House Republicans."
And Hudson, who is steering the House GOP's campaign arm for a second straight cycle, added, "We are bullish. Republicans are on offense thanks to Donald Trump."
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The Democrats on the NRCC's target list include Reps. Josh Harder (9th District), Adam Gray (13th), George Whitesides (27th), Derek Tran (45th), and Dave Min (47th) of California; Darren Soto (9th) and Jared Moskowitz (23rd) of Florida; Frank Mrvan (1st) of Indiana, Jared Golden (2nd) of Maine; Kristen McDonald Rivet (8th) of Michigan; Don Davis (1st) of North Carolina; Chris Pappas (1st) of New Hampshire; Nellie Pou (9th) of New Jersey; and Gabe Vasquez (2nd) of New Mexico.
Rep. Richard Hudson is interviewed by Fox News Digital, on Dec. 11, 2024, in Washington D.C. (Fox News - Paul Steinhauser)
Meanwhile, Moskowitz, Pappas and Soto weren't listed as Frontliners, but were included on the NRCC list.
The DCCC, responding, pointed to their performance in last November's elections when the Democrats took a small bite out of the GOP's House majority.
"House Democrats overperformed across the country in 2024, powered by our battle-tested candidates who won despite the NRCC’s false bravado and these Frontliners will win again in the midterms," DCCC spokesperson Viet Shelton told Fox News Digital. "The truth is House Republicans are running scared and refusing to hold town halls because they don’t want to get yelled at for their failure to lower prices, bungling the economy, and cutting Medicaid in order to pay for tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk."
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