Exclusive: Liberal donor network charts plan to seize House in 2026

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Politics

Updated 8:50 AM EST, Wed December 18, 2024


CNN — The leaders of the Democracy Alliance – a powerful network of liberal donors – will prioritize flipping control of the US House from Republicans in the 2026 cycle, building on gains the group helped engineer in New York and California in this year’s elections.

“The House will be a critical place where we will be able to minimize the harms of the (Trump) administration,” the alliance’s president, Pamela Shifman, said of midterm plans shared first with CNN. Democrats’ loss of both the White House and control of the Senate last month has made the organization’s leaders more determined to invest in House contests with the goal of building a “robust” majority for House Democrats in two years, she said.

No budget has been set yet for the 2026 races. The group plowed more than $11 million alone into an effort that helped Democrats flip House seats in the deep-blue state of New York, further narrowing Republicans’ fragile majority in the chamber. “We have a lot of momentum for this effort,” she said. “I am confident that we have what we need to win.”

Shifman did not rule out investing in special elections next year in New York and Florida to fill expected Republican vacancies in the House. “Nothing is off the table at this point,” she said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/politics/democratic-donors-2026/index.html

[Mike 03]

1. This is reassuring! And the news couldn't come at

a better time. Sheeeesh.

[electric_blue68]

2. Ah, good news. Ty.

[Baron2024]

3. This Is Probably The Best Thing That We Can Do

This is probably the best thing that we can do to stop the Trump MAGA agenda. We need to take a page from the Repukes game plan and delay, block, and litigate any major cuts to the government by Trump. If we can delay major Trump programs for two years, then we can get to the 2026 elections. If we then take back the House we will be in a position to more firmly block the Trump agenda. That is unless Trump suspends elections and the Constitution. But I think regaining the House would be the most important thing that we can do to stop Trump.

[Miguelito Loveless]

4. At this point

I have serious doubts that 45 will allow fair elections in 26. Not to mention I see no indication of leadership by Dems, nor any deviation from tactics that have failed repeatedly.