EMILYs List names 2020 House and Senate targets
Roll Call: EMILYs List names 2020 House and Senate targets
By Bridget Bowman
EMILYs List is looking to expand the Democratic House majority and flip the Senate next year, naming 43 House Republicans and six GOP senators on its initial list of 2020 targets, shared first with Roll Call.
“EMILYs List is actively recruiting and working with potential candidates in these flippable districts,” Stephanie Schriock, president of the pro-abortion rights group, said in a statement. “We look forward to sending even more pro-choice Democratic women to Congress next year to fight for health care, economic justice, and to end corruption.”
The group listed 12 House Republicans whom the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee did not include on its initial target list, taking aim at a few GOP lawmakers in traditionally Republican districts.
Eleven of them are in races Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates Solid Republican. They include Mario Diaz-Balart and Michael Waltz of Florida; Greg Gianforte of Montana; David Joyce and Michael R. Turner of Ohio; Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington; Denver Riggleman of Virginia; Elise Stefanik of New York; Tim Walberg of Michigan; Steve Watkins of Kansas; and Don Young of Alaska.
One targeted lawmaker not on the DCCC list, Pete Stauber of Minnesota, is in a Likely Republican race.
Separately, the DCCC is also targeting Georgia’s open 7th District, where Republican incumbent Rob Woodall is retiring, and North Carolina’s 9th, which is currently vacant as it awaits a special election later this year. Neither seat is among EMILYs List initial targets.
The group is also targeting six GOP senators who are up for re-election, including both GOP senators running in states that Hillary Clinton carried in 2016: Susan Collins of Maine and Cory Gardner of Colorado.
Sens. Joni Ernst of Iowa, David Perdue of Georgia, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky are the other four targets.
EMILYs List raised a record $110 million in the 2018 cycle amid a surge of Democratic women running for office. A memo by the group noted that it spent $24.4 million on House races and $9.3 million on Senate races last cycle, combining donations directly to candidates and other groups as well as independent expenditures.
The group is expected to be engaged at the congressional level in 2020 as well as in the presidential race, where a record number of female Democrats are seeking the nomination. EMILYs List also supports candidates at the state and local level.
Below is the complete list of House targets:
Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02)
Rep. Andy Barr (KY-06)
Rep. Susan W. Brooks (IN-05)
Rep. Ted Budd (NC-13)
Rep. John Carter (TX-31)
Rep. Steve Chabot (OH-01)
Rep. Chris Collins (NY-27)
Rep. Rodney Davis (IL-13)
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25)
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01)
Rep. Greg Gianforte (MT-AL)
Rep. Jim Hagedorn (MN-01)
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03)
Rep. George Holding (NC-02)
Rep. Duncan Hunter (CA-50)
Rep. Will Hurd (TX-23)
Rep. David Joyce (OH-14)
Rep. John Katko (NY-24)
Rep. Mike Kelly (PA-16)
Rep. Steve King (IA-04)
Rep. Peter King (NY-02)
Rep. Kenny Marchant (TX-24)
Rep. Brian Mast (FL-18)
Rep. Michael McCaul (TX-10)
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05)
Rep. Devin Nunes (CA-22)
Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22)
Rep. Scott Perry (PA-10)
Rep. Denver Riggleman (VA-05)
Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21)
Rep. David Schweikert (AZ-06)
Rep. Ross Spano (FL-15)
Rep. Pete Stauber (MN-08)
Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY-21)
Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-03)
Rep. Mike Turner (OH-10)
Rep. Fred Upton (MI-06)
Rep. Ann Wagner (MO-02)
Rep. Tim Walberg (MI-07)
Rep. Michael Waltz (FL-06)
Rep. Steve Watkins (KS-02)
Rep. Don Young (AK-AL)
Rep. Lee Zeldin (NY-01)
