US House majority in play in 2024 after weak GOP midterm showing, surprise court ruling
JONATHAN J. COOPER
Associated Press
Election Day 2024 is about 16 months away, but the next couple of months will be big ones in the race for the White House. In early primary and caucus states, candidates are already on the ground, shaking hands and holding rallies.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Republican Rep. David Schweikert used to win his wealthy, suburban Phoenix congressional district by nearly 30 points. Then Donald Trump was elected president, and his victories started shrinking.
Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., holding his one-year-old son Matthew, speaks at an Independence Day parade July 4 in Phoenix. Schweikert, who won his last election by just 3,200 votes, is now among the top 2024 targets for Democrats, who sense better-than-expected odds of retaking the House majority they lost last year.
Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., hands out candy and flags at an Independence Day parade July 4 in Phoenix. “The parties have changed,” Schweikert says of shifting voting patterns. “These people want me to fixate on their prosperity and not the eccentricities of the virus, the last election, those sorts of things.”
Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., holding his one-year-old son Matthew, speaks at an Independence Day parade July 4 in Phoenix. Schweikert, who won his last election by just 3,200 votes, is now among the top 2024 targets for Democrats, who sense better-than-expected odds of retaking the House majority they lost last year.
Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., hands out candy and flags at an Independence Day parade July 4 in Phoenix. “The parties have changed,” Schweikert says of shifting voting patterns. “These people want me to fixate on their prosperity and not the eccentricities of the virus, the last election, those sorts of things.”
