House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has launched the party’s 100-day strategy leading up to the November midterm elections, unveiling an agenda aimed at kitchen-table issues as Democrats seek to take control of the U.S. House.
“100 days until the midterm elections. House Democrats are fighting for an affordable America. And the future of the country is in your hands,” Jeffries wrote in an X post on Sunday.
Jeffries outlined what he said is the agenda for the Democrats for the midterms.
“And as we return home to our districts all across the country, we will make clear to the American people that our promise to them is to lower the cost of groceries, gas, and housing,” Jeffries said at a July 23 press conference. “Our promise to the American people is that we will fight for affordable health care for every single American.”
One of the featured elections Democrats hope to flip is in Pennsylvania’s seventh Congressional District, which pits Republican incumbent Ryan Mackenzie against Democratic challenger Bob Brooks, a fireman and president of a labor union.
The current House breakdown is 218 Republicans, 212 Democrats, and 1 independent.
Meanwhile, at a campaign event at a Mack Trucks facility on June 23, President Donald Trump outlined his administration’s successes, which he said should win them the midterm elections. He talked about his tax cut in 2025, their success in reducing the costs of prescription drugs, and the economic successes of his policies.
Trump told the crowd that Republicans have “got to win” the midterms.
Trump announced in June a first-ever Republican midterm convention to celebrate the successes achieved in the past two years. The event is scheduled for Sept. 9 and 10 in Dallas.
Historically, the party controlling the White House has almost always lost congressional seats in midterms.
Republicans are banking on Trump’s popularity among his base to help them get the vote out. Trump has campaigned in Georgia and Pennsylvania recently and has a trip planned for Michigan. All are battleground states.
There have also been contentious redistricting battles in more than a dozen states leading up to the midterms. All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives will be on the ballot in November. Republicans currently hold a narrow majority.
