DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Twenty-six House Democrats have been deemed “vulnerable” in the 2026 midterm elections by the National Republican Congressional Committee, posing a prime opportunity for Republicans to expand their razor thin margin over Democrats in the House.
Five months after Republicans won a government trifecta in 2024, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee both released lists of at-risk Democrat seats. The lists are extremely similar, showing a growing consensus between parties that many Democrats might be in hot water in 2026.
The lists identify nine freshman lawmakers and 13 representing districts that President Donald Trump carried in the November election.
California hosts the most vulnerable Democrats, with Reps. Josh Harder, Adam Gray, George Whitesides, Derek Tran and Dave Min all viewed to be in danger of losing their seats, according to both the Republican and Democrat campaign committees. Gray, Whitesides and Tran all unseated GOP incumbents in November.
New York also has freshman Democrat lawmakers who flipped Republican seats in 2024, including Reps. Tom Suozzi—who won his seat in a Trump district—Laura Gillen and Josh Riley, who are all predicted to be at risk of losing their positions, the lists say.
In Nevada, where Democrats spent more than 100 times as much as Republicans in ad space, Democrat Reps. Dina Titus, Steven Horsford and Susie Lee, who won in a Trump district, were also included on the Republican and Democrat campaign committees list. Trump notably won the swing state 50.6% to former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 47.5%.
States with large hispanic populations are also epicenters for shaky Democrat-held seats due to Republican gains with Latino voters, according to the National Republican Congressional Committee. Democrat Reps. Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico, Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas as well as Nellie Pou of New Jersey are all a part of the GOP’s expanding offensive map for 2026. Each of the representatives won their seats in red Trump districts.
“House Republicans are in the majority and on offense,” said National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson in the committee’s press release. “Meanwhile, vulnerable House Democrats have been hard at work demonstrating they are painfully out of touch with hardworking Americans. Republicans are taking the fight straight to these House Democrats in their districts, and we will unseat them next fall.”
A recent poll by the Democrat group Navigator Research shows an alarming stance Independent voters have taken against Democrats, with just 27% believing Democrat leaders are focused on helping Americans, and only 37% believing party leaders have the right priorities. A majority of 56% think that Democrats are not looking out for working people, according to the poll.
The poll also found that 69% of Independent voters view the Democratic Party as “too focused on being politically correct,” while 51% of voters generally considered the party to be “elitist.”
Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee, addressed these sentiments in a memo dated Feb. 18, in which he shared that Americans are increasingly perceiving the Democratic Party as “the party of elites.”
“For the first time in modern history, Americans now see the Republicans as the party of the working class and Democrats as the party of the elites,” Martin said in his memo. “I fundamentally believe that our party is grounded in the values, principles, and aspirations of the working class. As Chair of the DNC, that belief will guide my decisions and approach in the years ahead.”
Despite polling that suggests voters view the Democratic Party as of out-of-touch, Democrat Washington Rep. Suzan DelBene, the leader of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, projected optimism for Democrats in 2026, arguing in a statement that her party should shift its focus to issues such as the cost of living, and straying from the “hyper partisan rhetoric.”
“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,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesperson Viet Shelton told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “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.”
Democrats have recently struggled to establish a clear party leader as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both representing New York, were at odds over how to respond to the GOP-backed government funding bill. As multiple Democrat politicians ponder whether to run for president in 2028, Democrats appear to be staring down multiple vulnerable seats in the House, with no leader to push the party forward into midterms.
The National Republican Congressional Committee did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
Reprinted with permission from The Daily Signal by Andi Shae Napier.
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Start praying now that all 26 seats will be filled with godly men or women. It’s almost humorous to read that the democratic congressional campaign leader says, to avoid the hyper partisan rhetoric, then the spokesperson later states, “ that the truth is House representatives are running scared- refusing to hold town meetings because they don’t want to be 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”, none of this is true of course. No hyper- rhetoric there, I suppose?
I have been saying since the election in November that if there is but one thing Mr. Trump MUST accomplish during his term, it is to plan and establish a permanent, foolproof system to ensure election integrity. The Democrats have been ramping up and creating new methods of cheating that result in ever-increasing numbers of stolen elections. We all know the 2020 presidential election was stolen using massive fraud, and anyone who thinks Mr. Trump won the popular vote last November by only 2-3 million votes is delusional. Also last November, the Democrats stole at least four Senate seats and at least 20 House seats. End the cheating and the Republicans will have nothing to worry about for decades.
Decent hardworking Americans are being fleexed and saying nothing about it. When and Who will start a truthful newsletter with evidence to prove guilt for elected politicians who lie, take under the table money (lots and lots of opportunity).
Good time to take back America and end this facade.
Term limits is the answer. Retirement age is dictitated with other careers so why is congress any different. We sure wouldn’t be letting them pilot a 747!
The More Graft and Corruption DOGE digs up.
The Stronger The Republican Party becomes.
GO TRUMP GO!
MAGA! ALL THE WAY!
PROSPERTY!
LIBERTY!
They would all retire, if they were wise. Sadly, they’re anything but.
I know 26 seats whom suddenly will become “born again” moderates who embrace MAGA talking points without actually positively invoking Trumps name. Anything to get elected…
republicans must push the real facts about the unamerican policies of the incumbent demborats, they are all for keeping these illegal criminals in the us as shown by their biased crooked judges. trump and ice should start housing them in these demborat appointed judges neighborhoods and see how safe they feel ! looks like the chief justice is being a real pain now. harp on their continuing lies about soc security, medicare, and medicaid are angering the public with their lies. they are so blind to the real causes of sleepy joes complete ineptness in protecting americans that he swore to protect and defend. STICK IT TO THEM>
I surely pray that Republicans will have an enduring sweep of all the Democratic seats! The Democrats need to take time OFF to reflect on the terrible atrocities they have put in place and/or voted for these past years.
All of America should see what it has cost to be socially involved in schemes to undermine the Constitution of the United States and to elect and re-elect people with no American Spirit or Heart, who could care less about the people in our country! Look at how much money was spent trying to do the most evil and unjust things to candidates running against them and people who tried to fight them. The Democratic National Communist Party candidates should also move OUT OF THE UNITED STATES and go somewhere that they can continue their reign of theft, lies, laws that force people to comply, etc. There is no longer any room for these “mask wearing”, so-called party of the middle-class workers. That has long been gone and hopefully now it will stay GONE.
All of America had to feel abused for the past twenty years under Democratic Communist Rule and no one showed the hatred that is being shown to this President, even when the last President? wasn’t even capable of the office. He needed a puppeteer and nursemaid to get through four miserably long years. As an American I also pray that he will be charged with TREASON for his actions and his PLOTTING AGAINST CITIZENS. He spent enough years in politics to know how to really line his own pockets and laugh all the way to the bank. Let’s see if he will be laughing all the way to the Federal Jail.
Democrats will do anything to get elected. Don’t fall for their b~~~~~~t . They’ll about face on day one if they’re elected. Look what’s happening now . . . They’re sticking to all the same topics that got them kicked out of office. Voter ID should be a law in this country and if it were, they’d never win another election. DOGE has to keep up the great work. God bless America.
Term limits
We as Voters could control term limits if we would get big money out of the Campaign. There are plenty of good candidates out there that just can’t compete due to big money. We need more America first elected officials.
Frankie Stockes walked the halls of Congress and asked one question and you would be surprised with the reactions he got. The question was America first or Israel? Andy Biggs (R-AZ) was the only one that said America first. We need to get FORIEGN interest out of our Government. Until we do nothing will change. Rep Massie stated that all of congress has an AIPAC handler so who are we being governed by?