- In the final two weeks before the midterms, the Democrat Party has been scrambling surrogates to once-safe blue districts in an effort to hold seats that were once considered untouchable.
- Democrats also have been pumping millions of dollars in advertising into districts that had, until recently, been considered safe seats.
- Democrats have been relying on abortion, but that issue is falling flat.
- One Democrat strategist said there is a “blue-state depression” for House races in states such as New York, Oregon and California, where races are “closer than normal.”
