As House Republicans seek to defend their slim majority in 2024, party leaders are seeking to hammer Democrats on the very weakness that plagued the GOP last year: Candidate quality issues.
Despite initial projections that the Republican Party would take control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections, the GOP ultimately walked away with only a narrow majority in the House and a loss of their tie in the Senate. The party has since reflected on what led to their lackluster performance, hoping to flip the table on Democrats and expand their power in Congress next year.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell later blamed Trump for those losses, noting his endorsements posed “candidate quality” issues that led to the GOP’s struggles. Senate Republicans have gotten an early start by endorsing favored candidates in key GOP primaries, a reversal from last year when party leaders chose not to intervene. National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Steve Daines has already backed a number of candidates in high-profile Senate races, hoping to avoid nominating a fringe candidate who is likely to lose in the general election.
"I think you may see us get involved earlier in terms of helping people build better campaigns,” Hudson told Fox News earlier this year. “If we’ve got an open seat and there are a number of candidates that we think have a good chance of winning in the general election and reach out to us and want to work with us, then we’re going to work with them and make sure they build strong campaigns even in the primaries.
For example, the CLF is zeroing in on Sue Altman, who is running against Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. in New Jersey, a race that has been deemed a tossup by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. Altman launched her bid shortly after former Rep. Tom Malinowski, who lost to Kean Jr. in 2022, said he would not seek a rematch.
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