Gary Peters talks about Democrats’ tough Senate races, West Virginia, Kyrsten Sinema and more.
DSCC Chair Gary Peters spoke to POLITICO about how he’s planning to maintain Democrats’ slim majority in the upper chamber next year. | Jemal Countess/Getty Images for JDRFSen. Gary Peters, the chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, pulled off a major upset by helping to reelect every Democratic incumbent in 2022. But 2024 might be even more challenging.
A year out from Election Day, Peters is relying heavily on a “robust” ground campaign in battleground states. But even with a challenging defensive map, he says Democrats can play in reach states, including Texas and Florida. Peters is the only campaign committee chair currently serving a second cycle in a row — even if he was— and pointed to the benefit of the DSCC’s leadership team being similar to last year.
We’ve seen that elections are becoming more and more nationalized. How do you think that these Democratic Senate candidates should approach messaging — should they be emphasizing those local issues or leaning into these national themes? I think every one of our Senate candidates is going into the race knowing that they have to win or lose based on their individual record. … That’s really what we saw last cycle — we had our candidates running on their strengths and contrasting their strengths to the significant weaknesses and faults of their Republican opponents.
I think we all are hoping that Joe Manchin decides to run for reelection. I hope that he does. But there’s no question West Virginia is an incredibly difficult state for a Democrat to win statewide. But there’s no question if Joe Manchin decides to run, he can and will win. But it’ll be up to him as to whether or not he decides to run. Certainly, I’m doing everything I can to encourage him to do that.
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