This Week in Politics: New Jersey's Campaign to Flip House

WNYC News | Feb 10, 2018

Will Democrats who are angry with President Trump and Republican control in Washington be able to take back the majority in Congress in the midterm elections in November? Signs of a potential blue wave are already being seen - and nowhere more than in New Jersey.

A flood of Democratic candidates have entered races in congressional districts that, for years, were viewed as shoe-ins for Republicans. November is a long way off. But right now, Democratic candidates in the Garden State are out-fundraising Republican incumbents in advance of the primaries in June.

Max Pizarro, the Founding Editor of Insider NJ, has been tracking the campaigns at the local level. Speaking with host David Furst, Max says with Donald Trump's approval rating running so low in New Jersey, there are "a ton of Democratic candidates running for vulnerable Republican-held seats."

 

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