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Assuming no House seats change party in the coming 2 years, Democrats will go into the 2024 elections with 213 seats. They need to pick up a net of five seats to get a majority in Jan. 2025. Eighteen Republicans are in crossover districts (districts that Joe Biden won in 2020) and only five Democrats are in crossover districts that Donald Trump won. This means the Democrats have a decent chance to take back the House in 2024, especially since Democratic turnout tends to be higher in presidential years.
All this means that it is hugely important who is in charge of the DCCC, the Democrats' House campaign arm. That person will be appointed by incoming Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). Two men, Reps. Ami Bera (D-CA) and Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), are actively lobbying for the job. However, a report from Punchbowl News claims that multiple sources believe that Jeffries will give the job to Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA).
Supposedly, Jeffries felt that since the Democrats' are increasingly becoming the "women's party," it would be wise to have a woman running the effort to take back the House. She would undoubtedly be more attuned to seeking out and encouraging promising women to run for House seats, especially in suburban districts.
DelBene was born in Selma, AL, a city best known for its role in the "Bloody Sunday" civil rights battles. DelBene was 3 years old when that happened. She later got a bachelors' degree in biology at Reed College and an MBA from the University of Washington. She was a Microsoft executive for 10 years and later cofounded drugstore.com. In 2010, she ran for the House and lost. She ran again in 2012 and won. She is now on the powerful Ways and Means Committee, which writes the tax laws.
DelBene is the chair of the New Democrat Caucus, the third largest in the House. She is a moderate, but is generally more sympathetic to the progressive members in the House than the Blue Dogs. She certainly is aware that the previous head of the DCCC, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), lost his own seat this year, but her district, WA-01, which runs from the Canadian border down to the I-90, is D+13, so she is quite safe even if the Republicans target her. (V)