Suburban voters angry with Trump threaten Republicans’ grip on House
Many of the most competitive seats this year are in the tony bedroom communities near Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Philadelphia, New York and Washington.
The balancing act for these GOP incumbents is appealing to moderate voters while trying to avoid alienating the party base.
By Kari Lydersen and Michael Scherer 56 minutes ago
People who say they’re most eager to vote strongly disapprove of Trump in a new poll
GLEN ELLYN, Ill. — Control of the U.S. House will be decided in America’s next political battleground of above-ground pools, bike trails and oversized Tudor and Victorian houses full of working professionals like Karrie Sullivan, a Republican voter who cast her primary ballot last week for a Democrat.
In a suburb outside of Chicago, Sullivan is determined to replace her congressman, six-term Rep. Peter J. Roskam (R), whom she has supported in the past. His sin, she said, was his affiliation with President Trump.
“Just the lack of respect for women, the authoritarianism, it’s too much,” said Sullivan, 47, a digital consultant. “As a professional woman, it’s very difficult for me to reconcile.”
She is not alone. In Illinois’s 6th Congressional District, 62,990 people voted Democratic last week for seven candidates, up from just 8,615 in the 2014 primary. In a district that voted for Mitt Romney in 2012 and Hillary Clinton in 2016, a warning is being sent in letters as big and bold as any that has hung on a Trump building.
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