A rush of Republican retirements has positioned Democrats to pick up 20 or more seats in the House and transform what might otherwise be a march to modest gains on Election Day into a wave to a lopsided majority. Across the country, GOP departures — many in districts the party has controlled for decades — have made an extraordinarily grim election year even tougher for Republicans.
If Democrats can capture a substantial number of the GOP’s 29 so-called open seats, they will have a stronger hand in the new Congress at moving an agenda that includes raising taxes on the wealthy and cutting them for the middle class, steering more federal benefits to low-income families and expanding health care coverage.
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