Inside the Democratic campaign strategy to reclaim control of the House
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🗓️ 30 July 2024
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The dramatic changes in the presidential race could have implications for control of the House and Senate. |
| 0:07.0 | Both chambers are up for grabs with Democrats hopeful about flipping the House. |
| 0:11.0 | Our Lisa Desjardin has more with the lawmaker overseeing that effort. |
| 0:16.9 | Susan Del Benet represents a long stretch of Western Washington State in Congress and two years |
| 0:21.7 | ago became the chairwoman of the Democratic |
| 0:24.0 | Congressional Campaign Committee. That's D triple C for short. Her job is to |
| 0:28.1 | oversee Democrats push to keep and gain seats in the House. And she joins me now. |
| 0:33.2 | Thank you for joining us. |
| 0:34.6 | Now, your colleagues, I've been speaking to them, |
| 0:36.8 | as of many reporters or the last few weeks, |
| 0:38.8 | they were very nervous about Biden |
| 0:40.3 | when he was the nominee. |
| 0:41.5 | Many House Democrats felt like he was going to |
| 0:43.7 | hurt them down ballot. Now with Harris as the presumptive nominee, has anything |
| 0:49.2 | changed? What should she do for those down ballot races that you care about so much? |
| 0:53.4 | Well first we have incredible candidates running across the country who are unique |
| 0:58.9 | voices for their districts so they've been running strong but there is definitely heightened energy and |
| 1:05.1 | enthusiasm all across the country. |
| 1:08.2 | Folks are excited and this election is a huge contrast. |
| 1:12.6 | It's about folks who are standing up for our rights, |
| 1:15.4 | our freedom, our democracy, and our future, |
| 1:17.6 | and our Democratic candidates out there, |
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