It's a Numbers Game: The Numbers Behind the GOP’s 2026 Midterm Comeback Strategy

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🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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On this episode of It’s a Numbers Game, Ryan Girdusky breaks down the real numbers behind Republicans’ fight to hold the House in 2026 — and why the GOP’s chances may be stronger than the media narrative suggests.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:05.5	Welcome back to It's a Numbers game with Ryan Gurdowski.
0:08.8	I want to start by saying two things.
0:10.4	One, give a moment of a moment to honor the great memory of Spirit Airline and the thousands of Instagram reels that filled my,
0:23.0	my page of people throwing luggage out the window or, you know, getting to fistfights.
0:28.5	They were really great entertainment.
0:30.4	Also, I've talked a lot of this podcast of personal victories.
0:34.2	I made a meal the other day that was phenomenal.
0:39.5	I'm going to talk about it during the Ask Me Anything Segment
0:41.6	because I know most people are for politics and not for any of my big bag of BS,
0:46.9	but this was phenomenal and some people do like my Italian recipes, my Italian food.
0:52.0	I'm going to give you guys that at the end of the episode.
0:54.0	Okay, let's get into the end of the episode.
1:02.3	Okay, let's get into the numbers of how Republicans can win the majority in the House of Representatives in November.
1:03.2	I know.
1:05.7	Everyone's already assumed it's a bygone conclusion.
1:06.9	It's too far-fetch.
1:07.8	We can't win.
1:09.2	It's going to be a 2018 blowout.
1:11.3	I've been breaking down the numbers,
1:16.1	and they're not as bad as people think there are. There are a lot of ifs. There's a lot that could change, and a lot of things do change from now until election day. But it's not as big a reach
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