The Point: A wave election now looks a lot less likely for Republicans
View this email in your browser September 30, 2022 | by Chris Cillizza and Shania Shelton A wave election now looks a lot less likely for Republicans House handicappers are now predicting more modest gains for Republicans as the party looks to ensure that it winds up in the majority rather than trying to expand the playing field to claim a slew of seats in November. "Republican groups are increasingly hyper-focusing their resources on the several dozen races that hold the most promise to get them to a bare majority of 218, rather than the next 20 to 30 races that would get them to the larger 'governing majority' Kevin McCarthy has hoped for," wrote David Wasserman , the House editor at the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, on Friday. Wasserman put the ceiling on Republican gains at 20 seats. That prediction comes just days after Inside Elections , another non-partisan tip sheet, ratcheted...
