民主党将众议院战场选区扩大至44个
作者：保罗·施泰因豪泽
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月14日 美国东部时间凌晨5:00
众议院共和党全国委员会主席理查德·哈德逊众议员告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“我对在中期选举中保住众议院多数席位的机会很有信心。”
国会民主党人受到鼓舞，正在扩大今年中期选举的战场选区地图，届时共和党将捍卫他们在众议院中微弱的多数优势。
但众议院共和党全国委员会（NRCC）主席理查德·哈德逊众议员并不认同这一说法。
“我一生都在读小说，看到‘虚构’时我能认出来，”哈德逊在接受福克斯新闻独家采访时表示。
共和党目前以218-214控制众议院，有两个倾向右翼的选区和一个倾向左翼的席位目前空缺。民主党需要在中期选举中净增三个席位，才能在四年来首次重新夺回多数席位。
民主党国会竞选委员会（DCCC）本周在科罗拉多州、明尼苏达州、蒙大拿州、南卡罗来纳州和弗吉尼亚州新增了五个进攻性机会，列入他们认为是共和党控制的众议院选区中脆弱的名单。
这使得民主党希望翻转的选区总数达到44个。DCCC指出，他们新增的五个“进攻目标”选区在2024年大选中均被唐纳德·特朗普总统以13个百分点或更少的优势赢得。
“民主党正在发起进攻，我们的地图反映了这样一个事实：普通美国人厌倦了共和党违背的承诺，准备好在国会进行变革，”DCCC主席苏赞·德尔贝内本周早些时候强调。
DCCC发言人维特·谢尔顿告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“在国会补选中民主党表现超出预期17个百分点以上的政治环境中，很明显我们准备重新夺回多数席位。势头和美国人民站在我们这边，而共和党人正在恐慌中竞选。”
当被问及DCCC的这一举措时，哈德逊嗤之以鼻。
“他们必须有一份能向捐赠者展示的名单，”他指着DCCC说。“但这并不现实。我的意思是，如果你看一下地图，争夺的席位很少，而且这些席位中的大多数由民主党人持有，但这些席位都是唐纳德·特朗普赢得或非常接近的……如果你看看今年秋天我们将竞争的席位，它们都有利于共和党人。”
众议院共和党竞选主席补充道：“如果你看一下地图，这是一张共和党地图。我们只需要出去赢得这些竞选。”
DCCC的这一举措发生在民主党人虽然面临党内民调困境但仍充满活力的背景下。民主党人由于专注于持续通胀下的经济可负担性，在2025年选举中取得了决定性胜利，并在特朗普重返白宫一年多以来的一系列定期和特别投票中获胜或表现超出预期。
与此同时，共和党人正面临传统政治逆风，即首都的执政党通常在中期选举中受挫。共和党还面临特朗普持续低迷的支持率问题。
最新的全国民调，包括最新的福克斯新闻民调，显示民主党在所谓的“通用选票”问题上领先共和党几个百分点，该问题询问受访者如果不提供具体候选人姓名，他们会支持民主党还是共和党候选人。
当被问及民调时，哈德逊表示：“我们几乎从未在通用选票中领先。但只要领先幅度在个位数，我们就会做得很好。”
众议院共和党竞选主席补充说，他仍然“非常乐观”。
生活成本担忧帮助特朗普和共和党人在2024年取得了全面胜利，但经济可负担性和整体经济担忧今年可能对他们不利。
虽然最新的美联社/NORC全国民调显示共和党在处理经济方面略占优势，但包括最新福克斯新闻民调在内的多项调查显示，许多美国人认为经济状况比一年前更糟，对经济仍持悲观态度。
但周五最新的政府数据显示，1月份通胀有所缓解。
哈德逊表示，经济仍然是共和党人的制胜议题。
他指出，特朗普去年夏天签署成为法律的共和党全面“美丽法案”中，今年将实施的众多减税措施即将生效。“我们制定了将为美国人民带来繁荣的政策，他们开始感受到这一点。”
“随着税收季节的到来……加班工作的人们、靠小费生活的人们，由于小费免税、加班费免税，他们会发现口袋里的钱更多了，”他补充道。
共和党还面临一个低投票率问题：当特朗普名字不在选票上时，MAGA选民并不总是去投票。
“我们的选民往往是更多的工薪阶层选民，你必须付出额外努力才能让他们去投票，”哈德逊说。“我们知道这是我们的挑战。特朗普总统知道这是挑战，他致力于帮助我们。”
他指出，NRCC的年度筹款晚宴，特朗普今年将再次主持，他说这次晚宴将是今年活动的良好开端。“去年我们和特朗普总统一起筹集了大量资金。我们计划在3月与特朗普总统一起筹集大量资金，然后他将踏上竞选之路，帮助我们动员这些选民并宣传我们的主张。”
当被问及中期选举预测时，哈德逊回避给出具体数字。
“不会给你具体数字，但我们会保住多数席位，”他预测道。“特朗普总统以非常明确的议程当选。我们几乎实现了他的整个国内议程，我们将回到选民面前说，承诺已兑现，所以他们会继续支持众议院多数席位。”
保罗·施泰因豪泽是一名驻摇摆州新罕布什尔州的政治记者，报道从东海岸到西海岸的竞选活动。
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‘Fiction’: House Republican campaign chair dismisses Democrats’ expanding GOP target map
Democrats expand House battleground map to 44 districts
By Paul Steinhauser
Fox News
Published February 14, 2026 5:00am EST
National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Rep. Richard Hudson tells Fox News Digital: “I like our chances’ of holding the House majority in the midterms.
Emboldened congressional Democrats are expanding their battleground map for this year’s midterm elections, when Republicans will be defending their razor-thin majority in the House.
But the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) chairman, Rep. Richard Hudson, isn’t buying it.
“I mean, I’ve read fiction my whole life, and I recognize it when I see it,” Hudson said in an exclusive with Fox News.
Republicans currently control the House 218-214, with two right-tilting districts and one left-leaning seat currently vacant. Democrats need a net gain of just three seats in the midterms to win back the majority for the first time in four years.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) this week added five more offensive opportunities in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, South Carolina and Virginia to their list of what they consider are vulnerable Republican-held House districts.
That brings the total number of districts Democrats are hoping to flip to 44. The DCCC notes that all five of the new districts they’re adding to their list of “offensive targets” were carried by President Donald Trump by 13 points or fewer in the 2024 elections.
“Democrats are on offense, and our map reflects the fact that everyday Americans are tired of Republicans’ broken promises and ready for change in Congress,” DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene emphasized earlier this week.
And DCCC Spokesperson Viet Shelton told Fox News Digital, “In a political environment where Democrats are overperforming by more than 17 points in congressional special elections, it’s pretty clear we’re poised to re-take the majority. Momentum and the American people are on our side while Republicans are running scared.”
Asked about the DCCC’s move, Hudson scoffed.
“They’ve got to have a list they can present to their donors,” he said as he pointed to the DCCC. “But it’s not realistic. I mean, if you look at the map, there are very few seats up for grabs, and the majority of those seats are held by Democrats, but they’re seats that Donald Trump has carried or came very close….if you look at the seats that we’ll be competing for this fall. They’re they’re all favoring Republicans.”
The House GOP campaign chair added, “If you look at the map, it’s a Republican map. We just got to go out and win those races.”
The move by the DCCC comes as Democrats are energized, despite the party’s polling woes. Democrats, thanks to their laser focus on affordability amid persistent inflation, scored decisive victories in the 2025 elections and have won or over performed in a slew of scheduled and special ballot box contests since Trump returned to the White House over a year ago.
Republicans, meanwhile, are facing traditional political headwinds in which the party in power in the nation’s capital normally suffers setbacks in the midterm elections. And the GOP is also dealing with Trump’s continued underwater approval ratings.
The latest national surveys, including the most recent Fox News poll, indicate the Democrats ahead of the Republicans by mid-single digits in the so-called generic ballot question, which asks respondents whether they’d back the Democratic or GOP candidate in their congressional district without offering specific candidate names.
Asked about the polls, Hudson said, “We almost never lead in the generic ballot. But a single digit generic ballot, we do very well.”
And the House GOP campaign chair added he remains “very bullish.”
Cost of living concerns helped boost Trump and Republicans to sweeping victories in 2024, but affordability and overall economic concerns may work against them this year.
While the latest AP/NORC national poll indicated the GOP with a slight advantage over Democrats on handling the economy, a bunch of surveys, including the latest Fox News poll, indicate many Americans feel things are worse off than they were a year ago and remain pessimistic about the economy.
But on Friday the latest government numbers indicated that inflation eased during January.
And Hudson says the economy is still a winning issue for Republicans.
Pointing to the numerous tax cuts kicking in this year in the GOP’s sweeping One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which Trump signed into law last summer, Hudson touted “we put policies in place that are going to bring prosperity to the American people, and they’re starting to feel it.”
“And as we move into tax season…folks who work overtime, folks who work for tips, they’re going to see a lot more money in their pocket thanks to no tax on tips, no tax on overtime,” he added.
The GOP is also dealing with a low propensity issue: MAGA voters who don’t always go to the polls when Trump’s name isn’t on the ballot.
“Our voters tend to be more working-class voters, and you have to put in extra effort to get them to the polls,” Hudson said. “We know that’s our challenge. President Trump knows that’s the challenge, and he’s committed to helping us.”
Pointing to the NRCC’s annual fundraising gala, which Trump will once again headline this year, Hudson said this dinner will be a great kickoff for this year. We raised a whole lot of money with President Trump last year. We plan to raise a lot of money in March with President Trump, and then he’s going to get out on the campaign trail and help us turn out those voters and make that case.”
Asked about midterm election predictions, Hudson shied away from giving any hard numbers.
“Not going to give you a number, but we’re going to hold the majority,” he predicted. “President Trump was elected with a very specific agenda. We delivered almost his entire domestic agenda, and we’re going to go back to the voters and say promises made, promises kept, and they’re going to keep this House majority.”
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.
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