Dems Work To Stem Retirements
By Reid Wilson and Erin McPike
Stung by a string of departures, House Dem leaders are racing to head off further retirement announcements.
At least 2 members who have been targets of an orchestrated GOP effort to goad them into retiring have told DCCC chair Chris Van Hollen they will run again over the past day. Spokespeople for Reps. Ike Skelton (D-MO) and Tim Holden (D-PA) say the incumbents will seek another term.
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), another incumbent the NRCC has been pressuring to step aside, refused to confirm whether he will run again. He would only say when he makes a decision, "no one is going to be surprised."
Sources in the VA delegation expect Boucher to make another run. McCain won his southwestern VA district with 59% of the vote and Boucher has been a top NRCC target for months.
Meanwhile, other potentially vulnerable incumbents have also assured the DCCC they are staying put. Reps. Ben Chandler (D-KY), Jim Matheson (D-UT) and Chet Edwards (D-TX) all told Dem leaders they would seek additional terms. A spokesperson for Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-TN) later said he will run for re-election as well.
Those seats would have been hard to hold had Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) won Chandler's district with 55%, took Matheson's with 58%, Davis' with 64% and Edwards' with a whopping 67% of the vote.
All 7 members have been subjects of retirement rumors in recent weeks.
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