'We are bullish': House GOP takes aim at these 26 Dem seats in midterms

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) on Monday released its initial target list for the 2026 midterms, which included 26 Democrats from coast to coast.

While the party in power, which clearly is the Republicans, traditionally faces serious political headwinds in the midterm elections, the NRCC chair is optimistic.

Hudson characterized the upcoming midterms as an "opportunity election for House Republicans."

And Hudson, who is steering the House GOP's campaign arm for a second straight cycle, added, "We are bullish. Republicans are on offense thanks to Donald Trump."

The Democrats on the NRCC's target list include Reps. Josh Harder (9th District), Adam Gray (13th), George Whitesides (27th), Derek Tran (45th), and Dave Min (47th) of California; Darren Soto (9th) and Jared Moskowitz (23rd) of Florida; Frank Mrvan (1st) of Indiana, Jared Golden (2nd) of Maine; Kristen McDonald Rivet (8th) of Michigan; Don Davis (1st) of North Carolina; Chris Pappas (1st) of New Hampshire; Nellie Pou (9th) of New Jersey; and Gabe Vasquez (2nd) of New Mexico.

Also on the list are Dina Titus (1st), Susie Lee (3rd) and Steven Horsford (4th) of Nevada; Tom Suozzi (3rd), Laura Gillen (4th) and Josh Riley (9th) of New York; Marcy Kaptur (9th) and Emilia Sykes (13th) of Ohio; Henry Cuellar (28th) and Vicente Gonzalez (34th) of Texas; Eugene Vindman (7th) of Virginia; and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (3rd) of New Mexico.

Reps. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut, John Mannion of New York and Janelle Bynum of Oregon all made the DCCC list, but were not included on the NRCC list.

Meanwhile, Moskowitz, Pappas and Soto weren't listed as Frontliners, but were included on the NRCC list. 

The DCCC, responding, pointed to their performance in last November's elections when the Democrats took a small bite out of the GOP's House majority.

"House Democrats overperformed across the country in 2024, powered by our battle-tested candidates who won despite the NRCC's false bravado and these Frontliners will win again in the midterms," DCCC spokesperson Viet Shelton told Fox News Digital. "The truth is House Republicans are running scared and refusing to hold town halls because they don't want to get yelled at for their failure to lower prices, bungling the economy, and cutting Medicaid in order to pay for tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk."