How to Hold the House
Now is the time to help candidates throughout the nation so that Democrats can maintain their House majority. "At-Risk" means that a district may be “Leaning” toward an opposition party, i.e. “Leaning Democratic”, or “Leaning Republican”.
What can you do?
Look through the House list. Determine which candidates and/or locations interest you most then visit their websites to learn more about each one.
Each candidate site will suggest methods to volunteer depending on their individual need and the nature of their district and electoral challenge. Every campaign hopes you will make a donation. You can decide on your preferred allocation of labor, money, or other resources.
Click through for a PDF of this chart with active links to websites listed.
The information included has been collated from three national organizations Force Multiplier, Roll Call, and the Cook Political Report.
Sources
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (www.dccc.org) has been hard at work recruiting, training, and supporting candidates to Protect and Expand Our Democratic Majority. See their Frontline 2020 class, special list of Red To Blue candidates, and Action Center (www.dccc.org/action-center/) that provides “I WANT TO HELP” volunteer options.
Force Multiplier (FM) (www.forcemultiplier.org) is a volunteer national grassroots fundraising group laying the groundwork for Democratic candidates in key races for the House. Funds submitted to Force Multiplier are distributed directly to the candidates. FM is currently supporting grassroots groups doing voter registration, education and mobilization in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Florida and Arizona.
Roll Call (www.rollcall.com/election-guide-2020) provides non-partisan national information, detailed data, ratings, and news for elections in the House, Senate and Presidential races. Also see Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Roll Call and non-partisan newsletter Inside Elections (www.insideelections.com) .
Cook Political Report is a 33 year old independent, non-partisan newsletter that publishes analysis and ratings for elections and campaigns for the House, Senate, Governors and President. Cook is the source of the competitive race analysis of Democratic and Republican Toss Up House races.
Other sites of interest
Sobato’s Crystal Ball, UVA Center for Politics. Includes other rankings that may be considered in future updates. http://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2020-rating-changes/
The Green Papers. Provide details of races for every state listing all current candidates with their financial status as reported to the FEC. https://www.thegreenpapers.com/G20/.
Emily’s List. Provides a list of female candidates for House and Senate they recommend who may or may not be in At-Risk districts. Links are provided to each candidate’s information and donation site. https://www.emilyslist.org/
