Huge problem for Republicans: A record-setting 42 open House seats

Republicans are defending a record number of open or vacant seats in the House of Representatives this November, and that challenge could be what costs them their majority.

Writing in Axios on Friday, David Wasserman of the Cook Political Report noted the 42 open or vacant Republican seats on the ballot this fall marks the most “since at least 1930.” Of those seats, Wasserman further pointed out that “eight are in districts that voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, and an additional 13 are in districts where President Trump received less than 55 percent.”