Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez said Friday that the party aimed to contest every state in the 2018 mid-term elections rather than focusing energy and resources just in the regions where they have the best prospects.

“We’re on a roll. If we carry out our strategy in all 50 states next year, we can take back the House. But I don’t have to tell you that it’s going to take a lot more to win in 2018 than it did in 2017. We have to compete across the country, and we’re not going to catch Republicans off guard like we did this year,” Perez said in a fundraising pitch to party members.