Democrat’s stock market shenanigans and redistricting give House Republicans hope for Northeast inroads

“This is a warning to every vulnerable Democrat in the Northeast: Their socialist agenda will cost them their jobs in 2022,” said Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer, the chairman of the NRCC. “House Republicans are on offense throughout the country and will ensure voters have a clear understanding of Democrats’ damaging socialist policies.”

Republicans need to win a net of five seats in 2022 in order to win back the House majority.

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Below are the Democrats being hit with attack ads:

1. Tom Malinowski, former Obama administration diplomat

District: New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, the northern part of the state west of Newark

First elected: 2018

2020 win margin: 1.2%

Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index: R+3

Line of attack: In both digital ads and billboard ads, the NRCC hits Malinowski for “profiting off the pandemic by making millions of dollars’ worth of shady stock trades.”

Over the course of a year, the New Jersey congressman traded as much as $1 million in medical and tech company stocks involved with the coronavirus pandemic response, according to an Associated Press analysis. They were part as much as $3.2 million in trades that were not properly disclosed, prompting two complaints against him in the Office of Congressional Ethics.

2. Jared Golden, a Marine veteran who previously worked for Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins

District: Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, rural northern bulk of the state

First elected: 2018

2020 win margin: 6.1%

Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index: R+2

Line of attack: Golen, the NRCC argues, is “putting special interests before Maine’s lobster industry.”

“Golden is supported by the same radical environmentalists who back building wind turbines that threaten Maine’s lobster industry,” the digital ad says.

In April, 400 lobstermen gathered to protest the building of the first “floating wind farm” off the coast of Maine, arguing that building of the structures uses up significant energy and resources and would disrupt and destroy marine wildlife, including lobsters.

3. Chris Pappas, former New Hampshire Executive Council member

District: New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District, eastern part of state, including Manchester

First elected: 2018

2020 win margin: 5.1%

Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index: R+2

Line of attack: The NRCC connecting is Pappas with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “efforts to raise taxes.”

“Chris Pappas + Nancy Pelosi = higher taxes,” a billboard reads.

Moreover, New Hampshire Republicans, in full control of state government, are trying to redraw Pappas’s district to make it more favorable to GOP challengers. New Hampshire has two House districts that have had similar boundaries since the 1880s.

4. Matt Cartwright, attorney

District: Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, northeastern Scranton-area corner

First elected: 2012

2020 win margin: 3.6%

Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index: R+1

Line of attack: The NRCC calls on voters to hold Cartwright “accountable for the rising gas prices hurting Northeastern Pennsylvania families.”

“Even though the price of gas is now over $3 a gallon, Matt Cartwright thinks we should pay more,” a radio ad says. “He supported the bill to increase the gas tax by as much as 15 cents a gallon. This means gas could be almost a dollar more per gallon than it was last year.”

Cartwright has co-sponsored a bill that would increase the federal gas tax.

5. Jahana Hayes, former teacher

District: Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District, northwestern corner of state

First elected: 2018

2020 win margin: 11.6%

Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index: D+2

Line of attack: A digital ad charges that Hayes and Pelosi “want to pass the largest tax hike since 1942.”