A top Democratic leader on Thursday boldly predicted his party would capture the House in the midterm elections.

Rep. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, declined to hedge or qualify the forecast when asked during a news conference to peg Democrats’ chances of flipping the minimum 23 Republican-held seats required to seize the House majority for the first time in a decade.

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