Rep. Suzan DelBene will continue as DCCC chair for 2026

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Source: Roll Call

Posted December 6, 2024 at 10:52am

Washington Rep. Suzan DelBene will chair House Democrats’ campaign arm for another two years, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced Friday. “As we build upon the foundation that we laid and continue our work to take back the House majority in 2026, there is no person better to lead our efforts than Congresswoman Suzan DelBene,” Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in a statement.

Jeffries tapped DelBene to lead the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee two years ago after a rule change that allowed the party leader to pick the campaign chief, who would be confirmed by the caucus, rather than have the full caucus elect someone to the role. DelBene’s appointment means that both parties are retaining their House campaign chiefs for the 2026 campaign cycle.

Republican lawmakers voted last month for North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson to lead their campaign arm, the National Republican Congressional Committee, for another two years. “Under Chairwoman DelBene’s bold leadership, House Democrats will protect our battleground incumbents, flip additional seats this cycle and hold the razor-thin Republican majority accountable for any far-right overreach that hurts working class Americans,” Jeffries said.

Despite falling short of winning back the majority, House Democrats cut into Republicans’ already narrow majority with a net gain of one seat. It represented a rare bright spot for Democrats, who decisively lost the Senate and the Electoral College in the presidential race.

Read more: https://rollcall.com/2024/12/06/rep-suzan-delbene-will-continue-as-dccc-chair-for-2026/

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1. I don't know

If we should be taking a victory lap here. Republicans in this current House were completely batshit crazy and achieved almost nothing yet we still could not get control when we clearly thought we would. This was one of the more concerning results from that night if I'm being honest. Given the level of complete incompetence and making their primary focus being TSF's revenge tour, taking control of the House should have been low hanging fruit.
I would have gone a new direction but clearly Democratic leadership thinks if we keep doing the same thing we will win and I'm not in control of anything so it's not up to me.
Guess we roll with what we got then.