Earlier today, Representatives Mike Doyle and David Price announced that they would not seek reelection.
With the growth of these sectors, each district has become solidly blue. In 2020, Doyle won his election by over 69 percent, and the Cook Partisan Voter Index, which compares district voting patterns to the national average, placed his district at plus-13 Democrat. Similarly, in 2020, Price won his district by over 67 percent, and the index placed it at plus-16 Democrat.
Given these historical voting patterns, Reeher expects the races for each of these seats to offer a clearer glimpse of the future at the primary level. The makeup of Price's district and his penchant for bipartisanship leads Reeher to predict that a traditional Democrat will emerge successful in that race.
U.S. Representative Michael Doyle announced his retirement after 26 years of service. Here, he speaks on Capital Hill on June 14, 2017 in Washington, D.C.U.S. Representative David Price announced his retirement after 32 years of service. Here, he answers questions during a town hall meeting at Broughton High School on March 13, 2017 in Raleigh, North Carolina.Reeher noted North Carolina State Senator Wiley Nickel as a potential favorite for Price's seat.
Should this happen, the seat could elect a candidate that may appeal less to moderates in the general election and could face greater heat as Presidentfaces a declining approval rating whilst supporting a number of the party's more left-leaning agendas, including the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill.
"Party activists may be a little less reluctant to have a [progressive] win the Pittsburgh primary because there's less of a concern of them setting themselves up to lose the seat," Reeher told
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