Ally Mutnick

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[Ally Mutnick @allymutnick]

INSIDE the room at tonight’s event for new Dem members:

DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene shouted out Raymond Smith (D), who beat Rep Greg Murphy (R) in a race called today

Smith will “forever be known as Mr. 260”

Dems think #NC03 will get them to 260 seats once all races are called

[Samantha Handler @sn_handler]

DeLauro says Congress will need a short-term CR to avoid a shutdown on Dec. 11

Emphasizes her goal is still to get full year bills done by the end of the year. Says Collins needs to post the rest of the Senate bills.

“I want to make it as short as possible,” DeLauro said on the CR.

[Laura Weiss @LauraEWeiss16]

NEW: Sen. RAND PAUL says he’ll take over as top R on HELP

This means HSGAC will get a new ranking member

Huge move for health watchers

Here’s Paul’s statement:

[Ally Mutnick @allymutnick]

Rep Greg Murphy concedes in #NC03 (Trump +14)

Dems have now:
>> flipped FIVE seats in NC

>> held Dem Rep Don Davis's seat

>> a narrow lead in #NC05 (Virginia Foxx)

Overall Dems still on track to hit 260 seats in the House next year

[Andrew Desiderio @AndrewDesiderio]

INSIDE THE ROOM: Thune tussled with Ron Johnson at one point ahead of the vote on delaying the leadership elections.

Thune interjected to suggest there wasn’t anything he could have done differently during the campaign — “I defy you all to name something I could have done differently,” Thune said, per sources in the room

Thune also said “tell me what I should have done differently” that would have mitigated the GOP losses

[Ally Mutnick @allymutnick]

New MAJORITY MATH: House Dems have 255 seats, per AP, with 14 races uncalled

Dems lead in 4 more:
#CO04 (Boebert)
#TN04 (DesJarlais)
#MN01 (Finstad)
#NC05 (Foxx)

Dems also feel they can overtake Rep Greg Murphy's 118-vote lead in #NC03

Wins in all 5 get Dems to 260

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

🚨🚨 JIM JORDAN is the next House minority leader

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

Rep. LAUREN BOEBERT (R-Colo.) was told that she could not vote in the House Republican leadership elections.

That judgement was overturned. She can now vote in the contests today.

[Ally Mutnick @allymutnick]

Nevada Dem Rep Susie Lee introduced her nephew, Rep.-elect Sam Forstag, the only Democrat in Montana’s two-person House delegation

[Max Cohen @maxpcohen]

Inside Dem Caucus: The deans of each state delegation are introducing all the new members from their states.

They are going alphabetically by state and have a long way to go. Lots and lots of incoming House Dems

[Max Cohen @maxpcohen]

Inside Dem Caucus: The deans of each state delegation are introducing all the new members from their states.

They are going alphabetically by state and have a long way to go. Lots and lots of incoming House Dems

[Marianna Sotomayor @MariannaReports]

“Yes,” Rep. Steven Horsford when @LACaldwellDC asked if he wants to be DCCC chairman at the @PuckNews #PowerBreakfast. He is a very close Jeffries ally and confidant.

“I don’t want it for the title… I think I can offer a lot of perspective,” citing his experience as a frontliner who has won reelection by winning a broad coalition of voters.

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

HAKEEM JEFFRIES: "Stephen Miller is a stone-cold racist ... I've got zero interest in working with that kind of individual."

[Ally Mutnick @allymutnick]

JEFFRIES repeatedly dodged questions about progressive Dems who had not committed to vote for him + whether he was willing to make any concessions

“We’re going to work as hard as we can to get to that 218 number — very confident we’ll get there.”

[Max Cohen @maxpcohen]

Jeffries watch: The new group of DSA-aligned House Dems isn't ruling out forcing a recorded vote during the caucus' internal speaker election.

Here's how Melat Kiros replied when we asked if the group would block a unanimous consent request:

[Max Cohen @maxpcohen]

Jeffries watch: The new group of DSA-aligned House Dems isn't ruling out forcing a recorded vote during the caucus' internal speaker election.

Here's how Melat Kiros replied when we asked if the group would block a unanimous consent request:

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

🚨🚨 DAVE MCCORMICK calls for delay in the leadership elections. This is surprising.

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

Womack is in court next week in N.C. on felony charges.

[Max Cohen @maxpcohen]

Want to know more about the massive class of incoming House freshmen? Follow @em_luetkemeyer, who’s on the scene for Punchbowl News at new member orientation

[Ally Mutnick @allymutnick]

SOME STATS on House Dem majority, which is 253 seats + counting

So far Ds have:
>> flipped 43 seats blue

>> ousted 31 GOP incumbents

>> won 51 (!) seats Trump carried in 2024, including 23 he won by double digits

>> leads in 6 uncalled races in SC/CO/FL/TN/MN/NC

Big chart:

[Max Cohen @maxpcohen]

Dems will control every House seat on the U.S.-Mexico border next year

[Max Cohen @maxpcohen]

Blue Dogs entering the chat

@AdamGrayCA, the Blue Dog PAC chair, told me progressives need to respect the centrists in the new Congress

Plus: “If there was a mandate from the American people, it’s this: Washington’s got to stop with the messaging bills and the finger-pointing"