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Democrats Widen Battlefield District Targets on Pro-Trump Turf - Balance of Power
Feb 10, 2026 Latest Videos from Bloomberg Radio
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, Democrat from Washington and Chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee joins Balance of Power to discuss how the House Democrats are targeting five more districts that favored President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, underscoring their confidence they can expand the pool of competitive districts in the November election. The White House defended President Donald Trump’s decision to exclude two Democrats from a traditionally bipartisan dinner held for the nation’s governors later this month.
Wes Moore and Jared Polis, the governors of Maryland and Colorado, said they were disinvited from a White House dinner, part of the winter meeting of the National Governors Association, a nonpartisan group comprised of all 50 governors who are set to gather from Feb. 19 to 21 in Washington.
“It’s the people’s house. It’s also the president’s home, and so he can invite whomever he wants to dinners and events here at the White House,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday during a briefing. “He welcomes all those who received an invitation to come, and if they don’t want to, that’s their loss.
The annual gathering of governors has served as a rare bipartisan get-together in the nation’s capital, but Trump’s choice to exclude Democrats from certain events has thrown the conference into chaos.
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, Democrat from Washington and Chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee joins Balance of Power to discuss how the House Democrats are targeting five more districts that favored President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, underscoring their confidence they can expand the pool of competitive districts in the November election. The White House defended President Donald Trump’s decision to exclude two Democrats from a traditionally bipartisan dinner held for the nation’s governors later this month.
Wes Moore and Jared Polis, the governors of Maryland and Colorado, said they were disinvited from a White House dinner, part of the winter meeting of the National Governors Association, a nonpartisan group comprised of all 50 governors who are set to gather from Feb. 19 to 21 in Washington.
“It’s the people’s house. It’s also the president’s home, and so he can invite whomever he wants to dinners and events here at the White House,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday during a briefing. “He welcomes all those who received an invitation to come, and if they don’t want to, that’s their loss.
The annual gathering of governors has served as a rare bipartisan get-together in the nation’s capital, but Trump’s choice to exclude Democrats from certain events has thrown the conference into chaos.
