Still, Democrats in Congress far outpace Republicans when it comes to minorities. House Democrats have 103 members who are people of color (including Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Native American, Black and Hispanic), while the House GOP has 19. Eight Democratic senators are people of color, while three Republicans are.
And in the current cycle, some of Democrats’ leading contenders and high-level fundraisers are people of color, including Cheri Beasley in North Carolina’s open Senate race, and Rep. Val Demings, who is seeking to oust Sen. Marco Rubio in Florida. Democrats are also running Hispanic candidates across a wide array of districts, including Andrea Salinas, a contender in Oregon’s 6th District.
Potentially vulnerable incumbent Senate Democrats have also posted huge fundraising tabs, including Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of the congregation Martin Luther King Jr. once led who could face Walker in November. Warnock reported holding $17.2 million in the bank as of Sept. 30.
“The only thing Republicans in Congress have proven is that they can’t recruit their way out of being the party of the Big Lie and blocking voting rights, particularly for people of color. That will be on the ballot next November,” Chris Taylor, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in an email.
Hunt says he disagrees with Democrats’ messaging over legislation to set minimum federal standards for state and local jurisdictions’ election procedures, such as requirements for early voting and mail-in ballots, and also reimposing the Justice Department’s ability to vet new state laws that could have a discriminatory effect on voters. Biden, as he tried to build support for Senate passage of the voting rights measure earlier this month, said that new elections and voting laws in GOP-led states amounted to Jim Crow 2.0, which he defined as voter suppression and election subversion. It’s a reference to the segregation, enshrined in law and in practice, of the South before the Civil Rights movement.
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