New labor-backed PAC pledges $50M in battleground House races

Source: Politico

07/16/2025 05:55 AM EDT


A new labor-backed coalition is pledging $50 million to help Democrats take back the House in next year’s midterm elections. Battleground Alliance PAC, which shared its plans first with POLITICO, said it is building a registration and turnout operation in 37 Republican-held districts across the country.

Though Democrats only need to flip three seats in the House to win control of the chamber, provided they hold all their seats, the group said it is looking to expand the party’s footprint and position Democrats to ride a potential wave election.

“Having the ability for us to run a powerful field campaign that can work the margins and help Democrats win a couple thousand extra votes in places is super important,” said Andrew Grossman, senior adviser of Battleground Alliance PAC.

The group’s leaders said they are modeling their effort after Battleground New York, a similar framework focused on the Empire State, where some of them worked in the 2024 midterms. In one of the rare bright spots for Democrats last year, the party flipped a handful of House seats in New York after facing devastating losses during the previous cycle.

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