Some US House races to watch

Democrats were projected to retain their majority in the US House of Representatives in Tuesday’s election. However, Republicans won many of the most closely watched contests. Here are some of them:

Minnesota’s 7th District

Long-time Representative Collin Peterson, one of only two House Democrats who opposed both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in 2019, was defeated by Minnesota’s former lieutenant governor, Republican Michelle Fischbach. The district in rural western Minnesota voted strongly for Trump in 2016.

South Carolina’s 1st District

Representative Joe Cunningham, who stunned Republicans in 2018 when he became the first Democrat to represent the coastal district in nearly four decades, lost to Republican Nancy Mace, the first female graduate of the Citadel military college.

Georgia’s 14th District

Republican small business owner Marjorie Taylor Greene is a political newcomer who promoted

QAnon in a 2017 video but later backtracked, saying it was not part of her campaign. She won a House seat in conservative rural northwest Georgia after her Democratic opponent dropped out. These races remain undecided:

Texas’ 21st District

Republican Representative Chip Roy is being challenged by Wendy Davis, a Democratic former state senator who caught the national spotlight in 2013 by talking for over 11 hours to temporarily stop an anti-abortion bill.

New Mexico’s 2nd District

Freshman Democratic Representative Xochtil Torres-Small has a rematch with Republican Yvette Herrell, who lost to her narrowly in 2018 and is endorsed by the conservative House Freedom Caucus’ political action committee.

Colorado’s 3rd District

Republican Lauren Boebert, a pistol-packing gun rights activist who defied coronavirus restrictions to open her restaurant. She faces Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush, a university professor, in a largely rural district encompassing western Colorado. —