Democrats Pull Plug on a Dozen House Races

"Democratic strategists acknowledged they are abandoning a dozen House seats the party now holds, as they try to salvage their majority in the chamber by shoring up candidates with better chances," the Wall Street Journal reports.

"The retrenching now under way happens in every election and is typically painful for the party running behind. Democrats are loath to admit that they are cutting off any of their candidates, but two Democrats familiar with the election strategy said that about a dozen seats now held by the party are lost. Ad-tracking data show that none of these districts is slated to receive party-funded TV ads."

CHAD MCGOWAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHARLES DJOU CHARLES GRASSLEY