New York, California at heart of GOP plan to keep House

Deep-blue New York and California may hold the keys for Republicans to keep their tenuous five-seat majority in the House of Representatives -- but the party faces an uphill battle navigating seemingly hostile terrain in 2024. Many of the seats Republicans are looking to defend are either in districts President Joe Biden carried in his 2020 campaign or in the kind of suburban districts where the GOP brand has taken a hit in the Trump era. Smelling blood in the water, House Democrats' campaign arm this month released a target list of 33 Republican-held or open seats, 14 of which were in either New York or California -- leaving Republicans strategizing over how to replicate past upsets there. "Because there are so many seats that are on paper competitive, whoever wins the majority of those seats is gonna probably have control," said California GOP strategist Sal Russo. The five New York Republicans on Democrats' target list include Reps. Nick LaLota, George Santos, Anthony...