Sagging poll ratings, soaring gas prices put GOP in a fix for keeping US House control

By: Jonathan Shorman, Jacob Fischler

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: May 21, 2026

Words: 1,561

Last Updated: 12 hours, 4 minutes ago

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KANSAS CITY, Missouri — When Vice President JD Vance pitched voters on electing Republicans to Congress this November during a trip to a Kansas City manufacturing plant on Monday, he delivered the message while standing in a newly gerrymandered U.S. House district.

"If you want congressional leadership that fights to lower your taxes, that fights to put more money in your pockets and fights to protect your jobs, the only game in town is Donald J. …

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