Chris Pack Discusses Importance of Taking a Pragmatic Approach to House Primaries

For the first time in modern history, the majority in the 435-member House is smaller than that of the 100-seat Senate. The razor-thin House margin includes only three GOP incumbents representing districts won by Kamala Harris—one of whom has already announced their retirement.

With that context in mind, AxAdvocacy Principal of Communications Chris Pack recently spoke to the Washington Examiner’s Samantha-Jo Roth about the dangers of targeting majority-making Republicans in swing seats for not voting with the party 100 percent of the time.

From the story:

Chris Pack, a longtime GOP strategist and former NRCC official, said Trump-aligned influencers are short-sighted when they target lawmakers in swing districts.

“When you have a Republican in a seat won by a Democrat like Kamala Harris, realizing that elected officials need to be more bipartisan in their vote should be common sense,” he explained. “But it’s not, because it’s all about getting clicks and likes and retweets for these influencers.”

Chris also explained that many operatives view the primary election as the endgame—when in fact, it’s only halfway through:

As the GOP charts its path forward, Pack urges the party to focus on winning general elections rather than settling scores in primaries.

“Stop thinking the game ends at halftime. The game ends on Election Day in November,” he said. “You can either get a participation trophy or a vote to hold the gavel.”

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