Last night’s results from the special election in the 12th Congressional District of Ohio reaffirm what we have already seen in elections across the country: support for health care repeal is an albatross at the ballot box.
Every Republican who voted for health care repeal should be worried this morning. Republicans running for re-election in competitive districts have one thing in common: they overwhelmingly voted to take away Americans’ health care — and they’ll have to answer for this on the campaign trail. Of the Republican incumbents whose races are considered “toss up” or “lean Republican” from the Cook Political Report, all but three who were there on the day of the vote voted for the House health repeal bill:
Toss Up
CA-10 Rep. Denham voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
CA-25 Rep. Knight voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
CA-48 Rep. Rohrabacher voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
FL-26 Rep. Curbelo voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
IA-01 Rep. Blum voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
IA-03 Rep. Young voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
IL-06 Rep. Roskam voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
IL-12 Rep. Bost voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
KY-06 Rep. Barr voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
ME-02 Rep. Poliquin voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
MI-08 Rep. Bishop voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
MN-02 Rep. Lewis voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
MN-03 Rep. Paulsen voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
NY-19 Rep. Faso voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
NY-22 Rep. Tenney voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
TX-07 Rep. Culberson voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
TX-32 Rep. Sessions voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
VA-07 Rep. Brat voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
Lean Republican
AR-02 Rep. Hill voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
CA-45 Rep. Walters voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
FL-16 Rep. Buchanan voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
FL-18 Rep. Mast voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
IL-13 Rep. Davis voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
IL-14 Rep. Hultgren voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
KS-03 Rep. Yoder voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
NC-13 Rep. Budd voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
NE-02 Rep. Bacon voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
NJ-03 Rep. MacArthur voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
OH-01 Rep. Chabot voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
PA-16 Rep. Kelly voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
UT-04 Rep. Love voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
VA-02 Rep. Taylor voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.
WA-05 Rep. McMorris Rodgers voted for the House Republican health repeal bill.