The congressman who masterminded the GOP's 2010 retaking of the House may lose his seat to his Democratic opponent, Politico reports.
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, represents a district that President Donald Trump narrowly lost in 2016. His constituents are mostly Republicans in the mold of former President George W. Bush.
"I don't think there's any question that from time to time the president's numbers are not where I'd like them to be,” Sessions told Politico, adding that Democrats "are targeting a broad brush of people, and I am in one of those seats that is a suburban seat, and it's a strategy."
Sessions described his Democratic opponent, Colin Allred, a former NFL player who became a lawyer and worked in the Obama Administration, "the most liberal of all candidates in North Texas. He has subscribed to the left, and that is where he is. We have watched him ever since he's been in this race. We have tapes, we have videos. We intend to make sure he earns what he gets."
Allred said in an interview, "I think if you are a George W. Bush Republican, you don't see yourself in this version of the Republican Party led by Donald Trump."
Sessions, formerly the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, has strong ties to leadership and major donors, and has reportedly realized that he needs more help than he thought at the start of his re-election campaign.
He initially told party leaders to focus their fundraising efforts on other races, but in the last quarter Allred outraised him by almost $400,000.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, now Trump's attorney, offered to help Sessions, and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana is scheduled to host a fundraiser for the congressman in September.
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