House Dems seek to hold suburbs as Trump`s slide worries GOP
(WorldNews Politics)

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a suburban Houston congressional district that backed President Donald Trump in 2016, a twice-elected Republican sheriff is battling a Democrat who`s the son of an immigrant from India. To Democrats, that smells like an opportunity. Things are flipped in central New York, where freshman Democratic Rep. Anthony Brindisi faces the Republican he ousted two years ago from a district near Syracuse that includes smaller cities like Binghamton and Utica. Trump won there easily, and Republicans say his place atop the ticket will help propel Claudia Tenney back to Congress. The tale of two districts 1,600 miles apart spotlights that many pivotal House races hinge on suburban...