Candidates are turning the tables on Dems for women voters as the party tries to ‘dig’ women
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A new wave of Republican women running in competitive congressional races aims to undo Democrats’ long-held advantage in women voters — and flip key seats that could decide control of the House in November.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, one of these candidates, Laurie Buckhout, a former cattle rancher, US Army veteran and mother, blasted the Democratic Party for trying to “bind” women voters.
“Democrats are trying very hard to push us women out of a role when they can’t even define what a woman is,” she laughed.
He believes that despite these rhetoric, Democrats are “out of touch when it comes to women voters.”
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Left to right: Republican congressional candidates Laurie Buckhout, NC, Tiffany Burress, NJ, Jessica Steinmann, Texas, and Barb Regnitz, Ind. (Campaigns courtesy of Laurie Buckhout, Tiffany Burress, Jessica Steinmann and Barb Regnitz)
“They try to have that gender and try to put it in a box,” she continued. “‘You will vote like this. Don’t tell your husband. This is how you will think.’ Republicans don’t do that. “
In the midterm elections, Buckhout is running to unseat Democratic Rep. Don Davis in North Carolina’s Congressional District 1. The district stretches across the northeast corner of the state from the Virginia border to the Atlantic coast. After narrowly losing to Davis in the 2024 election, Buckhout’s campaign is already playing a major role this time around. He defeated a field of four other Republican candidates in the March 3 primary election and, this week, was bolstered by President Donald Trump’s endorsement.
As the leading party in the midterm cycle, many expect Republicans to take control at the ballot box this November. Buckhout, however, thinks it will be a very different story in North Carolina. Since the GOP has never held a slim majority in the House of Representatives, every seat is important.
“I can tell you the people of North Carolina, especially in eastern North Carolina, they want to live their lives without interference from the government, they don’t want the big government to depend on them, tell them how to live, what to do, take their money out of their pockets to get more taxes for programs they don’t need and didn’t vote for,” he said. “So, I can tell you that we feel very good about this Republican election, we’re taking this, we’re adding another seat in the House.”
Buckhout isn’t the only female Republican candidate to succeed in swinging a blue state this year.
In one of the top GOP target districts, Carrie Buck, a former school principal and self-described mother, is looking to unseat Rep. Dina Titus in Nevada Congressional District 1 in Las Vegas. Regarding the Federal Election Commission’s latest filings, Buck has been highly critical of Titus, again highlighting the vulnerability of the incumbent.
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Left: Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev. Right: Nevada state Sen. Carrie Buck, who is running for Congress. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images; Carrie Buck Campaign)
Buck told Fox News Digital that after serving in Congress since 2013, Titus “had his chance, and the families of Nevada are still waiting for the results.”
“I spent 30 years in classrooms – teaching, running schools, and working to fix problems. During that time, Dina Titus was in public office, unable and unwilling to address the challenges Nevadans face: inflation, rising crime rates, an open border, and failing schools,” he said.
On the East Coast, Tiffany Burress, a New Jersey lawmaker who is new to the political scene, is running to unseat Democratic Rep. Nellie Pou, who is considered endangered.
If the GOP can pick up the seat, it would be a big help in keeping the majority.
“The voters are ready for something different, and that’s why I know we’re going to win,” Burress told Fox News.
He slammed Pou, saying he “spent decades living off taxpayer money,” and “puts progressive agendas far ahead of our state’s priorities” for voting like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about 94 percent of the time.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Republicans are trying to keep their majority in this midterm election cycle. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Similarly, Barb Regnitz in Indiana’s 1st congressional district is running to replace a longtime Democratic seat filled by Rep. Frank Mrvan.
Regnitz, a former software engineer and current Porter County commissioner, told Fox News Digital that “for nearly 100 years, Republicans have been powerless to stop the failed policies of the left that have resulted in declining wages, struggling industry, and increasingly unsafe communities right here in Northwest Indiana.”
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“I am running for Congress because I believe that our region deserves an honest, purposeful leadership that focuses on results, not rhetoric,” he said.
Down in Texas, another Republican woman, Jessica Steinmann, is fighting to keep the Republican seat north of Houston, vacated by Rep. Morgan Luttrell, who chose not to seek re-election.
Steinmann previously worked in President Donald Trump’s Justice Department during his first term as director of the Office of Victims of Crime.
He told Fox News Digital that he is running for Congress “because the next two years of President Trump’s administration are important for our country.”
“I was proud to serve in the first Trump Administration, where I saw firsthand how powerful America First leadership is,” he said, adding, “I am confident that this message will carry us to victory in November.”
