Washington Rep. Suzan DelBene will chair House Democrats’ campaign arm for another two years, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced Friday.
“As we build upon the foundation that we laid and continue our work to take back the House majority in 2026, there is no person better to lead our efforts than Congresswoman Suzan DelBene,” Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in a statement.
Jeffries tapped DelBene to lead the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee two years ago after a rule change that allowed the party leader to pick the campaign chief, who would be confirmed by the caucus, rather than have the full caucus elect someone to the role.
DelBene’s appointment means that both parties are retaining their House campaign chiefs for the 2026 campaign cycle. Republican lawmakers voted last month for North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson to lead their campaign arm, the National Republican Congressional Committee, for another two years.
“Under Chairwoman DelBene’s bold leadership, House Democrats will protect our battleground incumbents, flip additional seats this cycle and hold the razor-thin Republican majority accountable for any far-right overreach that hurts working class Americans,” Jeffries said.
Despite falling short of winning back the majority, House Democrats cut into Republicans’ already narrow majority with a net gain of one seat. It represented a rare bright spot for Democrats, who decisively lost the Senate and the Electoral College in the presidential race.
Democrats flipped three House seats each in New York and California and one in Oregon, in addition to seats in Alabama and Louisiana that became more favorable through court-ordered redistricting. But Republicans were able to minimize those losses by flipping two seats in Pennsylvania, one each in Alaska, Colorado and Michigan, and three North Carolina seats that were redrawn in the party’s favor.
House Democrats have argued since the election that the razor-thin margins deny Republicans any sort of “mandate” heading into the new Congress.
“Democratic Frontliners and candidates this cycle found ways to turn the national tide and win tough races by being authentic, independent minded leaders who put the interests of their communities first,” DelBene said in a statement Friday.
“As House Republicans continue their rightward march towards the most extreme elements of their party, the DCCC will be putting in the work to recruit quality candidates, support our battle-tested incumbents, and hold Republicans accountable for their chaos, failure to deliver for working families, and inability to govern,” she said.
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