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Article snippet: Rep. MORE (D-Iowa).While they acknowledged the need to win back support from suburban and female voters, some Republican leaders have placed the blame for their 2018 midterm losses on a set of factors outside of their control. Emmer bemoaned the high-dollar spending by the House Democrats’ campaign arm as well as mega-donors like Michael Bloomberg and Tom Steyer, even as the NRCC and House Republicans’ largest super PAC were some of the biggest spenders last cycle, according to data from OpenSecrets.Some blamed the loss of the majority in part on factors such as redistricting in Pennsylvania and a large number of incumbent retirements. And some blame House Speaker MORE (D-Calif.) for the dwindling numbers of women in their caucus, with Scalise accusing the Democratic leader of spending more money to defeat Republican female candidates. “We need to do a better job of recruiting to make sure we recruit really good female candidates," Scalise said. But “when female candidates run as Republicans, Nancy Pelosi does not want our party to look diverse.” The GOP are in the midst of conducting a full autopsy on the 2018, with data back from a little more than a dozen states. Meanwhile, some strategists and pollsters are pushing for similar levels of support for female candidates as EMILY's List does for Democratic women, especially in a year with a presidential election that will soak up a lot of attention.“They did a good job at finding blank-slate candidates, without a ... Link to the full article to read more