Article snippet: Republicans are targeting several House seats they lost to Democrats in New Jersey last year as they look to come back after losing nearly all of their seats in the state. Republicans lost four New Jersey House seats in 2018 as voters angry with MORE and former Gov. Chris Christie (R) punished their party. The GOP had already lost a seat in the state in 2016. In 2020, the GOP thinks it has a decent chance of winning back three of those seats — if things break the right way. But it won't be easy, and Democrats are optimistic that they’ll hold all of the seats. “I think the Democratic incumbents are at least slightly favored in all four of the districts that flipped in 2018, but Republicans have a chance in all of them,” said John Weingart, associate director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, who has worked in New Jersey state government during both Democratic and Republican administrations. New Jersey has long voted for Democrats for president and senator, but the state has typically been more mixed in House and state-level races. However, Republicans have fared poorly in recent congressional elections. While the GOP held six of the state’s 12 House seats before the 2016 elections, they now hold only one of them. The remaining Republican lawmaker, Rep. MORE, has taken moderate stances, such as voting for legislation to raise the minimum wage and co-sponsoring legislation with Democrats aimed at preventing gun violence. Wins in New Je... Link to the full article to read more