Thread by @nicholaswu12

On @dccc press call, @RepCheri says they're poised to protect and expand majority. Notes they had to "tune out Twitter" to "keep our focus on everyday people."

Pelosi says the "three most important issues" this year, as in 2018, were "health care, health care, health care"

for context, @CookPolitical 's current forecast is a roughly 10-15 seat gain for Dems. House is currently split 232-197.

https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1323262040555900932?s=20

Pelosi says Dems are ready for any "skullduggery that the president may try to introduce into this"

Asked by @mkraju if the 117th Congress will be her last term as Speaker, Pelosi starts by saying it's the "least important question you could ask today" but "one of these days I'll let you know what my plans are....it doesn't matter right now."

Both Bustos and Pelosi decline to put a rough number on how many seats they could win tonight but expect to expand majority.

I asked if there were any bellwether districts tonight - Pelosi says "we're taking it one district at a time"
Bustos says to look at districts where Dems had gone on offense in seats previously thought to be reaches (VA-05, TX-21, Montana, etc)

"I think we are going to see some wins in these deep red districts that over time you're going to see going from ruby red to purple to even blue," Bustos says.

Bustos warns, "this is an Election Day that may end up looking like an Election Week"