Incoming Senate Dem Elissa Slotkin torches identity politics in 2024 autopsy: 'Go the way of the dodo'

Sen.-elect Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., said Democrats request to ditch individuality authorities if they privation to triumph implicit voters successful aboriginal elections, telling reporters the ideology needed to "go the mode of the dodo."

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Democrats who won Senate races successful the 2024 elections held a briefing for reporters astatine the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) connected Tuesday, during which they explained however they managed to get elected contempt President-elect Trump winning successful their state. 

According to Slotkin, who represents a plaything territory successful the House of Representatives that she initially flipped from reddish to blue, individuality authorities is not a winning strategy successful a authorities similar Michigan. 

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Slotkin attributed her triumph successful portion to staying distant from individuality politics. (Reuters)

She defeated Republican Senate campaigner Mike Rogers successful what was considered a "toss-up" contention successful the statesmanlike battleground state. 

Slotkin further attributed her triumph to focusing connected the economy, oregon "kitchen table" issues. However, she said it isn't capable conscionable to absorption connected those issues, but to speech astir them plainly. 

Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., DSCC Chair Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Sen.-elect Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., were besides astatine the briefing.  

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Peters chaired the DSCC during the 2024 predetermination cycle. (Reuters/Mike Segar)

For Schumer, the victories Democrats saw could beryllium boiled down to 3 things: bully campaigner quality, economical accomplishments successful the Senate that affected each of their states, and aboriginal strategical tv advertisement investments. 

He besides pointed to precocious integer advertisement spending successful the rapidly changing media scenery that helium believes helped propulsion them implicit the edge. 

As for the Senate contention successful Pennsylvania, Schumer noted that DSCC unit volition inactive beryllium connected the crushed moving successful the state, wherever Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., allowed an automatic recount to beryllium triggered by refusing to concede, contempt Sen.-elect Dave McCormick's lead. 

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Schumer elaborate his thoughts connected Democratic successes successful plaything states. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

When asked what went incorrect successful Pennsylvania, wherever Casey did not tally importantly up of Democrat statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, Schumer conscionable said that a recount was inactive going connected successful the state. 

Other Democrats successful plaything states and Republican states managed to tally up of Harris by important margins, starring to immoderate of the wins they saw successful Trump-won states. 

One of those palmy Democrats, Gallego, gave immoderate penetration to reporters astir wherefore helium defeated Republican Senate campaigner Kari Lake. He pointed to the voting radical of male and Latino voters, who helium saw aboriginal advancement with successful polls. He pointed to circumstantial taste messaging to this demographic done boxing lucifer ticker parties and rodeos. 

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Gallego defeated Lake successful Arizona. (Getty Images)

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Additionally, helium deed Lake for discussing the borderline situation successful the mode that idiosyncratic extracurricular of Arizona and unfamiliar with the dynamic mightiness speech astir it. Gallego said Lake's speech of shutting down the borderline sounded similar idiosyncratic from the East Coast. 

According to him, Arizona can't afloat unopen down its borderline due to the fact that its system relies connected question and proscription of goods betwixt the authorities and Mexico.