Out-of-power Democrats have crowed for months about the prospect of voter dissatisfaction with President Trump and congressional Republicans spawning a 2018 wave election in their favor. “I think a lot of it is inspiration meets opportunity,” Mac Zilber, a California-based Democratic political consultant, said of the large Democratic field. Zilber, a partner in J&Z Strategies, downplayed the notion that Democratic candidates will uniformly attack Trump. Her 10th district has eight Democratic candidates, according to the most recent FEC records. The average cost of winning a 2016 House race was $1.3 million, according to OpenSecrets.org.
Source: Fox News July 28, 2017 15:37 UTC