Morning Digest: What the DCCC's new 'Red to Blue' list says about how it views this year's primaries

^{The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.}

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● DCCC: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee just rolled out the first installment of its Red to Blue list highlighting candidates it thinks have the best shot at winning Republican seats in November, but some of them still have to make it through contested primaries first.

State Rep. Janelle Bynum is competing with two other notable intra-party foes to take back a central Oregon seat that Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer flipped last cycle, and a third could be on the way soon. Yet Bynum may not be the favorite to advance: Her top opponent is Jamie McLeod-Skinner, who was the party's nominee in 2022 and has released polls showing her far ahead—but could be vulnerable due to some ugly allegations that she mistreated her staff.

Check out Jeff Singer's piece for more on the inaugural Red to Blue class―including why the DCCC is counting on one inductee to avoid a disaster in California's top-two primary.