2024 is the year of the rematch — and not just for president

Which party controls the House in 2024 may rest on what voters decide in rematch elections — just like in the presidential race.

Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez says she was moved to run for Congress in southwest Washington state when she noticed signs that Trump-endorsed Republican Joe Kent was gaining traction in her home district.

“I put my life in a blender," Gluesenkamp Perez told NBC News, adding: "I just didn’t want to be represented by an extremist with a political ideology, and not a personal commitment to our community, our interests."

Now, to keep her seat, she may have to do it again, as Kent is running a rematch campaign for the typically GOP-leaning district in 2024. And they’re not alone: More than a dozen members of Congress from both parties, many of them in battleground districts, are on a collision course with the same opponents they faced in 2022.

Just as the presidency could come down to a repeat matchup, which party controls the House in 2024 may rest on whether voters in key districts stick with their 2022 picks or move in a different direction when confronted with the same congressional candidates.

“It’s gonna be a grudge fight again,” Gluesenkamp Perez said, referring to the race she won in 2022 by less than 1 percentage point. Kent, she added, “has not moderated one iota.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/2024-year-rematch-not-just-president-rcna129731

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