Democratic Campaign Hopes Ride on Change, Rahm Emanuel Says (1)

Jan. 21, 2026, 9:28 PM UTCUpdated: Jan. 21, 2026, 11:13 PM UTC

Democrats campaigning to win back power in Congress this year should have one focus as voters face a maelstrom coming from Washington, according to Rahm Emanuel: Change.

“I would put everything under the frame — heads and tails — change,” said Emanuel, who led the party’s House campaign operation when Democrats won back the chamber in 2006, during the second term of President George W. Bush.

“What I mean by that is change to Washington and change to the rubber-stamp Republican Congress,” Emanuel said in a roundtable with reporters in Washington Wednesday.

“Even when the president is talking about Greenland, ...

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