A House Debrief with DCCC Executive Director Tim Persico

Tim Persico, the Executive Director of the DCCC, provides a post-election debrief with his thoughts on all things 2022 House races. He gets under the hood as to how House Democrats beat the odds to exceed pundit expectations...and weighs in on the winning blend of messaging for candidates, the leadership provided by Chairman Sean Patrick Maloney and Speaker Pelosi, specific seats that helped Democrats buck the midterm trends, the tools and tactics the DCCC utlized this cycle, & much more with one of the key architects of House Democrats' impressive 2022 cycle.

IN THIS EPISODE...

The latest post-election math about control of the House...

How previous DCCC post-mortems helped prep Tim run the organization...

Tim’s macro view of how House Democrats overperformed expectations...

Tim recounts the critical decision by DCCC Chair Maloney to take a risk and go for the majority instead of taking a more cautious approach to hold losses to a minimum...

Tim’s take on whether Democrats won these races late or always had the advantage....

Tim on what messaging worked well for Democratic candidates...

Tim talks leadership lessons learned from Nancy Pelosi...

A few seats Tim was confident Dems could win despite pundit skepticism...

Tim’s initial thoughts on why New York was a tough state for House Dems...

The DCCC’s approach to digital communications...

Lessons learned from digesting hundreds of internal campaign polls...

How Tim handled getting advice from a 220+ member Democratic Caucus...

Tim evangelizes on why a finance background is a good path to rising up the ladder in politics...

Tim compliments some of the strategies utilized by the NRCC...

What Tim is most proud of from this cycle running the DCCC...

AND American treasures, asymmetrical disadvantages, Michael Bennet, big thinking thoughts, building runways, Cheri Bustos, canaries in coal mines, Yadira Caraveo, cookie-cutter stuff, Karen Defilippi, Dirtbags, Isaac Fitzgerald, fully-formed human beings, Tommy Garcia, graybeards, the Hudson Valley, hybrid ads, late movers, left-handed Methodists, Elaine Luria, massive things, moon suits, Patrick Murphy, Wiley Nickel, noisy data, non-linear benefits, pet peeves, pipe bombs, a Pittsburgh Republican, pivot points, pre post-mortems, Christie Roberts, Chuck Schumer, sheer chaos, Eric Sorensen, sour electorates, Abigail Spanberger, special masters, Emilia Sykes, Tony Vargas, walkabouts, Jennifer Wextons, whisper quiet & more!