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    What the GOP's Health-Care Gamble Means for 2018

    Most of the House Republicans whose districts have recently voted for Democratic presidential candidates supported the Obamacare-replacement bill. That might have been a risky move.
    by Ronald Brownstein May 04, 2017 5 minutes
    Source: Evan Vucci / AP

    Updated at 9:04 p.m. ET

    In a gamble that looks poised to shape the 2018 midterm landscape, the vast majority of House Republicans in districts that backed Democrats in any of the most recent presidential elections voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act in Thursday’s nail-biting tally. That decision will elevate almost all of them on the target list for Democrats aching to recapture the House majority next year.

    Most immediately, 14 of the 23 Republicans holding seats that voted for Hillary Clinton last November ended up supporting the legislation, which would replace former President Barack Obama’s law with a GOP alternative. All seven of the California Republicans in districts Clinton carried voted for the bill; elsewhere, the Clinton-district Republicans split more closely, with nine opposing the legislation and seven supporting it.

    Looking at a broader list of legislators in competitive

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