During a news conference to address their agenda, House Democratic Caucus leaders were asked to contemplate the tight race between Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin as Virginia voters finished at the polls Tuesday night.
"Of course, what you really want to know is, are we worried about the midterms, depending on what happens in the Virginia gubernatorial election?" Cartwright said.
"And I can tell you as a front line Democrat, the answer is no," he added. "Number one, people in my district don't care what happens in the Virginia governor’s race. And number two, a year from now what happened in the Virginia governor’s race will be a distant dim memory."
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The first polls closed in Virginia at 7 p.m. ET Tuesday as Youngkin seeked to become the first Republican to secure a statewide race there since 2009.
During Tuesday's conference, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., referred to Youngkin as "Trump Light."
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"I think Terry McAuliffe’s track record speaks for itself," he said. "And we don't need Trump Light in Virginia."
Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., added, "I predict Terry McAuliffe will win tonight."
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Several major Democratic donors have suggested in Congress that they may hold back on donations for next year’s midterm elections unless the party can come together and get some big wins, according to people with an understanding of the matter.
Financiers have said behind the scenes that they are dissatisfied with lawmakers who have yet to enact President Joe Biden’s sprawling economic agenda.
Contributors have also expressed their frustration with the Gubernatorial race in Virginia.
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These revelations come on the heels of a new NBC News poll showing that a majority of voters disapprove of Biden’s job performance.
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The House could vote this week on Biden’s plans. House Democrats have resisted voting on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan that already passed the Senate until they could vote on a $1.8 trillion social safety net and climate bill.
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The social bill, which would need the vote of every Democratic senator, has been the subject of months of discussions between the White House, Progressives such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Centrist Sens. Joe Manchin, of West Virginia, and Kyrsten Sinema, of Arizona. The plan comprises six years of funding for universal preschool for 3 and 4-year-olds, subsidized child care that caps what parents pay at 7% of their income, and a four-year extension of pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies.
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