DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos said Wednesday that the six new leaders "know what it takes to win tough races." | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images 2020 Election DCCC announces heads of recruitment, Frontline programs for 2020

DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos named new chairs of recruitment and the committee's program to defend vulnerable incumbents today, along with the appointment of several senior staffers.

Democratic Reps. Pete Aguilar of California, Val Demings of Florida and Donald McEachin of Virginia will oversee the DCCC's recruitment efforts in 2019 and 2020, according to an announcement provided first to POLITICO. The three lawmakers will target vulnerable GOP members who narrowly won reelection in 2018, when 26 House districts tilted Republican by less than 5 percentage points.


Democratic Reps. Ami Bera of California, Suzan DelBene of Washington and Brad Schneider of Illinois will manage the Frontline program, which is tasked with defending tough districts held by Democrats. Twenty-four Democrats won by less than 5 percentage points in 2018.

The DCCC is expected to announce the first round of members included in the Frontline program as early as this month.

“The best defense is a good offense and, at the DCCC, we are going to take the fight to Washington Republicans who have turned their backs on the needs of hardworking families across our nation,” Bustos said in a statement. “We won this majority by working together, and that's how we'll grow it in 2020."

Bustos added that the six new leaders "know what it takes to win tough races."

DCCC also announced the hiring of Danny Kazin as the committee's new deputy executive director and director of campaigns, Kory Kozloski as national political director of Frontline and Molly Ritner as national political director of campaigns and recruitment. Kazin managed Sen. Jacky Rosen's (D-Nev.) successful challenge against former GOP Sen. Dean Heller last fall.

