... but the GOP only has to defend 7 Democratic-leaning seats on the current House map

Total U.S. House seats defended by the president's party in midterms, by those that leaned toward the opposition party or the president's party based on the previous presidential vote (excluding post-decennial redistricting elections), 1994 to 2026

Does not include 2002 and 2022 midterms because many seats did not necessarily have
Source: Almanac of American Politics, Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, The Downballot, Gary Jacobson, Polidata