
Republicans have already taken management of the Senate however the race for the Home of Representatives continues to be up within the air. Each seat within the Home was up for election on Tuesday and dozens of races stay uncalled.
A celebration wants 218 seats for a majority. Earlier than the election, Republicans had a slender majority of 220, whereas Democrats managed 212 seats. There have been three vacancies.
Democrats will must flip not less than 4 Republican-held districts within the internet tally of seats to win again the bulk they misplaced in 2022.
Our US companions at CBS Information has projected that Democrats will win not less than 203 Home seats, whereas Republicans are on observe to safe 211 seats. Some races have not been referred to as but.
Within the newest CBS projections, Eugene Vindman retains a seat vacated by a Democrat in Virginia. Republicans Rob Bresnahan and Ryan Mackenzie nab two seats in Pennsylvania that had been beforehand held by Democrats.
Earlier it the day it was projected that Republican Derrick Van Orden has received re-election in a hotly-contested Wisconsin district. So have two susceptible colleagues, Iowa’s Zach Nunn and Virginia’s Jen Kiggans. Ohio Democrats Emilia Sykes and Greg Landsman, and Connecticut’s Jahana Hayes, have additionally received re-election. Republican Addison McDowell has flipped management in a newly re-drawn North Carolina district.
For context, the 100-member Senate and the 435-seat Home collectively make up the 2 chambers of Congress, the place each events negotiate and advance laws to the president’s desk.
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