with the republican control the white house And Senate securedAll eyes are on dozens of outstanding congressional races that will determine control Lok Sabha,
As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, the GOP was projected to win at least 202 House seats, while Democrats were projected to win at least 189, according to the Associated Press.
forecast website Decision Desk Headquarters Gave Republicans a 92.4% chance of winning the majority and projected the GOP would win 222 seats – beginning the 119th Congress with a slim margin of four seats.
Republicans were projected to flip at least six seats – three in North Carolina, two in Pennsylvania and one in Michigan.
Democrats were projected to pick up Alabama’s new majority-Black 2nd Congressional District, as well as New York’s upstate 22nd Congressional District, where state Senator John Manion defeated freshman GOP Representative Brandon Williams.
On Long Island, Democrat Laura Gillen claimed victory in New York’s 4th Congressional District, but her Republican opponent, Representative Anthony D’Esposito, had not yet conceded the race and no winner was projected.
Before election day, control of the House was widely seen as a toss-up and it was believed that it could take several days before a winner became clear.
Supposedly, Most non-essential races take place in Californiawhich historically takes its time tabulating results due to its large population and loose mail-in and early vote policies.
Republicans held 12 of California’s 52 House seats on election night and were projected to win 13 Golden State seats this time.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La) said in a statement, “House Republicans have succeeded in achieving significant changes in swing states, including Pennsylvania and Michigan, while our battle-tested incumbents have secured re-election from coast to coast.” Have taken.”
“The latest data and trends indicate that when all votes are tabulated, Republicans will have our majority, even if we faced a map with 18 seats won by Biden.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) praised Democrats’ performance in his home state, where the party reversed GOP gains two years ago.
“Update from the battlefield in the Empire State. Democrats have now flipped four Republican-held House seats in New York this year, Jeffries wrote on X.
Four years ago, New York voters almost single-handedly returned control of the House to Republicans when they managed to win 11 of the House’s 26 seats. There was some turmoil over the state’s redistricting after a court rejected the Democrats’ map.
Since then Democrats have redrafted Draw the map in such a way that the scenario becomes a little more favorable for them in the 2024 cycle.
The victory in New York came despite former President Donald Trump’s running back in the strongest race for a Republican presidential contender in the Empire State since 1988. Trump’s margin of defeat in New York was smaller than his margin of victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in Florida.
The Democrats’ disappointing performance nationally has already sparked finger-pointing among staunch progressives and moderates.
“Donald Trump has no greater friend than the far left, which is committed to alienating historic numbers of Latinos, Blacks, Asians and Jews from the Democratic Party with absurdities like ‘defund the police’ or ‘from the river to the sea.’ Has been successful. ‘Latinx,'” South Bronx Representative Richie Torres (D-NY) lamented on X.
“The working class is not buying the ivory-tower nonsense the far left is selling.”
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