Republicans on brink of clinching US House With votes counted from the Nov. 5 general election, Republicans have won 213 seats in the 435-member House, according to Edison Research, which projected Saturday evening that Rep. Dan Newhouse would have enough votes to retain Republican control of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. Storie News
Republicans need to win five more seats to retain control of the House, and they have already won enough to wrest control of the U.S. Senate from Democrats, though Edison Research projected late Friday that Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen had won reelection in Nevada.
Republicans on brink of clinching US House control
Democrats have won 205 seats so far, Edison Research said, including speculation Saturday that Rep. Greg Stanton of Arizona had won reelection. Democrats need to win 13 of the remaining 17 seats to take control of the chamber.
With Trump winning the presidential election and Republicans taking control of the Senate, keeping control of the House would give Republicans broad powers to push a broad agenda that includes tax and spending cuts, energy deregulation and border security controls.
Most of the remaining 17 House races are in competitive districts in Western states where vote counting is typically slower than in the rest of the country.
Republicans currently hold nine of the seats, while Democrats hold eight. Fourteen seats were widely seen as competitive before the election.
Republicans on brink of grabbing US House control
Republican senators will decide next week who will serve as their party’s Senate leader in 2025, with John Thune, John Cornyn and Rick Scott vying for the position. On Saturday, Sens.
Bill Hagerty and Rand Paul endorsed Scott over the more experienced Thune and Cornyn, who are seen as favorites.
Cornyn vowed late Saturday that if he wins, he will keep the Senate in session until Trump’s Cabinet is confirmed. “No weekends, no breaks.
Democrats can work together for the good of the country, or continue the resistance, which will eventually be crushed,” he wrote on X.
With votes counted from the Nov. 5 general election, Republicans have won 212 seats in the 435-member House, according to Edison Research, which projected Friday evening that Republican Jeff Hurd had enough votes to retain Republican control of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.