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November 15 , 2024
Republicans Hold onto the House, after Clinching Senate & Presidency
Washington, DC: Republicans have won enough seats to keep control of the House of Representatives, ABC News projects, clinching a unified GOP government in Washington.
Republicans are projected to hit the 218-seat threshold in the House and Republicans have also won at least 52 seats in the Senate, with incumbent Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey trailing Republican Dave McCormick with a winnowing number of votes left to count.
Each party ultimately saw incumbents in tough House districts lose, but in the end, Democrats were not able to take full advantage of a map that had 17 Republicans running for reelection in districts that President Joe Biden won in 2020.
Before the projection, Republicans were already claiming victory Tuesday, with Republican House leaders vowing to swiftly work with President-elect Donald Trump after his inauguration in January.
"This leadership will hit the ground running to deliver President Trump's agenda in the 119th Congress, and we will work closely with him and his administration to turn this country around and unleash, as he says, a new golden age in America," Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La, said at a press conference on the Capitol steps.
With a Senate map that was heavily favored to Republicans, the House majority was the top congressional question for much of the 2024 election cycle.
Several first-term Republicans in purple districts were running for their first reelection -- in a presidential year when the White House margin would play an outsized role in helping determine the winners in the down-ballot contests. Democrats had several members running in Trump-friendly territory, though many were battle-tested over the course of multiple reelection efforts.
In the end, both sides saw successes and failures -- though when the races are all said and done, Republicans' margin in the House is anticipated to be narrow once again… - abcnews.go.com
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