House Republican incumbents are duking it out with Democratic challengers in the blue stronghold of California after GOP lawmakers lost several New York seats.
Congressional leaders are anxiously watching several outstanding races in the West as the battle for the majority in the House of Representatives continues. Most of those races are in California, where Republican incumbents are fighting to hold on to several seats, including districts around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Democratic stronghold was pivotal to House Republicans clinching the majority in 2022, and their leaders are looking for it to deliver again.
It’s a different story in New York, the other deep blue coastal state critical to the House GOP’s midterm success. Of the four sitting House Republicans projected to lose their seats, three were first-term GOP lawmakers from New York who got elected as part of a suburban backlash against big cities’ progressive crime policies. They were also expected to be some of the more vulnerable incumbents in Congress.
Scalise said he anticipated a four- to six-seat majority for Republicans when all the races were over, not a dissimilar scenario to the one the House GOP has grappled with for much of the 118th Congress. Ballots are being counted in other close races in Arizona, Oregon, Alaska, Nebraska and Iowa. House Democrats, who privately expressed dismay over their narrowing path to victory earlier this week, are also closely watching the western states for the final results.
It has yet to be decided who will control the House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. We must count every vote and wait until the results in Oregon, Arizona and California are clear,' Jeffries said Thursday. am proud that the Democratic Party does not believe in election denial. Our democracy is precious, and it involves elevating public trust in our system of free and fair elections, not undermining it.' The first party to reach 218 seats will claim the House majority.
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