Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP are feeling increasingly bullish about holding onto the House of Representatives, believing they have defied political gravity in key suburban seats as President-elect Donald Trump powered his party toward what may become a full sweep of Washington.
Dozens of key races remain uncalled, and it could be days, or weeks, before the results are official. But House Republicans and Democrats alike privately believe the GOP will maintain control, according to a half-dozen senior campaign operatives. “We’re going to hold the House,” one senior GOP campaign official said Wednesday. “The question is about what the size of the majority is right now.
Democrats are still expecting to hang onto a couple of key seats: Jared Golden in Maine and Marcy Kaptur in Ohio are both narrowly ahead, against the odds, in heavily Trump territory. And they have flipped one seat in New York, with Democrats optimistic about two more. But several other must-hold seats have slipped away, including one seat in Pennsylvania and an open seat in Michigan. Another Democrat in Pennsylvania, Rep.
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