Control of House of Representatives still up in the air

All 435 House seats are up for grabs and the party holding the gavel in January will be decided by less than 20 competitive races.

Published: November 5, 2024 7:38pm

Updated: November 6, 2024 11:18am

Control of the U.S. House of Representatives is still up in the air early Wednesday with key races too close to call.

Republicans are fighting to maintain control of the chamber, where they currently have 220 seats, compared to Democrats' 212, with three vacancies. 

All 435 seats were up for grabs on Tuesday, and the party holding the gavel in January will be decided by the outcome of less than 20 competitive races.

The winner of the 7th congressional district race in Virginia, where Republican Derrick Anderson competing against lawyer and former Army Col. Eugene Vindman to win the seat of Democrat Rep. Abigail Spanberger, who is now running for governor, has not yet been called. 

There are also seven swing districts in New York that were being closely watched on Election Night. Some of these races have been called.

Five of those districts are currently held by first-term Republicans, including Long Island districts one and four, Hudson Valley districts 17, and 19 as well as the 22nd congressional district in Syracuse. Districts three and 18 are represented by Democrats who were able to hold their seats.

So far, Democrats flipped the 22nd district race with John Mannion's victory as well as Laura Gillen ✅in the fourth district.

The first district remains Republican with Rep. Nicholas LaLota's victory. 

There are six competitive races in California that will influence which party wins the majority, in districts 13, 22, 27, 41, 45 and 47.

The contest between Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., who is running for reelection against state Senator Tony Vargas, was too close to call early Wednesday. Democrat Shomari Figures defeated Republican Caroleene Dobson in Alabama’s newly drawn second district.

Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., who represents the first congressional district in the state, held his seat in the race against Republican Laurie Buckhout, in a closely-watched race. 

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