Democrats likely to retain control of House but struggle to gain seats

Democrats likely to retain control of House but struggle to gain seats
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (AP/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

Democratic expectations of expanding their majority in the House of Representatives appear to be waning as they failed to defeat any Republican incumbents in initial returns.

Democrats, as expected, picked up a pair of North Carolina seats vacated by Republican incumbents after a court-ordered remapping made the districts more Democratic.

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