Democrats set to keep control of House, but lose seats to Republicans

Democrats set to keep control of House, but lose seats to Republicans
Nancy Pelosi (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Disappointed Democrats are driving towards extending their control of the House of Representatives for two more years but with a potentially shrunken majority as they lost at least seven incumbents and failed to oust any Republican legislators in initial returns.

By mid-morning on Wednesday, Democrats’ only gains were two North Carolina seats vacated by Republican incumbents after a court-ordered remapping made the districts more Democratic.

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