How Republicans Will Have 230 Seats in New CongressAssesses the seats gained by the Republican Party in the U.S. House of Representatives on November 5, 2001. Reasons the Republican Party gained...
After the 2024 elections, Republicans hold 88 of the 150 seats in the House and 20 of the 31 seats in the Senate. The House speaker presides over that chamber. The speaker is one of the 150 representatives in that chamber and is elected by a majority of members. The l...
The Senate.Republicans won a net of two Senate seats from Democrats, well within the middle of the 80 percent confidence intervals of all versions of our model, which showed a range between a two-seat Democratic gain and (depending on what version of the model you look at) a three- to ...
Lawler’s success, which capitalized on Jones’ missteps with the political left, gives Republicans a sustained toehold in the lower Hudson Valley, a bellwether area in an otherwise Democratic-dominated state. The costly race — some $20 million was spent by ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson fired up hundreds of Long Island Republicans on Wednesday at a boisterous rally for one of his party's most vulnerable members, Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.). In the final sprint to Election Day, Johnson stressed that the road to the House maj...
At this moment, we still don’t have an official projection in the House, but it seems likely that Republicans will win it by the barest margin — maybe with as few as 218 seats. That would be a big deal for the federal government, as Democrats would no longer have full control and...
Republicans will move ahead with one bill to hold their priorities — 5:37 p.m. By the Associated Press Congressional Republican leaders emerged from a lengthy hours-long meeting at the White House with plans to push ahead on what Trump has previously called a “big, beautiful bill” to hol...
We haven't found a tally anywhere, but the answer is undoubtedly "a lot"—enough to swell that 500,000-plus figure by a fair bit, for sure. That monstrous number, whatever it may be exactly, prompts some questions of its own, though. For starters, do we h...
What polling “errors” do Superforecasters imagine to have occurred in those scenarios? The notion of the “shy Trump voter” was the single most frequently upvoted explanation: “Poll numbers systematically under-counted Republicans, due to either unwillingness to participate in polls or unwillingnes...
As of Thursday, Republicans had won 210 seats versus 197 for Democrats, with 28 seats too close to call, according to the Associated Press. Abolishing the filibuster would be more of an uphill battle, however, and will depend on the view of whoever takes over for current Senate Minority ...