Republicans will maintain control of the House next year, a result made clear when The Associated Press called a 217th seat for Republicans, a Democrat conceded a key race loss and House Democratic leaders threw in the towel.
“House Democrats gave it our all, running aggressive, forward-looking and people-centered campaigns. While we will not regain control of the Congress in January, falling just a few seats short, House Democrats will hold Republicans to a razor-thin majority. That is unprecedented in a so-called presidential wave election,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a Wednesday evening statement.
Earlier in the day, the AP called the race in California’s 41st District for Republican Rep. Ken Calvert, putting the GOP at 217 seats. Democrat Kirsten Engel also conceded her race challenging GOP Rep. Juan Ciscomani in Arizona’s 6th District. “The voters have made their decision and we must respect it — I will not be the next Representative for Arizona’s 6th Congressional District,” Engel said in a post on the social media platform X.
