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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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John Bowden

Republicans creep closer to securing House of Representatives by slim margin — again

Mike Johnson is poised to be speaker of the House once again come January - (AP)

The Republican Party is likely to retain control of the House of Representatives in the coming days, but with the makeup of the chamber virtually unchanged despite decisive victories in the presidential race and US Senate contests.

GOP members are projected at this point to win a single-digit majority. Seventeen seats around the country remained up for grabs as of Monday evening, with Democrats currently leading in nine and Republicans in eight — in two cases, by just a few hundred votes.

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