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As of 9:00 a.m. ET, Republicans have taken control of the Senate, and have won 198 seats in the House. Control over the House is still up for grabs, as over 50 races are yet to be called.
In the House, the majority is narrow: of the 435 seats up for election, Republicans secured 219 seats while Democrats hold 213 seats. ... Gray previously ran for the seat in 2022 and lost to ...
Although it was a midterm election under a Republican president, the Republican Party made a net gain of eight seats, giving the party their largest majority since 1995. This was one of three midterm elections since World War Two in which the president's party did not experience a net loss of seats in either the House or the Senate (the other ...
The number of voting seats within the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, with each one representing an average of 761,169 people following the 2020 United States census. [1] The number of voting seats has applied since 1913, excluding a temporary increase to 437 after the admissions of Alaska and Hawaii.
In the United States, all states with multiple congressional districts are required to revise their district maps following each decennial census to account for population changes. In 2026, most states will use the same districts created in the redistricting cycle following the 2020 census , which were first used in the 2022 elections.
More than a week after Election Day, control of the House of Representatives has yet to be decided. Out of the 435 seats in Congress’s lower chamber, 12 have yet to be called.
In the 2022 midterm elections, per the 2020 United States census, Illinois lost a congressional seat. [4] From a high of 27 congressional seats apportioned to Illinois following the 1910 and 1930 censuses, the state has lost one to two seats in every re-apportionment cycle since 1940, with the exception of the cycle following the 1970 census.
So far, Republicans have flipped three districts to pick up 210 House seats, while Democrats have secured 198 seats. Either party needs 218 of the 435 seats to secure the majority.