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Control of House still in question as crucial races remain too close to call

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate, but control of the U.S. House is still in question as crucial races remain too close to call. Lisa Desjardins breaks down the numbers. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

And for a look now at some of the most crucial races in Congress, we're joined by our Lisa

0:05.2

Desjardin at our PBS News Super Screen for a deeper dive.

0:09.0

So Lisa, where do things stand now for control of the House?

0:11.0

Well, this is the biggest question out there, and I want to remind viewers the stakes could

0:14.7

not be higher here.

0:16.2

Control of the House will decide whether next President Trump has a more easy path to his agenda or if there is a direct

0:23.4

check on his power. Right now, here's where things stand. Republicans have 210 seats,

0:28.6

according to the calls made by the Associated Press. That means in order to get the majority,

0:33.5

keep the majority, they need to pick up eight seats total right now in the next seats that would be called.

0:39.3

So take a look at the national map here. There's a lot of seats out there, but here's a way to think of it.

0:44.0

There are 27 races still left to be called for party control in the House of Representatives.

0:50.8

They're all over the place, big districts like Maine, here's one in Iowa, Ohio,

0:55.1

Alaska, that race hasn't been called yet. But the largest groups of races, there's four in

1:00.7

Arizona, four in the Pacific Northwest. And how about this? California, 13 House races yet to be

1:07.0

called. They will decide the control of the House. And by the way, look at this, Democrats

1:11.1

right now with 198 seats. So for them to take control of the House, they need 20 of the remaining

1:19.0

27 seats that are out there. That is a steep climb. And that's why Speaker Mike Johnson wrote

1:24.9

his colleagues in the House yesterday saying he expects

1:27.5

them to take over the House, though that has not been called yet.

1:30.4

So Lisa, where would Democrats find those 20 seats?

1:33.5

All right, let's take a look at what's been going on here.

1:36.2

Democrats have had some bright spots.

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