Who will control the House? Dozens of races not decided
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🗓️ 9 November 2024
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House races will still be counted through the weekend, as the GOP nears control of the chamber.
USA TODAY Trending News Reporter Kinsey Crowley discusses how voters approached a number of ballot issues. Plus, what does this election mean for the transgender community?
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| 0:00.0 | Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's The Excerpt, Ad-Free right now. |
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| 0:12.2 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Saturday, November 9th, 2024. |
| 0:17.7 | This is the excerpt. |
| 0:32.6 | Today, we check in on House races as the GOP nears control, plus how voters approached ballot issues this election, and what's next for higher education under a new Trump administration. Control of the House of Representatives remains up for grabs, as the vote counting heads into the weekend in two dozen pivotal U.S. House races. |
| 0:41.9 | Both parties are hoping to seize the lower chamber for 2025, and it's a last chance at power for Democrats after Donald Trump claimed the White House while Republicans gained a majority in the Senate. |
| 0:53.1 | It will take 218 seats to rule the House, |
| 0:55.8 | and although neither party has reached the threshold, the numbers appear to favor the GOP. |
| 1:00.6 | As of early this morning, Republicans held 211 seats to Democrats 200, including three seats, Republicans |
| 1:07.0 | flipped from Democrats. You can follow along with the final House race counts on USA Today.com. |
| 1:12.9 | And for a look at what full GOP control in Washington might mean next year, be sure to check out our Friday episode. |
| 1:23.3 | Election Day 2024 gave voters across the U.S. |
| 1:26.6 | an opportunity to vote not only for the presidency and lawmakers, but other contentious issues like abortion and reproductive care, marijuana, and LGBTQ plus rights. |
| 1:37.2 | To learn more about what was on the ballot and how voters responded, I spoke with USA Today, trending news reporter Kinsey Crowley. |
| 1:43.9 | Kinsey, thanks for joining the excerpt today. |
| 1:45.8 | Thanks so much for having me. |
| 1:47.3 | So, Kinsey, let's just start with what was on the ballot here and how Americans voted. |
| 1:51.3 | We had some protections on the ballot, both for LGBTQ rights and for reproductive rights. |
| 1:58.2 | We saw a few states, California, Colorado, and Hawaii pass same-sex |
| 2:02.4 | marriage constitutional amendments for the state to protect that right. Now that, of course, |
| 2:06.9 | is federally legal, but this is a further protection at the state level. Ten states also had |
| 2:12.2 | reproductive rights on the ballot, and in seven of those states, the voters decided to pass |
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