GOP Takes Control Of House Of Representatives With Slim Majority; Kevin McCarthy Poised To Be New Speaker
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deadline.comRepublicans were projected to gain control of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, returning them to the majority after four years by an ever-so-slim margin.
MSNBC and CNN called the race first this afternoon, with the Associated Press and Fox News following soon after. With about nine races still not called in this year’s midterm election, CNN gave the GOP 218 seats, a bare majority, with 208 seats being held by the Democrats.
Once the new Congress is sworn in in January, the first major test for House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy will be to win the speakership.
He was nominated by the party caucus on Tuesday by an overwhelming margin, but 31 of his own members still voted against him and in favor of a rival, Rep.
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