Republicans Flip Control of the House: Projections

By Bradley Cortright November 16, 2022 at 6:34pm

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: The U.S. Capitol is seen on September 29, 2008 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives earlier defeated the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act in a 228-205 vote. Wall Street reacted with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging more than 700 points. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Republicans will win control of the House of Representatives, ending days of uncertainty about which party will control the lower chamber.

CNN and NBC News projected on Wednesday that Republicans were on track to win at least the 218 seats required for a majority.

NBC predicts Republicans could win as many as 221 seats.

BREAKING: Republican Party will win control of U.S. House, @NBCNews projects. https://t.co/DRWhvU9z3F pic.twitter.com/G4aYU82mY5

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 16, 2022

Heading into the election, polls and historical trends appeared to show Republicans were favored to flip control of the House, especially since they needed to flip just five seats to win the chamber.

Since 1945, the president’s party has lost an average of 27 House seats in midterm elections.

However, Democratic candidates performed surprisingly well in the election and avoided massive losses in the House.

And in the wake of their success, there was a chance that Democrats could walk away from the election keeping control of the House.

While Republicans are expected to win control of the House, Democrats are expected to keep control of the Senate.

Do you think Biden will be able to get much done?

With a narrow Republican majority in the House, President Joe Biden will likely face significant headwinds trying to advance his agenda even with Democrats in control of the Senate.

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