Republicans within striking distance of House majority as key races remain too close to call

The bulk successful the House of Representatives appears wrong scope for Republicans, who person already won power of the Senate and White House.

Associated Press contention projections amusement Republicans holding 209 seats compared to 196 seats for Democrats arsenic of Thursday afternoon.

A full of 5 sitting House lawmakers are projected to suffer their re-election bids truthful acold – 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats.

Several races involving GOP incumbents successful California are inactive excessively adjacent to telephone and are apt to beryllium pivotal to the House majority. 

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Speaker Mike Johnson has expressed assurance successful keeping the House. (Getty Images)

Republicans successful 3 Arizona districts, arsenic good arsenic GOP lawmakers successful Nebraska, Iowa, and Oregon are besides inactive awaiting effect projections.

Whichever enactment reaches 218 victories archetypal volition clasp the House bulk successful the 119th Congress.

But House Republican leaders person been touting assurance successful their eventual victory, with the apical 4 House leaders already formally announcing bids to clasp the aforesaid spots successful a January House majority.

"It appears we're going to clasp the House and flip the Senate," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told Fox News Digital connected Wednesday night. "California's the main authorities still. You know, successful a batch of those adjacent races, our incumbents are starring the mode — by tiny margins, but we knew determination would beryllium tiny margins."

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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said margins were expectedly tight. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

It's a acold outcry from House Democrats, whose hopes of winning the bulk are rapidly decreasing. Multiple sources told Fox News Digital connected Wednesday that Democrats were bracing for Republicans to triumph implicit power of Congress and the White House.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., pointed retired that a Republican triumph is not a forgone conclusion, however.

"It has yet to beryllium decided who volition power the House of Representatives successful the 119th Congress. We indispensable number each ballot and hold until the results successful Oregon, Arizona and California are clear," Jeffries said successful a connection that besides congratulated President-elect Trump.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has urged patience arsenic the votes are counted. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Democrats person scored cardinal wins successful projections by unseating Republican incumbents successful 3 New York seats – Reps. Marc Molinaro, Brandon Williams and Anthony D'Esposito.

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Republicans are projected to flip 3 seats arsenic good – 1 vacated by a Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., to tally for Senate, and 2 districts held by mean Democrats successful Pennsylvania. 

The GOP besides saw erstwhile House Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry, R-Pa., projected to past his toughest contention yet arsenic of Thursday afternoon. 

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