The Hill News

The race for control of the House is far from over. Clearly, Republicans have the momentum, but this will still be decided on a district-by-district basis.

Right now Democrats have a 39-seat margin. Republicans probably need to pick up 43 seats to get to a majority since there are some Republican seats that could go Democratic. These include William Jefferson’s (D) old seat in New Orleans; a Hawaii seat taken by the GOP in a three-way special election when Neil Abercrombie (D) resigned to run for governor; the Delaware seat that Mike Castle (R) gave up when he ran for Senate; and the Illinois seat that Mark Kirk (R) gave up to run for Senate.

Picking up 43 seats is never easy.

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