As House Republicans celebrate Donald Trump’s win over Kamala Harris, many of the GOP lawmakers are also hopeful that the party will claim congressional majority.
Speaking The Hill congressional reporter Mychael Schnell, CNN’s Amara Walker noted that “there are still dozens of races that remain undecided” as of Sunday morning.
“All races aren’t called yet,” Schnell agreed. “We actually don’t have one party that has hit that critical 218 seat point yet. Of course, to 218 being enough to clinch the majority. But Republicans feel very good, and they think that they are in a better chance to clinch the majority.”
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The Hill reporter continued, “There was a call this week, members of the House Republican conference. And on it, a number of leadership had said, we have a mandate to serve. We are going to have the majority. It’s clear the voters have put us into office and we are going to have to get things done for the voters.”
“The only thing is, is that it’s actually not a done deal,” Schnell emphasized. “Democrats are holding out hope. We have seen a number of statements from House Democrat leader [Hakeem] Jeffries (D-NY), who says that every vote needs to be counted. Democrats still have a path to the majority. There are number of key races across the country. One of the states that has a number of key races: California. There are still a handful of contests that have not yet been called. A number of which are razor thin margins — extremely close.”
“In fact, there was just one yesterday,” the reporter pointed out. “California district 27, where incumbent Mike Garcia — a Republican — is running. He was in the lead since Election Day. The Democratic challenger just took the lead again, by a very slim margin. Just 0.8 of a percentage point. So, this thing is close. Republicans are absolutely in a better chance to clinch the majority because they have more seats at this moment and are leading in a number of others. But this thing is not a done deal and it is extremely close.
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