Democrats win final seat in US House, cutting into Republican majority
Al Jazeera
Republicans hold a 220-215 majority in House of Representatives but will have to deal with three early vacancies.
Washington, DC – Democrats have won the last race to be called in the United States House of Representatives, leaving their Republican rivals with a razor-thin majority in the chamber after the November 5 elections.
With all the votes counted early on Wednesday, Democrat Adam Gray defeated Republican incumbent John Duarte in California’s 13th Congressional District.
Gray’s victory by fewer than 200 votes came nearly a month after Election Day due to California’s protracted vote-counting process, which allows for corrections on improperly filled mail-in ballots.
The result will give Republicans a slim, five-seat majority in the House — 220 to 215 — when it reconvenes in January, which could prove to be a headache for party leaders as they seek to push through President-elect Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.
The Republicans’ narrow edge in the chamber will shrink further, however, when Republicans Mike Waltz and Elise Stefanik — both tapped to serve in the incoming Trump administration — leave the House.
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