Republicans have officially won the battle to ratify their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The House majority was called for the Republicans by the Fox News Decision Desk in the early hours of Thursday.
The number of seats the party will hold depends on the outcome in a handful of remaining districts.
However, Republicans have now won enough seats to secure the majority.
There are nine races yet to be called, which are:
- Alaska’s at-large district
- California’s 9th, 13th, 21st, and 45th districts
- Iowa’s 1st district
- Maine’s 2nd district
- Ohio’s 9th district
- Oregon’s 5th district
Republicans hit the 218-seat threshold for majority after Republican Juan Ciscomani won the race for Arizona’s 6th District.
The first-term Republican won a rematch against Democrat Kirsten Engel.
Ciscomani only narrowly defeated Engel in the 2022 midterms.
In a statement, The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) said that the majority win came after a “historically tumultuous cycle.”
Republicans “never lost focus and never stopped working,” the NRCC added.
In a statement, NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson said:
“They said it couldn’t be done, but the American people have spoken.
“As Chairman of the NRCC, it has been my mission since day one to hold our House majority.
“Today it is clear that we accomplished that mission.
“Even through a historically tumultuous cycle our team never lost focus and never stopped working.”
“Americans are fed up with extreme Democrats who threw open the border, set inflation on fire, and invited drugs and crime to flood our communities,” he said.
“With a Republican House majority, President Donald Trump back in the White House, and a new Senate majority, help is on the way.
“I am looking forward to working with my newly elected colleagues to clean up Democrats’ mess with an America First agenda.”
Johnson, whose rise to speaker last year ended a leadership battle in the House, will continue serving as the 56th Speaker.
He won the House Republican nomination Wednesday to stay on the job.
Johnson was on track to keep the gavel after a morning endorsement from President Donald Trump ahead of a full House vote in the new year.
It comes despite a tumultuous term for the House GOP marked by fierce public infighting over government spending and the first-ever ouster of a speaker of the House.
Republicans’ chances of keeping the House majority seemed like a pipe dream in October 2023.
Congress was paralyzed while GOP lawmakers fought behind closed doors to select a new leader after ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was historically booted by all House Democrats and eight Republican rebels.
Those odds improved significantly when Democrats had their own leadership crisis as top liberals pressured President Joe Biden to drop out of the race.
He was forced to step aside by top Democrats after his disastrous debate against President Trump.
Vice President Kamala Harris gave Democrats an enthusiasm and funding boost when she took over Biden’s mantle.
However, Harris’s doomed campaign failed to carry their House candidates through November.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) told Fox News late last month that he anticipated the battle for control to come down to roughly 40 or 45 races.
“There’s really only about 10% — roughly 45 seats — that are truly competitive,” Scalise said.
“And, by that, I mean the real battleground districts are about half Republican-held and about half Democrat-held.”
“We’re going around the country helping the incumbents on the Republican side or in tough races.
“But, also, we’re working on those challengers who have a real opportunity to flip a seat from Democrat to Republican.”
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