GOP marches toward control of House
Web Producer: Ina Ronquillo
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans drove toward recapturing control of the House for two more years on Tuesday as the two parties traded gains from the Eastern seaboard to the Southwest.
With almost two thirds of the chamber's 435 races called by The Associated Press, Republicans had won 173 seats and were leading in 58 others. There were about 20 other seats in Western states, where polls had just closed and voting was beginning, where GOP incumbents were not facing serious challenges.
A party needs 218 seats to control the House.
By late evening in the East, Democrats had ousted five incumbent GOP House members to just two Democrats who were defeated by Republicans. But Republicans also picked up three open seats that had been held by Democrats who are leaving Congress.
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