Republicans will win control of House as Democrats keep Senate

The chamber of the House of Representatives is seen at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 28.

Republicans will win control of the House of Representatives, CNN projects, reaching the threshold of 218 seats needed for a majority in the chamber after Republican Mike Garcia won in California’s 27th Congressional District.

The victory will fall short of their hopes of a “red wave” but thwart President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda and will likely subject his White House to relentless investigations.

The fact that the GOP finally passed the threshold of 218 seats needed for control of the chamber eight days after Election Day – and that it came down to the final districts to report results – underscores the party’s underwhelming midterm election performance, which history and political logic suggested should have delivered a heftier rebuke to Biden and Democrats.

In defiance of political gravity, Democrats held onto the Senate after an election dominated by concerns about high inflation and influenced, in some places, by the Supreme Court’s overturning of a constitutional right to abortion this summer. There’s still an outstanding Senate race in Georgia, which will be decided by a December runoff and will determine how large the Democrats’ majority will be.

Republicans’ victory in the House will end Democrat Nancy Pelosi’s second tenure as speaker in January. But its majority looks set to number a handful of seats, far short of initial expectations in a margin that will make managing a restive Republican conference a stiff task for party leaders.

And while less impressive than party leaders had hoped for, it still represents a return of Trump-style ideology and chaos politics to Washington, given the strong influence the ex-president is likely to wield over his acolytes in the GOP conference. The former president announced his 2024 presidential bid on Tuesday night.

Rep. Mike Garcia walks to the House steps of the Capitol on September 21.

Republican Rep. Mike Garcia will in California’s 27 District, CNN projects, helping the GOP reach the 218 seats necessary to gain control of the House.

Rep. Jared Golden speaks to a supporter on November 1 at the State House in Augusta, Maine.

After Maine’s ranked-choice tabulation, Rep. Jared Golden will win in the state’s 2nd Congressional District, CNN projects, defeating Republican Bruce Poliquin in a rematch of their 2018 contest for the same seat. This is a Democratic hold.

Here’s where things stand in the House:

Republicans need to win one more race to reach the 218 seats necessary to gain control of the House.

Eric Aguilar works on ballot scanning and tabulation of votes at the Voting Solutions for All People (VSAP) tally room on November 11 in Downey, California.

The $122 million-dollar Los Angeles mayor’s race between US Rep. Karen Bass and real estate magnate Rick Caruso is still too close to call, along with six House races in California that could determine the balance of power in Washington, raising a perennial question: Why does it take California so long to count its votes?

More than a week after Election Day and as the nation awaits an official call on which party will control the US House of Representatives, attention is turning to some of the outstanding races in California that could tip the scales. Tuesday was the last day that county election officials could accept ballots that were postmarked on or before Election Day — meaning the Golden State is just getting started counting some of those late-arriving ballots.

California now mails every registered voter a ballot, a practice that began in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic and ultimately became permanent in Sept. 2021 in an effort to increase voter access and participation. Under state law, ballots postmarked on or before Election Day must be accepted by county elections offices for seven days after polls close.

The sheer volume of ballots that election officials are now counting is enormous. In the 2020 election, more than 15 million mail ballots were cast in the general election – comprising about 87% of the total. This year, there were nearly 22 million registered California voters by mid-October, according to figures from the California secretary of state.

The official canvassing period — the process of tabulating votes — will continue up to Dec. 8, when county election officials must report their final official results to the secretary of state (though some counties have set earlier deadlines to certify their own election results). The California secretary of state will certify the state’s results by Dec. 16.

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Former Vice President Mike Pence told CBS News that he is “closing the door” on testifying before the House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6, putting an end to the question of whether he would agree to speak with the committee before it wraps its investigation. 

“I am closing the door on that, but I must say again, the partisan nature of the Jan. 6 committee has been a disappointment to me,” Pence said.  

Pence criticized the makeup of the committee, ignoring the fact that Republicans rejected earlier opportunities to form the panel in a more bipartisan fashion, but acknowledged that he did not stand in the way of members of his senior staff, including his chief of staff Marc Short, from testifying in front of the panel. 

“It’s inconceivable to me that one party would appoint every member of a committee in Congress that’s antithetical to the whole idea of the committee system,” Pence said. 

He continued, “We have a separation of powers under the Constitution of the United States. And I believe it would establish a terrible precedent for the Congress to summon a Vice President of the United States to speak about deliberations that took place at the White House.”

Pence said even though he does not want to testify before the committee, he would continue to share his story about what happened on Jan. 6 in his book and he will “continue to speak openly about it.”

CNN has previously reported that Pence’s legal counsel had been in communication with the committee about whether he would testify. Over the summer, the panel dedicated an entire hearing to the pressure campaign Pence faced in the lead-up to Capitol attack, which included testimony from some of his top aides.

GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a member of the committee, was quick to criticize Pence’s decision not to testify.

“Hey Pence, do you like Democracy or nah? Did trump break the law or nah? Pick a lane and a position. You will fail to please everyone” Kinzinger tweeted.

Pence will participate in a CNN town hall airing at 9:00 p.m. ET tonight.

Committee’s response: The House select committee also issued a statement pushing back on Pence’s comments.

“The Select Committee has proceeded respectfully and responsibly in our engagement with Vice President Pence, so it is disappointing that he is misrepresenting the nature of our investigation while giving interviews to promote his new book” Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson and GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, who serve as chair and vice chair of the committee respectively, said in a joint statement.

“The Select Committee has consistently praised the former Vice President’s refusal to bow to former President Trump’s pressure to illegally refuse to count electoral votes on January 6th. But his recent statements about the Select Committee are not accurate.”

The panel’s leaders also debunked Pence’s criticism of the makeup of the committee neglected to include Republican members, detailing how Republican pushback along the way led to the committee’s current formation.

A growing number of Senate Republicans are calling for a reassessment of the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s spending decisions after the party failed to take back the majority in 2022 despite a favorable national political environment. 

The NRSC and the Senate Leadership Fund, the Mitch McConnell-aligned Super PAC, have sparred for months over the quality of various candidates and when, where and how to spend resources.

Utah Senator Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he has not called for an “audit” of the NRSC. But he would like to see an evaluation of its “initiatives,” “investments,” “fundraising” and payments to political consultants.

“How well did various aspects of fundraising go,” he asked. “How much was paid to various consultants and did they do the job we wanted them to do?” 

Asked if he was concerned about any potential wrongdoing, Romney said, “No.”

Republican Sen. Rick Scott, the NRSC chair, said in a statement that the Senate GOP campaign arm is “more than happy” to discuss its spending with senators. Politico first reported that a couple of lawmakers — Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Thom Tillis — privately called for an audit of the NRSC on Tuesday. 

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley said there was a “distinct change in tone” from members at the Senate GOP’s closed-door meeting on Wednesday.

“Senators backed off of that today,” said Hawley. “I don’t know if there was a little indigestion about that… People who had yesterday were using that word, today said, ‘Oh, that’s not what I meant. That’s not what I meant.’”

But Tillis reiterated his call on Wednesday, according to a person familiar. And a Blackburn spokesperson said, “Senator Blackburn’s position has not changed. That is incorrect.”

McCarthy speaks after he was nominated to be House Speaker at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Tuesday, November 15.

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said he has “plenty of time” to get the support of members of his conference who voted against his speakership bid on Tuesday, following an hours-long meeting where Republicans discussing the rules package that will govern the new Congress.

McCarthy said progress was made on several fronts, including expanding the Steering Committee and saying leadership would like to open up the floor for more amendments. 

“We’ll continue to work with our conference to be able to produce more of their amendments for the floor,” he said. “We’re not done. It was a great discussion. We got part of it done. We’ll carry it on again after we come back” from recess, McCarthy said.

Remember: CNN has yet to project which party will win control of the House although the GOP is only one seat away from gaining the necessary 218 seats.

DeSantis gives a victory speech on November 8, in Tampa, Florida.

Speaking to a group of Republican donors in Orlando on Tuesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis touted his strength in the suburbs, his rural turnout effort and his appeal with Latino voters just one week after he cruised to victory in his reelection effort.

DeSantis made the pitch in a conversational tone that reflected his good mood after his win last week, according to a person in the room. His remarks came at a time when the Florida Republican is being touted as a potential presidential candidate and a preferable alternative among many in the party to former President Donald Trump.

The group of about 250 people, which included donors to the Republican Governors Association as well as governors and their spouses, gave DeSantis a standing ovation at the end of his conversation with outgoing Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts. The person in the room told CNN that DeSantis walked through in detail where he performed well across the state, including winning the traditionally Democratic Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.

When asked by Ricketts what he would like to work on with Republican governors, DeSantis said he was looking to take on the growth of so-called environmental, social and governance, or ESG, investment funds as well as improving border security, the person said.

A second person familiar with the speech confirmed that DeSantis did not mention Trump, who later on Tuesday announced he was running for president in 2024.

Scott returns to the Senate Republican Caucus leadership elections meeting following a brief break at the US Capitol on Wednesday, November 16, in Washington, DC.

Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, who lost a bid for the GOP leadership in the Senate in a secret ballot Wednesday, didn’t answer directly when asked if he has confidence in Sen. Mitch McConnell’s leadership.

“I support the Republican leadership,” he told CNN.

McConnell won the leadership vote 37-10-1 and said at a news conference that he was “pretty proud” of the result.

Scott also defended the decision of the National Republican Senatorial Committee — which he chairs — to not engage in GOP primaries, a decision some McConnell allies believe helped weak candidates emerge. 

“We should trust the voters of the states,” he said.

Asked if he supported former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, Scott said: “I’m not getting involved in the presidential campaigns.”

Pelosi on Capitol Hill, Monday, November 14, in Washington, DC.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could make an announcement about whether she will run for the top House Democrat leadership spot this week, according to several senior representatives.

While Pelosi hasn’t said one way or the other what she will do so far, the senior House Democrats told CNN they believe she will announce her decision before the House recess by the end of the week.

Why this is important: What happens in Democratic leadership elections revolves around the key question of what Pelosi decides to do. Until Pelosi makes her announcement, much of the rest of the field is expected to remain essentially frozen in place.

If Pelosi decides to run again for the top leadership spot for House Democrats, it will make clear that she is not yet ready to relinquish her role atop the House Democratic caucus. Pelosi, a towering figure in Democratic politics, commands widespread support among her members and is viewed as an effective leader within her party.

But if she runs again for leadership, such a move would also likely surprise, and even frustrate, many in Washington, including members of her own party, who have been anticipating that she might step aside for a new generation of leadership to take the reins.

If Pelosi does not run for the top leadership post, it would set the stage for a major shakeup in House Democratic leadership and mark the end of an era for Washington. The move would kick off a fight for her successor that could expose divisions within the party as other prominent members of the party look to move up the leadership ladder.

Remember: CNN has not projected which party will control the House yet. Republicans are on the cusp of reaching the 218 seats necessary to claim a House majority. Eleven House races remain uncalled — and the GOP needs to win one more to gain control of the lower chamber.

CNN’s Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer contributed to this report

Rep. Adam Schiff will not seek a leadership position in the Democratic caucus next Congress, multiple sources tell CNN.

Instead, he is considering a run for Senate in California where Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein, 89, is up for reelection in 2024.  

This paves the way for Hakeem Jeffries to become the leader of the Democratic caucus. Jeffries is widely seen as the favorite in the caucus for the position, if House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who is the current leader, runs for a different position next Congress. 

Hoyer is considering a number of options to stay in Democratic leadership in the new Congress, including running for leader or for the whip position, sources told CNN on Tuesday.

Remember: CNN has yet to project which party will win the House as several key races are too early to call. But, right now, Republicans hold 217 seats — one away from the 218 needed to capture the majority.

House Democratic leadership elections have been announced for Nov. 30. Voting will take place behind closed doors via secret ballot using an app.

To be elected to any position in Democratic leadership, a candidate needs to win a majority among those present and voting. If more than two candidates run and no one wins a majority, the candidate with the fewest votes after the first round of voting will be eliminated and voting will proceed to a second round.

Republicans are one seat away from winning control of the House, with votes in some western states and Maine still being counted more than a week after Election Day. Either party needs to win at least 218 seats to have the majority.

Here’s where the balance of power in the House stands:

The most uncalled races are in California — six of the remaining 11 races have not been projected. Counting there could take weeks because the official canvass is not due for a month after Election Day.

Two races are still too close to call in Colorado, including in the 3rd District where Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert is in a surprisingly tight race, leading by just more than 1,1000 votes with about 99% of ballots in.

Alaska and Maine still have one race each to call. Both states use a ranked-choice voting system. Oregon also has not yet projected the winner in its 6th Congressional District. The state conducts its elections entirely by mail.

Senate leadership elections: Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell won a secret-ballot leadership election after days of finger-pointing over the Republican election losses, putting him on pace to becoming the longest-serving Senate party leader in US history in the next Congress. McConnell defeated Sen. Rick Scott, his first challenger in his 15 years atop his conference.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that the Democratic Senate leadership elections will be on Dec. 8, according to a source.

Still ahead: Former Vice President Mike Pence is set to participate in a CNN town hall on Wednesday as questions swirl about his plans for 2024 and the direction of the Republican Party after a disappointing showing in the midterm elections.

The town hall is taking place the day after former President Donald Trump announced his third bid for president and follows the release of Pence’s memoir, “So Help Me God,” on Tuesday.

Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and Josh Hawley.

Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and Josh Hawley both said after a lengthy Senate GOP meeting that they voted for Sen. Rick Scott for leader over Mitch McConnell because they wanted change in the wake of the 2022 midterm elections.

“I voted for change,” said Graham. “I accept the results of the conference, and I hope we can be better.” 

Asked by CNN why McConnell won, Hawley turned sarcastic. 

“Why do I think he won? Because the conference doesn’t want to change course,” said Hawley. “They want to do what we’re doing. It’s working so well.”

Hawley told reporters that he asked McConnell and Scott why “a sizable number of” independent voters stayed home. 

“That’s why there wasn’t a red wave,” Hawley said.

“I just asked both of the candidates, ‘Do you acknowledge that as a fact — and what do you think we need to do different?’ Because clearly, the Republican Party’s got to do something different if we ever want to be a majority party,” said Hawley.  

Hawley also told reporters that he believes McConnell blames former President Donald Trump for the party’s lackluster showing in the midterms.  

Hawley added to CNN that he doesn’t believe this division within the conference his going away. 

“I hope that this is the beginning of a conversation and not the end of it. And we haven’t resolved anything, we’ve chosen leadership, which is the same leadership. So now we’ve got to think about what do we do going forward,” he said.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that their caucus leadership elections will be on Dec. 8, according to a source familiar at the Senate Democrats’ lunch Wednesday.

Schumer plans to nominate Sen. Patty Murray to be president pro tempore during the elections, the source said, adding that the position will be subject to approval by the full conference.

Murray is getting the job because 89-year-old Dianne Feinstein passed up the position. Her office hasn’t said why but members have been concerned about her mental sharpness.

CNN’s Manu Raju contributed to this report.

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 15.

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell wins a secret-ballot leadership election after days of finger-pointing over the Republican election losses, putting him on pace to becoming the longest-serving Senate party leader in US history in the next Congress.

McConnell defeated Sen. Rick Scott, his first challenger in his 15 years atop his conference. McConnell spokesperson David Popp confirmed the outcome but did not provide a tally.

McConnell won the leadership vote 37-10-1, according to two senators. One senator voted present.

McConnell took a victory lap after winning reelection, saying “I’m not going anywhere,” but made clear to CNN’s Manu Raju that he does not “own this job.”

As former President Trump announced his intention to run for reelection in 2024 on Tuesday night, McConnell noted he plans to “stay out” of the GOP presidential primary as it will be “highly contested” and he doesn’t “have a dog in that fight.” 

Raju asked McConnell about what he’s learned from his first leadership challenge and whether he’ll change his approach at all. McConnell responded that he doesn’t “own” this job and “anyone who wants to run for it can feel free to do so”, but he feels “pretty proud” of the results.

McConnell made the remarks on Wednesday at a press conference after a lengthy closed-door meeting among the Republican caucus where they elected a leader by secret ballot. He introduced the new GOP leadership team for the next two years and said he’s “grateful” for the opportunity to “continue to serve.” The leadership team now also includes GOP Sen. Steve Daines as the new NRSC chair replacing Sen. Rick Scott.

In discussion about the midterm elections, McConnell also noted that he “didn’t used to like the runoff in Georgia” but he’s pleased it now gives them “a second chance” to win the seat in December. “We’re going to do everything we can to get Hershel Walker elected,” he said.

Sen. Rick Scott arrives for a meeting with Senate Republicans at the Capitol on November 16, in Washington, DC.

Republican Sen. Rick Scott said in a statement that the Senate GOP campaign arm he runs is “more than happy” to discuss its spending with senators after Politico reported that a couple of lawmakers — Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Thom Tillis — privately called for an audit of the National Republican Senatorial Committee on Tuesday. 

Scott urged the two Mitch McConnell-aligned outside groups Senate Leadership Fund and One Nation to “do the same.”

Scott also said there were “hundreds of thousands of dollars in unauthorized and improper bonuses paid to outgoing staff after the majority was lost in 2020.”

“When that’s your starting point, you work really hard to make sure there are transparent processes,” he added.

In response to Scott’s charge about “hundreds of thousands of dollars in unauthorized and improper bonuses” for 2020 NRSC staffers, Kevin McLaughlin, the NRSC executive director for the 2020 election cycle, said:

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and GOP Leader Mitch McConnell.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday told reporters that he and GOP Leader Mitch McConnell have been making “remarkably similar” statements on why Republicans didn’t do as well in the midterm elections as many in the party predicted they would.

On Tuesday, McConnell told Raju that he believes “we underperformed among independents and moderates because their impression of many of the people in our party and leadership roles is that they’re engulfed in chaos, negativity and excessive attacks, and it frightened independent and moderate Republican voters.”

Schumer’s office pointed CNN to remarks he made making a similar point on “CNN This Morning” earlier this week where he said moderate Republican voters were “afraid of this MAGA” movement.

“It’s different this time cause they lost,” he said. “They all expected to win. The red wave proved to be a red mirage. And one — if not the main reason, but one of the main reasons for sure — was that average American folks, even those in the middle, even those who tended to be Republican said, ‘I’m afraid of this MAGA. They’re trying to ruin our Democracy.’ It’s not, if you look at the numbers, if you look at the results, House and Senate, the MAGA Republican way didn’t work. The MAGA Republican candidates across the board, you just showed some of them, lost. So, if you’re a good leader of a Republican party, you say continuing to follow them is a path to disaster.”

Ballots are received, sorted and verified at the Los Angeles County ballot processing facility in Industry, California, on November 9.

What’s taking so long to determine which party has control of the US House? Blame the whole vote-by-mail West Coast, really. Actually, don’t blame them. This is just how elections work in 2022.

Blame an evenly divided electorate: If elections weren’t so close, it wouldn’t take so long to figure out who won. As of this writing, CNN has still not projected who will control the House in large part because of close races on the West Coast.

West Coast nail-biters: Here’s a look at the 11 House races for which there is no projection as of this writing. You’ll notice the western bias:

Two additional outstanding House races are in Alaska and Maine, where determining the winner in a ranked-choice voting system takes longer. That means we know results for the vast majority of the elections that concluded Tuesday.

Some races in California could take weeks: The West Coast has been taking a long time to count these votes for years, but the process is getting added scrutiny this year because those unprojected races will determine who controls the chambers of Congress.

CNN’s Eric Bradner talked to California’s top election official back in 2018, when officials there were still counting ballots and it was not clear who would win a race more than three weeks after Election Day. The official canvass isn’t due for a month after Election Day in California because the state wants to be sure to count every vote.

The voters have spoken. This is just the counting: Meantime, look for periodic evening dumps of additional votes that could change the momentum of these extremely tight races. If the races were not so close, there might not be enough of these mail-in ballots to make a difference in the final tally. News organizations won’t project a winner unless there is a certainty of victory.

Sen. Rick Scott speaks to members of the press on September 13, in Washington, DC.

Sen. Rick Scott of Florida will challenge Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for his powerful post after the Republicans failed to win back the majority despite a favorable political environment.

Scott has little chance of succeeding – even though it’s the first real opponent McConnell has faced in his 15 years as the longest-serving GOP leader. Senate Republicans are expected to hold leadership elections Wednesday.

Scott, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, has had a long-simmering conflict with McConnell over messaging, outlook and how to spend resources this election cycle. The two have disagreed over the quality of their candidates, whether to engage in GOP primaries, whether to put forward an agenda or keep the focus on President Joe Biden, and where to compete.

Asked about Scott’s attacks about his refusal to lay out a policy agenda, McConnell pushed back, and instead pointed to unnamed people in the party who are “engulfed in chaos, negativity and excessive attacks,” adding that “it frightened independent and moderate Republican voters.”

McConnell also again pointed to “candidate quality” as an issue in key races. Last week, Steven Law, the president of the Senate Leadership Fund, a McConnell-aligned super PAC, suggested that the GOP re-evaluate the NRSC’s “hands-off approach to primaries” in an effort to elect candidates who will perform better in the general election. A NRSC spokesman responded, “Anyone who hates our candidates hates the Republican voters who chose them.”

But after getting burned in 2010 and 2012 primaries, McConnell has held a different view.

“We learned some lessons about this, and I think the lesson’s pretty clear,” said McConnell on Tuesday. “Senate races are different. Candidate quality, you recall I said in August, is important. In most of our states we met that test, in a few of them we did not.”

Former President Donald Trump announces his bid for presidency on November 15, in Palm Beach, Florida.

Former President Donald Trump, aiming to become only the second commander-in-chief ever elected to two non-consecutive terms, announced Tuesday night that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.

“In order to make America great and glorious again, I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,” Trump told a crowd gathered at Mar-a-Lago, his waterfront estate in Florida, where his campaign will be headquartered.

Surrounded by allies, advisers, and conservative influencers, Trump delivered a relatively subdued speech, rife with spurious and exaggerated claims about his four years in office. To evoke nostalgia for his time in office among Republicans who have shown signs of Trump fatigue following the midterms, he frequently contrasted his first-term accomplishments with the Biden administration’s policies and the current economic climate. Many of those perceived accomplishments – from strict immigration actions to corporate tax cuts and religious freedom initiatives – remain deeply polarizing to this day.

As Trump spoke to a roomful of Republicans who expect him to face primary challengers in the coming months, he also claimed the party cannot afford to nominate “a politician or conventional candidate” if it wants to win back the White House.

“This will not be my campaign, this will be our campaign all together,” Trump said.

Trump’s long-awaited campaign comes as he tries to reclaim the spotlight following the GOP’s underwhelming midterm elections performance – including the losses of several Trump-endorsed election deniers – and the subsequent blame game that has unfolded since Election Day. Republicans failed to gain a Senate majority, came up short in their efforts to fill several statewide seats, and have yet to secure a House majority, with only 215 races called in their favor so far out of the 218 needed, developments that have forced Trump and other party leaders into a defensive posture as they face reproval from within their ranks.

Trump’s paperwork establishing his candidacy landed with the Federal Election Committee shortly before he delivered his announcement at Mar-a-Lago.

Read more about Trump’s 2024 bid here

The chamber of the House of Representatives is seen at the Capitol in Washington, DC. 

Republicans are one seat away from winning the 218 seats necessary to claim a House majority, according to CNN projections.

As control of the House still hangs in the balance, the GOP on Tuesday voted to nominate California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader since 2019, for speaker. McCarthy won a secret ballot on a 188-31 vote, fending off a long-shot challenge from Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, a former chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus.

Here’s where things stand right in House races:  

Democrats would need to win all of the 11 remaining races to retain control.

Here’s a look at what races have not been called yet:

CNN’s Andrew Menezes, Maeve Reston, Eric Bradner and Renée Rigdon contributed reporting to this post.