As of Saturday morning, just three Senate seats and two dozen House seats were left to determine the balance of power in the 118th Congress.
35 Senate seats up for election
With three seats still to be determined, Fetterman's victory in Pennsylvania is the only new seat for either party.. If Republicans gain just one seat, they will retake the control they relinquished in the 2020 election.Members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms, so all 435 seats were up for election. That said, thewere at least likely to be unchanged: 199 Republican and 172 Democratic. That's where the tally largely stood for most of Wednesday morning.
Before Tuesday's vote, analysts and candidates said they expected Democrats would lose seats. Just six new seats would allow Republicans to regain control.," said Chris Warshaw, a professor at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The question, Warshaw said, was how much Democrats could mitigate their losses.Control of Congress swung between the parties in the 1950s, but in the 83rd Congress – two years before John F.
Democrats held large majorities for years until 1980, when Ronald Reagan's election and presidency helped push American politics rightward and Republicans regained control of the Senate for three terms.Since the 1950s, control of both the House and Senate by one party has shifted only twice to the other. A look at how control has shifted in Congress since Jimmy Carter was elected president and the 95th Congress was seated.
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