Tuesday night delivered mixed results for both parties but, overall, national Democrats are feeling victorious as they were able to stave off a number of fierce Republican challengers that could have tipped House control far to the right.
The Republican candidate for Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, spoke to his supporters during an election night party. The photo was taken by Giorgio VIERA.
Democrats flipped at least three House seats rated toss-ups by Cook Political Report, in Ohio, Texas and North Carolina, as of Wednesday morning, with multiple results pending.
The Republicans have flipped at least three House seats.
In the 13th congressional district, the seat held by Rep. Ted Budd (R), who won his Senate election on Tuesday, was flipped by a two point margin in the toss up race.
In the race for Ohio's 1st Congressional District in Cincinnati, Greg Landsman defeated the incumbent by five points.
In Ohio, Democrats won a second district with a six-point victory over a Republican.
The 34th congressional district became a blue district on Tuesday when Vicente Gonzalez was elected over Mayra Flores, who had flipped the district in a special election in June.
The seat held by retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey was flipped by John Fetterman.
In terms of Democratic upsets, Florida is no longer a swing state, with Gov. Ron DeSantis winning by a wide margin over former Gov. Charlie Crist.
The chair of the Congressional campaign committee conceded to the Republican on Wednesday morning.
The race to fill Portman's Ohio Senate seat was a toss-up.
The district Luria flipped to Republican Jen Kiggans was redrawn to include more Republicans.
With all 435 House seats up for election on Tuesday, Democrats secured wins in 175 districts, but Republicans are close to taking control of the chamber. The Senate balance is 48-47 in favor of the Republicans, with three toss-up races still outstanding. Lauren Boebert was in a close race with Adam Frisch as of 12 p.m. 98% of the votes were reported Wednesday.
Even if Republicans were to win all of the outstanding 62 House elections that have yet to be called, they would be left with a 47-seat gain, less than the 64 seats they gained in the last election.
Democrats boosted far- right GOP candidates in battleground states.
There is a red wave of optimism among Republicans.
The Senate is up for grabs, so there are tight contests in must-watch races.
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