[Vision2020] Democrats rack up more gains in House as key tight races are called

[Don Coombs]

The Dems don't have a majority of 31 in the U.S. House presently -- they
have a net gain of 31. The NBC news release reported it correctly.

Don Coombs

On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 11:12 AM Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> *🤗*
> https://youtu.be/83F_fxtzEv0
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> Courtesy of NBC News at:
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> https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-rack-more-gains-house-key-tight-races-are-called-n934066?cid=public-rss_20181108
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> *Democrats rack up more gains in House as key tight races are called*
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> In Georgia's 6th House District, the Republican candidate conceded,
> bringing the Democratic Party's new majority to 31 seats with more possible.
>
> WASHINGTON — The House Democratic majority continued to grow Thursday as
> Rep. Karen Handel, the Republican who won a high-profile Georgia special
> election last year, conceded to challenger Lucy McBath, bringing the
> party's net gain of seats in Tuesday's midterm elections to 31.
>
> That number could continue to grow in coming days as more outstanding
> races are called. Many analysts have estimated that number will climb
> closer to 38 seats by the time all votes are counted, and a dozen
> competitive House contests remained too close to call by midday Thursday.
>
> For comparison, Democrats won 31 House seats in their 2006 wave election,
> which then-Republican president George W. Bush deemed a “thumping,” while
> Republicans won 63 in 2010. In both cases, however, the out-of-power party
> also made gains in the Senate while this year, Democrats lost ground in the
> upper chamber even while flipping the House.
>
> NBC News projected that McBath is the apparent winner in the race
> Thursday, while Handel told supporters in an email that she had reviewed
> the data and concluded, "It is clear that I came up a bit short on Tuesday."
>
> Handel congratulated McBath, an African-American Democrat who got involved
> in political activism after her 17-year-old son, Jordan Davis, was fatally
> shot by a white man in an incident drew national attention.
>
> Handel occupied the seat for barely more than a year after winning the
> most expensive House race in history, the 2017 special election against
> Democrat Jon Ossoff, who was dissuaded from running again this year.
>
> McBath will be the first Democrat to represent the district, which
> includes parts of the North Atlanta suburbs, since the Jimmy Carter
> administration. Former occupants of the seat include former GOP House
> Speaker Newt Gingrich and Tom Price, President Donald Trump's first Health
> and Human Services secretary, who resigned from that job amidst controversy
> last year.
>
> The neighboring district, Georgia's 7th, remains surprisingly close, with
> Republican Rep. Rob Woodall holding a narrow lead over Democrat Carolyn
> Bourdeaux as the final outcome remains unclear.
>
> Meanwhile, Rep. Steve Knight, R-Calif., conceded a Los Angeles-area
> congressional district that includes the Ronald Reagan presidential library
> to 31-year-old Democratic challenger Katie Hill. She is the apparent winner
> in that race, NBC News projected Thursday.
>
> In Orange County, California, Democrat Harley Rouda leads Republican Rep.
> Dana Rohrabacher, while Democrat Mike Levin is ahead in the neighboring
> district formerly occupied by retiring Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, though
> NBC News deems both races too close to call.
>
> Republicans look likely to hang on to two other contested Southern
> California districts. It may take days for final results in the Golden
> State, since voters are allowed to mail their absentee ballots as late as
> Election Day.
>
> Meanwhile, Republican congressional candidate Dino Rossi conceded to
> Democrat Kim Schrier in a contest for a Washington state House district
> that includes both wealthy suburbs and rural farmland.
>
> Democrats also lead in too-close-to-call races in New Jersey, Maine, New
> Mexico and Utah, where former Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams is
> outpacing Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah. Trump trashed her during a news conference
> Wednesday, saying, “Love gave me no love.”
>
> Republicans picked up two Democratic-held seats in traditionally blue
> parts of rural Minnesota, even as Democrats flipped two GOP-held suburb
> seats there and won big statewide, reflecting the large political
> realignment evident in Tuesday’s election.
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