Republicans want complete control of Congress

Washington (EFE).- Six days after the Republican and Democrat legislative elections in the United States, the count of 18 seats in the House of Representatives is still pending, which will define control of Congress for the first two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. Trump.

Republicans, who have already secured 214 seats, are close to a majority of 218. With 203, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Democrats to avoid conservative control of all power.

Of the 18 seats where there is still no winner, Republicans are ahead in 9, which is more than enough to re-validate the majority in the lower house.

All eyes are on the California count, as 10 of those 18 seats belong to that state.
Conservative control of the lower chamber would be added to the Senate, which Republicans took from Democrats on the same election night after a four-year opposition.

There is still one last seat up for grabs, with Democrat Ruben Gallego ahead of Republican Kari Lake in the vote, but the balance in the upper chamber will not change.

Over the next two years, Republicans will have at least 53 senators (plus four more) while Democrats will have 46 senators.

Slow counting and uncertainty have been a trend in recent election events in the United States.

We had to wait for 4 days to find out the winner of the 2020 presidential election. In the 2022 legislative elections, control of the House of Representatives was not defined until 9 days after the election.