23
Pushed
back
U.S. (HOUSE)
Around the
country
House Democrats
expected to expand
their majority, but
their huge 2018 gains
appear to have been
more of a ceiling than a
floor. Several incumbent
Democrats—from
Iowa’s Abby Finkenauer
and Oklahoma’s Kendra
Horn to Donna Shalala
and Debbie Mucarsel-
Powell in South
Florida—lost re-election
in districts the party
flipped in the midterms.
Double
first
N.Y. (HOUSE)
Mondaire
Jones and
Ritchie Torres
Democrats Jones and
Torres are projected
to make history as the
first openly gay Black
Representatives in
Congress. Torres, who
won a close primary
to win New York’s
15th District in the
Bronx, is a breakout
star in NYC politics; in
New York’s 17th District,
Jones won his primary
with the backing of the
party’s progressive wing.
Texas
ain’t
blue yet
TEXAS
(BOTH CHAMBERS)
John Cornyn and more
Democrats’ dreams
of tipping Texas were
squashed as Republican
Senator Cornyn was
projected to hold his
seat, and all but one
still-uncalled race in
U.S. House districts
held by Republicans
seem to have stayed
that way. The GOP also
looks to have kept
control of Texas’ House,
and thus of redistricting.
Left field
MO., N.Y. AND
ILL. (HOUSE)
Cori Bush,
Jamaal Bowman
and Marie Newman
Several progressive
Democrats are
projected to be
moving up to the
House after defeating
establishment
Democrats in close
primaries earlier this
year. They include
Missouri’s Bush;
Illinois’ Newman and
New York’s Bowman,
who took the seat of
longtime Congressman
Eliot Engel.GOP
women
win
U.S. (HOUSE)
Maria Elvira
Salazar, Nancy Mace
and more
Just 13 of 197
Republicans in the
House are women—but
that number is set to
rise, after candidates
like Florida’s Salazar,
South Carolina’s Mace,
Minnesota’s Michelle
Fisch bach, Oklahoma’s
Stephanie Bice and
New Mexico’s Yvette
Herrell had big nights
in closely watched
Democratic districts.Far-right
faces
N.C. (HOUSE)
Madison
Cawthorn
At 25, Republican
Cawthorn will be the
youngest Representa-
tive in modern congres-
sional history. He’s also
one of several far-right
House candidates who
were projected to win
on Nov. 3—including
Lauren Boebert of Colo-
rado and Marjorie Taylor
Greene of Georgia, both
of whom have at times
expressed interest in
baseless QAnon con-
spiracy theories.THE NEW HOUSE
All 435 seats up for grabs
At 5 p.m. on Nov. 4, Democrats held their
lead over Republicans by at least 15 seatsNEW GOVERNORS
11 of 50 seats up for grabs232 197
Incoming
HouseOutgoing
House43 Unknown1 Runoff1 Libertarian
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