By Jason Lange
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans appeared near controlling the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday, vital for President-elect Donald Trump to advance his agenda when he returns to the White House in January.
With votes nonetheless being counted from the Nov. 5 common election, Republicans had gained 212 seats within the 435-member House, based on projections from Edison Research, which as of Friday evening predicted Republican Jeff Hurd had sufficient votes to carry on to Republican management of Colorado. third Congressional District.
Republicans now have to win six extra seats to keep up management of the House and have already got sufficient wins to wrest management of the U.S. Senate from Democrats, though Edison Research predicted Friday evening that Democratic U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen would win reelection in Nevada .
With Trump’s victory within the presidential election and Republican management of the Senate already determined, sustaining management of the House would give Republicans broad powers to probably impose a broad agenda of tax and spending cuts, vitality deregulation and border safety checks.
The outcomes of 19 House races stay unclear, particularly in aggressive districts in Western states the place the tempo of vote counting is often slower than in the remainder of the nation.
Ten seats are at the moment held by Republicans and 9 by Democrats. Fourteen seats have been extensively thought of aggressive earlier than the election.
(Reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Diane Craft)
