Photo: Alamy
Over a dozen key House races are undecided as of Friday morning as Republicans hope to keep a slim majority.
The GOP holds a project 216 seats while Democrats have won a projected 204 seats, according to Decision Desk HQ.
The projections leave 15 races undecided. At least 218 seats must be won by a party to hold the majority.
Most of the remaining decisions remain in Western states, including close elections in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington.
In Alaska, an election held under a ranked-choice voting system, Republican Nick Begich leads over Democrat incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola for the state’s lone House seat. In 2022, Peltola won under the state’s first ranked-choice vote, becoming the first Democrat to do so in decades.
A close count also continues in Arizona’s District 6. Democrat Kirsten Engel is currently ahead by just 11 votes over incumbent Rep. Juan Ciscomani with 79 percent of the estimated vote counted in what could become the closest final tally in the country, triggering a likely recount.
In California’s District 13, incumbent Republican Rep. John Duarte leads Democrat Adam Gray by about 3,000 votes with 53 percent of estimated votes counted. Republicans hope to hold onto the seat as it remains vital to the party’s majority, while Democrats seek to flip the district in what would be one of its few successes in the 2024 election.
California’s District 27 is the other House seat currently held by Republicans that is undecided. Rep. Mike Garcia leads by nearly 5,000 votes with 72 percent of estimated votes counted.
If the two remaining California projections hold, Republicans will hold 218 seats to at least keep a one-seat majority in the House. The outcome would also give the party the White House, Senate and House, offering many new opportunities in the next session of Congress under the leadership of President Donald Trump.
