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The winners of this election will serve in the 119th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among states based on the 2020 United States census. The House Republican Conference has been led by Mike Johnson since October 2023, following the removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House and the speaker election that Johnson
Incumbent Republican Elise Stefanik is likely to resign to take office as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. [10] Governor Kathy Hochul is responsible for calling a special election ten days after the vacancy, to take place between 70 and 80 days afterwards.
Republicans retained their slim majority in the House of Representatives, despite losing a seat, during the 2024 United States House of Representatives elections. [17] With a two seat larger majority, in the January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, a faction of the Republican majority, mostly represented by the Freedom Caucus, refused to support Republican ...
In 2023, Congress had its least productive year in modern history when the Republican infighting led to a rebellion that ousted Speaker McCarthy from his position and left the House without a ...
The GOP took back the House by a slim marigin in the 2022 midterm elections. Of the 435 voting seats in the House, 220 are held by Republicans. Democrats hold 212 seats.
When Trump was elected president in 2016, Republicans also swept Congress, but he still encountered Republican leaders resistant to his policy ideas, as well as a Supreme Court with a liberal ...
The 119th United States Congress began on January 3, 2025. There were nine new senators (four Democrats, five Republicans) and 63 new representatives (33 Democrats, 30 Republicans), as well as two new delegates (a Democrat and a Republican), at the start of its first session. Additionally, three senators (all Republicans) have taken office in ...
The fact that candidates are still looking to run even amid the chaos in the House conference is a welcome sign for Republicans. But those candidates do face the difficult task of trying to stay ...