With votes still being counted from the Nov 5 general election, Republicans had won 213 seats in the 435-member House, according to Edison Research, which projected on the night of Nov 9 that Representative Jeff Hurd had enough votes to keep Republican control of Colorado's 3rd congressional district.
Republicans need to win five more seats to keep control of the House, and they already have enough victories to wrest control of the US Senate from Democrats, though Edison Research projected late on Nov 8 that Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen won re-election in Nevada.
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