WASHINGTON — After The Associated Press declared a winner in the last outstanding House race of the 2024 election cycle this week, we have a clear picture of how each party fared in the battle for control of Congress. 

What You Need To Know

  • After The Associated Press declared a winner in the last outstanding House race of the 2024 election cycle this week, we have a clear picture of how each party fared in the battle for control of Congress
  • With this week’s call, Republicans secured 220 seats to Democrats’ 215 to hold onto its slim majority in the House
  • Yet, in what could be seen as a bright spot for Democrats in a lackluster election cycle for the party, they are set to start the next session of Congress with an ever-so-slightly larger contingent in the lower chamber than they had following the 2022 midterms
  • On the Senate side, Republicans were able to flip a handful of seats in a feat that included ousting a few long-serving Democratic incumbents, to take back control of the upper chamber with a 53-47 majority
  • Six of Democrats’ flipped districts came in California and New York – two deep-blue states in which Democrats lost ground in the 2022 midterms

With this week’s call, Republicans secured 220 seats to Democrats’ 215 to hold onto its slim majority in the House. Yet, in what could be seen as a bright spot for Democrats in a lackluster election cycle for the party, they are set to start the next session of Congress with an ever-so-slightly larger contingent in the lower chamber than they had following the 2022 midterms. 

On the Senate side, Republicans were able to flip a handful of seats, in a feat that included ousting a few long-serving Democratic incumbents, to take back control of the upper chamber with a 53-47 majority. 

Here is where each party flipped congressional districts and Senate seats this cycle. 

In Congress’ upper chamber, where Democrats knew going into November they were facing tough odds in keeping their slim majority, Republicans flipped four seats. 

The party picked up West Virginia’s open seat with the state’s GOP Gov. Jim Justice notching a victory. The seat is currently held by retiring Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin. 

Republicans also ousted three Democratic incumbents to flip seats in Ohio and Montana as well as the presidential battleground of Pennsylvania. 

In the lower chamber, the party in power flipped to favor Democrats in nine House districts, while the GOP took control of eight seats currently held by Democrats. 

Six of Democrats’ flipped districts came in California and New York – two deep-blue states in which Democrats lost ground in the 2022 midterms. 

In California, Democrats flipped three districts, picking back up the only one they lost in 2022 and ousting a trio Republican incumbents. Those included that state’s 13th Dstrict, where Democrat Adam Gray defeated incumbent GOP Rep. John Duarte; the 27th District, where George Whitesides ousted incumbent GOP Rep. Mike Garcia; and the 45th District, where Derek Tran prevailed over Republican incumbent Rep. Michelle Steele. 

Republicans flipped four House seats in New York in the 2022 midterm election. This cycle, Democrats flipped three of their own, winning back the 4th, 19th and 22nd districts. The party had already taken control of one of the seats they lost in 2022 during a special election to replace former GOP Rep. George Santos. The Republican incumbents ousted this cycle in New York include Reps. Anthony D'Esposito, Marc Molinaro and Brandon Williams. 

Democrats also flipped one seat in Oregon as well as one apiece in Alabama and Louisiana due to new congressional district lines drawn ahead of the election. 

Meanwhile, three of the GOP’s new pick-ups this cycle came in North Carolina, which was using a new congressional map for the first time that was redrawn last year by the Republican-led state Legislature. 

In addition, Republicans ousted two Democratic incumbents in Pennsylvania, one in Colorado and one in Alaska’s only House seat. The party also won an open seat previously in Democratic hands in Michigan.