Democrats poised to flip House in midterm elections after two turbulent years of Trump

Victory for party comes despite unusual and aggressive efforts by Republicans to redraw congressional districts

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Democrats are winning competitive House races and are expected to flip the US House of Representatives after two tumultuous years of Donald Trump’s second presidency. A change in House control would give Democrats a perch to conduct robust oversight of the administration for its final two years.

Republicans currently hold 218 seats in the House and Democrats have 214. (There is one vacancy in a Republican seat and one vacancy in a Democratic seat, and one Republican member switched his party affiliation to independent.) Democrats need to flip just three seats to gain control of the House.