United States House of Representatives Election, 2018 (Nkechinyer)

The United States House of Representatives election in 2018 was held on November 6, 2018. In this election, the Republican Party held onto the House of Representatives despite losing 16 seats to the Democrats and Nancy Pelosi. Paul Ryan remained the Republican Speaker of the House.
The Election started with 241 seats for Republicans and 196 for Democrats. With 218 seats needed to attain a majority, the Republicans held off Pelosi's democrats, who needed just over 20 seats for a majority.
As a result of the Republican Party maintaining a majority in the House of Representatives and Senate, the 2018 Midterm elections became the first midterm elections since 1978 in which one party controlled both houses of congress and the white house for more than 2 years.
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