Written by Jason Lange
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans on Saturday appeared poised to take control of the US House of Representatives, a critical move for President-elect Donald Trump to advance his goals when he returns to the White House in January.
With votes still being counted from the Nov. 5 general election, Republicans won 212 seats in the 435-member House, according to Edison Research polls, which showed Friday night that Republican Jeff Hurd had enough votes to keep Republican control of Colorado. 3rd congressional district.
Republicans now need to win six more seats to control the House and already have enough victories to wrest the US Senate from Democrats, although Edison Research predicted late Friday that Democratic US Senator Jacky Rosen won re-election in Nevada.
With Trump's victory in the presidential election and Republican control of the Senate already decided, holding the House would give Republicans greater leverage to end a broad program of tax cuts and spending cuts, deregulation and border security controls.
The results of the 19 House races are still unclear, especially in competitive districts in Western states where the speed of counting votes is generally slower than in the rest of the country.
Ten of these seats are held by Republicans and nine by Democrats. Fourteen seats were seen as contested before the election.
(Reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Diane Craft)
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