Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) stated Thursday that there’s nonetheless “a transparent pathway” for a Democratic majority within the decrease chamber as votes proceed to be counted nationwide.
“We still have a clear pathway to taking back the majority,” Jeffries stated on Spectrum 1 Information to the outlet’s Errol Louis. “Of course that runs through Arizona and Oregon and five races that are flip opportunities in California that are too close to call and too early to call.”
In keeping with projections from Determination Desk HQ, Republicans are main the race for management of the Home with 216 seats to Democrats’ 204 as of late Thursday. Determination Desk HQ has not but made projections for key Home races together with these in Washington’s third Congressional District, Oregon’s fifth Congressional District, Arizona’s sixth Congressional District and California’s thirteenth Congressional District.
“Properly, definitely the largest Democratic wins had been proper right here in New York, and I am so grateful to the coordinated marketing campaign effort that was put collectively from the very starting within the aftermath of the 2022 midterm elections…” Jeffries said of recent gains in the House by New York Democrats, which have been projected by Decision Desk HQ. “It was an all palms on deck effort.”
Democrats have seemed to the Home for a doable win as Republicans are set to achieve management of the Senate and government department subsequent 12 months.
The Hill has reached out to Jeffries’s workplace for additional remark.
