As disappointing as the Presidential election turned out to be for Republicans, it's a different story in Congress. The GOP has currently claimed 50 seats in the Senate, with two more potentially next month. Then there's the House, where Republicans — very slowly, for whatever reason — are flipping seats bit by bit, inching closer and closer to parity with the Democrats. The left will continue to hang on to the House, but just barely, in a year when they were supposed to make gains.
So far, 12 seats have flipped in the House:
CA39 Young Kim
CA48 Michelle Steel
FL27 Maria Elvira Salazar
FL26 Carlos Gimenez
IA01 Ashley Hinson
MI03 Peter Meijer
MN07 Michelle Fischbach
NY11 Nicole Malliotakis
NM02 Yvette Herrell
OK05 Stephanie Bice
SC01 Nancy Mace
UT04 Burgess Owens
That's not necessarily a "wave" election, but in a year when every single poll suggested the Republicans would be losing seats, a 12-seat gain is significant. It's going to make a much bigger difference in the Senate if Mitch McConnell remains Majority Leader and Biden has to work with a Republican-controlled Senate in order to get his cabinet picks. It makes for a very interesting set-up where a Democrat party that is hoping desperately to push Biden left is going to have to sit and watch him moderate for four years (1453 days).
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