Republicans are projected to lose their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, putting Democrats on track for majorities in both chambers of Congress.
At 1:26 am ET, The Associated Press projected that Democrats had cleared the 218-seat threshold to take control of the House. The party had already reclaimed control of the Senate earlier Tuesday evening.
“Today begins the great American comeback,” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the heir apparent to the speaker’s gavel, with Democrats’ victory in the House.
“The American people … have had enough of the corruption. They want a Congress that’s going to deliver for the American people and that’s exactly what House Democrats will do as soon as we get into office in January.”…