Dems gain seats in Florida, Virginia in fight for House majority
Democrats are off to a promising start in their bid to win back the House majority.
The party needs a net gain of 23 seats to win the majority, and it took its first one shortly before 8 p.m. when CNN and NBC both projected that Democrat Jennifer Wexton would defeat Rep. Barbara Comstock (R) in a critical race in the Washington suburbs.
Less than an hour later, Democrat Donna Shalala was projected to defeat Republican Elvira Salazar in a fight to win an open seat vacated by retiring Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R).
Both Shalala and Wexton were favored to win their races, as the two districts were both won by Hillary Clinton in 2016 over President Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/415321-dems-battle-to-gain-house-edge-as-first-polls-close