Midterm Election Results 2022: Republicans Poised To Win House

Republicans are poised to reclaim control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday night as polls begin to close across the country.

The GOP has secured 118 of the 435 seats up for election in the House while Democrats have secured 77 seats as of Tuesday, 11:02 p.m. ET, according to POLITICO.

The Republicans need to win a total of 218 seats to secure the majority and control of the House.

Prior to the voting period, Republicans had been heavily favored to win the House majority. A forecast by FiveThirtyEight estimated that the GOP has an 84-in-100 chance of taking control of the House compared to the Democrats' 16-in-100 chance.

Currently, Democrats only have eight more House seats than Republicans, which means the GOP only needs a net gain of five seats. If Republicans win control of the chamber, it could put House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on the path to becoming the Speaker of the House in the next Congress.

That being said, the battle for Senate is still up in the air. As of 9:50 p.m. ET, Republicans won 40 Senate seats while Democrats won 39. Either party needs to secure 51 seats to win the majority.

The battle for the Senate majority would likely come down to the midterm electoral races in the key states of Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania, BBC News reported, adding that results in those areas may not come until days later.

Prior to the midterm elections, Republicans promised to cut federal spending, tackle inflation and border security and launch rigorous investigations into the Biden administration.

"The first thing you'll see is a bill to control the border first," McCarthy told CNN on Monday. "You've got to get control over the border. You've had almost 2 million people just this year alone coming across."

Democrats insist they are still in the fight, adding that their path to majority could still be driven by voters who are furious about the Supreme Court's reversal of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.