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Democrats Win Both Chambers
Control: Dem 51 · Rep 50 (the vice president breaks ties)
Control: 218 seats
Senate flips: North Carolina (R→D), South Carolina (R→D), Texas (R→D), Ohio (R→D), Kansas (R→D), Iowa (R→D), Maine (R→D)
Senate totals include the 65 seats not on the ballot this year; Democrats include the independents who caucus with them. Calls by major news decision desks.
2026 Majority Math
How Republicans Could Hold the House in 2026
Republicans currently hold 219 of the 435 House seats (House: 218 Republicans, 214 Democrats, 1 Independent caucusing with the Republicans, with 2 seats currently vacant). To keep the majority in 2026, they need to limit their net loss to 1 seat — that is, hold at least 218 seats.
Composition data as of November 9, 2026. Competitiveness is measured by the 2024 presidential margin in each state — a single, factual signal of state-level partisan lean. Districts within a state can vary substantially.
Quick Answer
- Current House majority
- Republicans — 219–214 (2 seats vacant)
- Majority threshold
- 218 of 435 seats
- The Senate
- How Republicans could hold the Senate
- Seats up in 2026
- 433 — all voting House seats
- Republicans goal in 2026
- Hold at least 218 seats
Current House Composition
- Republicans: 218
- Democrats: 214
- Independents: 1 (caucusing with the Republicans)
- Vacant seats: 2
A simple majority of the 435-seat House requires 218 seats.
The Math
Current House (all 435 seats)
- 218 Republican
- 214 Democratic
- 1 Independent
- 2 vacant
Every U.S. House seat was on the ballot in 2026. House terms are two years, so the entire chamber turns over every cycle.
- Total voting House seats: 435
- Threshold for a majority: 218 seats
- Current breakdown: 218 Republican, 214 Democratic, 1 Independent
Republicans can lose up to 1 seats on net and still control the chamber.
Crossover House Seats
District-level results are not analyzed here, but at the state level we can identify “crossover” seats — House members representing states where the other party's presidential candidate won in 2024. These are not predictions, but they mark members whose constituencies showed cross-pressure at the top of the ticket.
| Member | State | 2024 presidential margin |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Pocan (D)-2 | Wisconsin | Trump +0.9 in 2024 |
| Gwen Moore (D)-4 | Wisconsin | Trump +0.9 in 2024 |
| Kristen McDonald Rivet (D)-8 | Michigan | Trump +1.4 in 2024 |
| Shri Thanedar (D)-13 | Michigan | Trump +1.4 in 2024 |
| Hillary Scholten (D)-3 | Michigan | Trump +1.4 in 2024 |
| Rashida Tlaib (D)-12 | Michigan | Trump +1.4 in 2024 |
| Haley Stevens (D)-11 | Michigan | Trump +1.4 in 2024 |
| Debbie Dingell (D)-6 | Michigan | Trump +1.4 in 2024 |
| Summer Lee (D)-12 | Pennsylvania | Trump +1.7 in 2024 |
| Christopher Deluzio (D)-17 | Pennsylvania | Trump +1.7 in 2024 |
| Chrissy Houlahan (D)-6 | Pennsylvania | Trump +1.7 in 2024 |
| Madeleine Dean (D)-4 | Pennsylvania | Trump +1.7 in 2024 |
| Mary Scanlon (D)-5 | Pennsylvania | Trump +1.7 in 2024 |
| Dwight Evans (D)-3 | Pennsylvania | Trump +1.7 in 2024 |
| Brendan Boyle (D)-2 | Pennsylvania | Trump +1.7 in 2024 |
| Everton Blair (D)-13 | Georgia | Trump +2.2 in 2024 |
| Nikema Williams (D)-5 | Georgia | Trump +2.2 in 2024 |
| Lucy McBath (D)-6 | Georgia | Trump +2.2 in 2024 |
| Henry Johnson (D)-4 | Georgia | Trump +2.2 in 2024 |
| Sanford Bishop (D)-2 | Georgia | Trump +2.2 in 2024 |
| Susie Lee (D)-3 | Nevada | Trump +3.1 in 2024 |
| Steven Horsford (D)-4 | Nevada | Trump +3.1 in 2024 |
| Dina Titus (D)-1 | Nevada | Trump +3.1 in 2024 |
| Valerie Foushee (D)-4 | North Carolina | Trump +3.2 in 2024 |
| Donald Davis (D)-1 | North Carolina | Trump +3.2 in 2024 |
| Deborah Ross (D)-2 | North Carolina | Trump +3.2 in 2024 |
| Alma Adams (D)-12 | North Carolina | Trump +3.2 in 2024 |
| Brad Finstad (R)-1 | Minnesota | Harris +4.3 in 2024 |
| Michelle Fischbach (R)-7 | Minnesota | Harris +4.3 in 2024 |
| Pete Stauber (R)-8 | Minnesota | Harris +4.3 in 2024 |
| Tom Emmer (R)-6 | Minnesota | Harris +4.3 in 2024 |
| Adelita Grijalva (D)-7 | Arizona | Trump +5.5 in 2024 |
| Yassamin Ansari (D)-3 | Arizona | Trump +5.5 in 2024 |
| Greg Stanton (D)-4 | Arizona | Trump +5.5 in 2024 |
| John McGuire (R)-5 | Virginia | Harris +5.8 in 2024 |
| Jennifer Kiggans (R)-2 | Virginia | Harris +5.8 in 2024 |
| Ben Cline (R)-6 | Virginia | Harris +5.8 in 2024 |
| Robert Wittman (R)-1 | Virginia | Harris +5.8 in 2024 |
| H. Griffith (R)-9 | Virginia | Harris +5.8 in 2024 |
| Thomas Kean (R)-7 | New Jersey | Harris +5.9 in 2024 |
| Jefferson Van Drew (R)-2 | New Jersey | Harris +5.9 in 2024 |
| Christopher Smith (R)-4 | New Jersey | Harris +5.9 in 2024 |
| Mary Miller (R)-15 | Illinois | Harris +10.9 in 2024 |
| Darin LaHood (R)-16 | Illinois | Harris +10.9 in 2024 |
| Mike Bost (R)-12 | Illinois | Harris +10.9 in 2024 |
| Jeff Hurd (R)-3 | Colorado | Harris +11.0 in 2024 |
| Gabe Evans (R)-8 | Colorado | Harris +11.0 in 2024 |
| Jeff Crank (R)-5 | Colorado | Harris +11.0 in 2024 |
| Lauren Boebert (R)-4 | Colorado | Harris +11.0 in 2024 |
| Emilia Sykes (D)-13 | Ohio | Trump +11.2 in 2024 |
| Greg Landsman (D)-1 | Ohio | Trump +11.2 in 2024 |
| Shontel Brown (D)-11 | Ohio | Trump +11.2 in 2024 |
| Joyce Beatty (D)-3 | Ohio | Trump +11.2 in 2024 |
| Marcy Kaptur (D)-9 | Ohio | Trump +11.2 in 2024 |
| Michael Lawler (R)-17 | New York | Harris +12.6 in 2024 |
| Nicholas Langworthy (R)-23 | New York | Harris +12.6 in 2024 |
| Nicole Malliotakis (R)-11 | New York | Harris +12.6 in 2024 |
| Claudia Tenney (R)-24 | New York | Harris +12.6 in 2024 |
| Elise Stefanik (R)-21 | New York | Harris +12.6 in 2024 |
| Nick LaLota (R)-1 | New York | Harris +12.6 in 2024 |
| Andrew Garbarino (R)-2 | New York | Harris +12.6 in 2024 |
| Maxwell Frost (D)-10 | Florida | Trump +13.1 in 2024 |
| Jared Moskowitz (D)-23 | Florida | Trump +13.1 in 2024 |
| Lois Frankel (D)-22 | Florida | Trump +13.1 in 2024 |
| Frederica Wilson (D)-24 | Florida | Trump +13.1 in 2024 |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)-25 | Florida | Trump +13.1 in 2024 |
| Darren Soto (D)-9 | Florida | Trump +13.1 in 2024 |
| Kathy Castor (D)-14 | Florida | Trump +13.1 in 2024 |
| Christian Menefee (D)-18 | Texas | Trump +13.7 in 2024 |
| Julie Johnson (D)-32 | Texas | Trump +13.7 in 2024 |
| Jasmine Crockett (D)-30 | Texas | Trump +13.7 in 2024 |
| Greg Casar (D)-35 | Texas | Trump +13.7 in 2024 |
| Sylvia Garcia (D)-29 | Texas | Trump +13.7 in 2024 |
| Veronica Escobar (D)-16 | Texas | Trump +13.7 in 2024 |
| Vicente Gonzalez (D)-34 | Texas | Trump +13.7 in 2024 |
| Marc Veasey (D)-33 | Texas | Trump +13.7 in 2024 |
| Joaquin Castro (D)-20 | Texas | Trump +13.7 in 2024 |
| Henry Cuellar (D)-28 | Texas | Trump +13.7 in 2024 |
| Lloyd Doggett (D)-37 | Texas | Trump +13.7 in 2024 |
| Lizzie Fletcher (D)-7 | Texas | Trump +13.7 in 2024 |
| Al Green (D)-9 | Texas | Trump +13.7 in 2024 |
| Cliff Bentz (R)-2 | Oregon | Harris +14.1 in 2024 |
| Sharice Davids (D)-3 | Kansas | Trump +16.1 in 2024 |
| James Clyburn (D)-6 | South Carolina | Trump +17.7 in 2024 |
| Wesley Bell (D)-1 | Missouri | Trump +18.4 in 2024 |
| Emanuel Cleaver (D)-5 | Missouri | Trump +18.4 in 2024 |
| Frank Mrvan (D)-1 | Indiana | Trump +19.1 in 2024 |
| André Carson (D)-7 | Indiana | Trump +19.1 in 2024 |
| Michael Baumgartner (R)-5 | Washington | Harris +19.6 in 2024 |
| Dan Newhouse (R)-4 | Washington | Harris +19.6 in 2024 |
| Vince Fong (R)-20 | California | Harris +20.0 in 2024 |
| Jay Obernolte (R)-23 | California | Harris +20.0 in 2024 |
| Young Kim (R)-40 | California | Harris +20.0 in 2024 |
| David Valadao (R)-22 | California | Harris +20.0 in 2024 |
| Tom McClintock (R)-5 | California | Harris +20.0 in 2024 |
| Darrell Issa (R)-48 | California | Harris +20.0 in 2024 |
| Ken Calvert (R)-41 | California | Harris +20.0 in 2024 |
| James Gallagher (R)-1 | California | Harris +20.0 in 2024 |
| Steve Cohen (D)-9 | Tennessee | Trump +21.7 in 2024 |
| Troy Carter (D)-2 | Louisiana | Trump +22.2 in 2024 |
| Cleo Fields (D)-6 | Louisiana | Trump +22.2 in 2024 |
| Bennie Thompson (D)-2 | Mississippi | Trump +23.2 in 2024 |
| Andy Harris (R)-1 | Maryland | Harris +29.0 in 2024 |
| Shomari Figures (D)-2 | Alabama | Trump +30.4 in 2024 |
| Terri Sewell (D)-7 | Alabama | Trump +30.4 in 2024 |
| Morgan McGarvey (D)-3 | Kentucky | Trump +30.6 in 2024 |
Historical Context
The U.S. House has flipped multiple times since 2006: Democrats won the chamber in 2006, Republicans won in 2010, Democrats again in 2018, Republicans again in 2022. Net swings of 30+ seats happen in wave years; routine cycles see net changes in the single-digits to low-teens. Because all 435 seats are on the ballot every two years, even modest shifts can be enough to move the chamber.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seats can Republicans lose and still control the House?
Republicans currently hold 219 of 435 House seats. They can lose up to 1 seat on net and still hold at least 218 — the threshold for control.
When are House seats up for election in 2026?
All 435 voting U.S. House seats are up for election every two years; every one was on the ballot on November 3, 2026. There is no staggered cycle in the House.
What is the current House majority?
Republicans hold the House 219–214 (with 1 Independent caucusing with the Republicans), with 2 seats currently vacant.
Related Resources
How Democrats Could Win the House in 2026
Every House seat is on the ballot — what Democrats need to net to reach 218.
Who Controls Congress After 2026?
Live balance of power — the Senate map, what each party needs, and results as races are called.
House Leadership
Speaker, Majority and Minority Leaders, and Whips — and who currently holds each role.
All U.S. Representatives by State
The complete list of current House members with party, district, and term end date.
Every Member of Congress
The full roster of senators and representatives, with term end dates.