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Democrats win control of the House of Representatives with a vow to combat Trump

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Democrats won control of the House of Representatives with what could be their largest majority in nearly two decades, NBC News projects, as voters delivered a stunning rebuke to President Donald Trump and Republicans.

The House projection is based on an analysis that Democrats will win about 255 House seats — an estimate that could still tick up or down by a few seats but will be well beyond the 218 needed to secure a majority.

NBC News has projected the Democrats will also flip control of the Senate, putting them in charge of both chambers.

Democrats needed to win a net of just three seats to take back the majority. The blue wave washed over many more GOP-held seats than that — from the East Coast to Texas’ Rio Grande Valley — most in districts that Trump carried in 2024.

A quartet of GOP incumbents in Pennsylvania were defeated. Democrat Bob Harvie beat GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a leader of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus; Democrat Bob Brooks knocked off GOP Rep.…

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