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House and Senate Could Both Flip

November 4, 2023 at 10:35 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Paul Kane: “Needing a net gain of just five seats to claim the majority, House Democrats are close to an even-money bet to prevail Nov. 5, 2024, according to a survey of top nonpartisan analysts, with 11 Republican seats in deep-blue California and New York among the Democrats’ top targets.”

“Democrats are trying to buck almost 75 years of history in which the House majority has not changed hands during a presidential election cycle.”

“And Senate Republicans, needing a two-seat gain for a full majority, enter 2024 without a single seat of their own in jeopardy, so far, as Democrats defend three seats in states Donald Trump won easily in 2020 and four others the ex-president lost narrowly.”

“All this turmoil has created the possibility of a historic anomaly that would befit the incredibly volatile political climate of the past three decades: Never before have the House and Senate majorities switched hands in the same election with a different party taking over in each chamber.”

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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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