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November 4, 2020

Democrats Poised to Retain House Majority, But Republicans Flip Several Seats
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is poised to retain her speaker's gavel, with
Democrats set to hold a majority of the House's 435 seats. But election
night returns suggest House Democrats may have actually lost ground to
Republicans, who flipped Democratic-held districts in Florida, New
Mexico, Oklahoma and South Carolina. In a closely watched race in
Virginia's 5th District, African American physician Cameron Webb has
lost to Republican Bob Good, a born-again Christian seeking to overturn
gun control laws and outlaw all forms of abortion.


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