House election results as Democrats and GOP vie for control

President Trump is connected way for the lowest support standing for a president successful a midterm election, according to aboriginal exit polls. Currently astatine 38%, it's little than it was during Mr. Trump's archetypal term, and little than it was for George W. Bush successful 2006 erstwhile his enactment mislaid some houses of Congress.

Midterm elections person often been a referendum connected the sitting president, and this 1 is nary exception. Roughly six successful 10 accidental Mr. Trump is simply a origin successful their ballot for the House.

This is being driven mostly by voters backing Democrats, who are overwhelmingly motivated by absorption to Mr. Trump.

But for those backing Republicans, it's little astir the president. Back successful 2018, astir Republican voters said their ballot was to enactment Mr. Trump. That fig is little today.

Read much from the exit polls here.

Officials successful New York's Westchester County, which includes portion of the competitory 17th District, reported issues with ballot scanners Tuesday morning. 

GOP Rep. Mike Lawler is successful a pugnacious contention against Democratic campaigner Cait Conley successful the district. 

The New York State Board of Elections said the problems with the machines were the effect of a precocious programming alteration successful 1 municipality. 

"A alteration affecting a contention successful 1 municipality required updated predetermination programming, which was subsequently tested and deployed for aboriginal voting and for Election Day machines successful that municipality," the committee said successful a statement. "However, Election Day machines elsewhere successful the region continued to usage the archetypal programming and truthful could not admit and judge the ballots being utilized for Election Day." 

"In the meantime, voting continues done established exigency ballot procedures," the committee said. "Completed ballots are securely maintained nether bipartisan oversight and volition beryllium scanned and counted successful accordance with established procedures." 

The committee added that "every valid ballot volition beryllium counted." 

On Tuesday afternoon, Lawler told reporters that Democrats and Republicans were moving unneurotic to resoluteness the issue. 

"We've been moving successful a bipartisan way, Republicans and Democrats, some campaigns, some authorities parties, some nationalist committees, to travel to a solution moving with the Westchester County Board of Elections and the State Board of Elections," helium said. 

Both Lawler and Conley urged voters to enactment successful enactment and vote. 

"My bird's oculus presumption and what I've observed myself going astir the state — I've been successful much plaything districts successful much bluish states than anybody successful the full rhythm by far, OK — the polls are incorrect close now," the Louisiana Republican said Monday portion campaigning with susceptible incumbent Rep. Jen Kiggans successful Virginia's 2nd Congressional District. "It feels similar 2024 to maine erstwhile we swept the array and we won the White House, the Senate and the House. That's what's going on. The polls are wrong." 

Johnson said the polls are underestimating enactment for Republican candidates due to the fact that "nobody wants to prime up the telephone and speech to a pollster." 

Midterm elections are typically unsmooth for the sitting president's enactment — erstwhile members of Congress deficiency the allure of a statesmanlike campaigner atop the ballot to galvanize elector turnout. Members of the president's enactment besides person to reckon with their leader's sinking support ratings and the consequent elector backlash. 

Since 1934, determination person been conscionable 3 instances successful which the sitting president's enactment has gained House seats successful non-presidential predetermination years, according to the American Presidency Project. 

The past clip was successful 2002, erstwhile President George W. Bush had a strong support rating aft the 9/11 violent attacks and Republicans added 8 seats to their majority. Democrats gained 4 seats successful 1998 erstwhile Bill Clinton was successful office, though Republicans inactive retained the majority. Democrats added 9 seats to their bulk successful 1934 during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. 

Of the 435 House seats connected the ballot, more than 40 are considered competitive. CBS News considers 17 of those races toss-ups, with 13 held by Republicans and 4 by Democrats. 

Republicans person had power of the House since 2023, aft 4 years with Democrats successful the majority. Republicans took the reins during the last 2 years of President Joe Biden's 4 years successful the White House and held connected to powerfulness for the archetypal fractional of President Trump's 2nd term. 

Republicans presently person 219 seats, which includes 1 autarkic who caucuses with the party. Democrats person 214. There are 2 vacancies that were not filled aft the resignations earlier this twelvemonth of Reps. Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican, and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Florida Democrat. 

Democrats request a nett summation of 3 seats to triumph backmost power of the little chamber. Republicans successful 7 states tried to blunt their effort with mid-decade redistricting that sought to springiness them an vantage successful 15 additional districts by making them much favorable to the GOP. Democrats countered the determination by redrawing legislature districts successful California, which made 5 seats little favorable to Republicans.