Republicans are expected to retain control of the House as Trump prepares to implement the agenda

The Fox News Decision Desk can expect Republicans to retain their majority in the House of Representatives.

The number of seats the party gets depends on the result in a handful of remaining districts.

There are nine races that have yet to be called. They are: Alaska’s Grand District, California’s 9th, 13th, 21st, and 45th Districts, Iowa’s 1st District, Maine’s 2nd District, Ohio’s 9th District, and Oregon’s 5th District.

Republicans rose to the 218 threshold for a majority after Republican Juan Ciscomani was elected in Arizona’s 6th District. The first-term Republican won a rematch against Democrat Kirsten Engel, whom Ciscomani narrowly defeated in the 2022 midterms.

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Speaker Mike Johnson. (Getty Images)

In a statement, The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) said the majority victory came after a “historically tumultuous cycle” and said they “never lost focus and never stopped working.”

“They said it couldn’t be done, but the American people have spoken. As chairman of the NRCC, it has been my mission since day one to keep our House majority. Today, it is clear that we have accomplished that mission. Even through a historically tumultuous cycle, our team never lost focus and never stopped working,” NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson said in a statement Wednesday evening.

“Americans are tired of extreme Democrats who opened the border, set inflation on fire and invited drugs and crime to flood our society,” he said. “With a Republican majority in the House, President Donald Trump back in the White House, and a new majority in the Senate, help is on the way. I look forward to working with my newly elected colleagues to clean up the Democrats’ mess with an America First agenda.”

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Mike Johnson, whose rise as speaker last year ended a House leadership battle, will likely continue to serve as the 56th speaker.

It’s coming despite a tumultuous House term marked by fierce public controversy over public spending and the first-ever impeachment of a House speaker.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. (Getty Images)

Republicans’ chances of retaining their majority in the House of Representatives seemed like a pipe dream in October 2023. Congress was paralyzed as GOP lawmakers battled behind closed doors to choose a new leader after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was killed of all House Democrats and eight Republican rebels.

Those odds improved significantly as Democrats faced their own leadership crisis, as top liberals pressured President Biden to drop out of the race after his disastrous debate against former President Trump.

Vice President Kamala Harris gave Democrats a boost in enthusiasm and funding when she took on Biden’s mantle, but it wasn’t a big enough bump to carry their candidates through November.

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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told Fox News Digital late last month that he expected the battle for control to come down to about 40 or 45 races.

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“There are really only about 10% – about 45 seats – that are really competitive. And by that I mean the really battleground districts are about half Republican and about half Democratic,” Scalise said.

“We go around the country helping the incumbents on the Republican side or in tough races. But we also work on the challengers who have a real opportunity to flip a seat from Democrat to Republican.”

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