Control of the House is still undecided as neither party has secured the necessary 218 seats. Democrats now hold 204 House seats, while Republicans have 212. In Washington state, two Democrats won their races over the weekend: Newcomer Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez beat Trump-backed Joe Kent, while Kim Schrier held on to her seat against Republican Matt Larkin. In neighboring Oregon, Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer flipped a Democratic seat after beating progressive candidate Jamie McLeod-Skinner, who ousted longtime incumbent Kurt Schrader in the primaries.
Newly elected progressive Democrats arrived in D.C. Sunday to meet with members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, including 25-year-old Maxwell Frost of Florida, who became the first Generation Z congressmember.
Rep.-elect Maxwell Alejandro Frost: “We have heard all about this red wave and this and that. And when you look at the numbers, we see that what stopped the red wave were young voters who turned out in historic numbers, who voted for Democrats over 63%.”