If Troy Balderson’s slim margin in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District holds up, Republicans will have prevailed in all but one of the seriously contested special elections for the House that have taken place since President Trump has been in office.

“The Republicans have now won 8 out of 9 House Seats, yet if you listen to the Fake News Media you would think we are being clobbered,” Trump tweeted on Wednesday. The president was continuing a victory lap that began when all the candidates he endorsed in several Republican primaries and the Ohio special election appeared to have won.