Democrats appear poised to pick up close to 40 House seats in the 2018 midterm elections — the most since the Watergate era.
Democrats won at least 33 seats in Tuesday’s election, taking back the House majority. Thirteen races have yet to be called, but Democrats have a good chance of winning seven of those, according to Dave Wasserman, who is House editor of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
Even if Democrats don’t win any of the seats still in play, the party has already had its biggest gain in seats since 1974, when it won an additional 48 seats.
Back in May, members of the heavily Democratic House freshman class elected in 1974 told the Washington Examiner they saw another wave building that “rivals” their post-Watergate victory. “Until now, I have not encountered the same level of disgust with politics and government,” said Rep. Rick Nolan, D-Minn., who was first elected to Congress in the ‘74 wave. “Today rivals 1974, and I never saw anything quite like it in between.”
Here are the races that have yet to be called:
- California’s 25th District
- California’s 48th District
- New Jersey’s 3rd District
- New York’s 22nd District
- Utah’s 4th District
- California’s 10th District
- California’s 39th District
- California’s 45th District
- Maine’s 2nd District
- North Carolina’s 9th District
- Georgia’s 7th District
- New York’s 27th District
- Texas’s 23rd District
