Although it has been over three weeks since Election Day, there are three House races that are still up in the air.

Republicans have secured their slim House majority of 219 seats while the Democrats have won 213 seats. While the GOP is expected to hold onto yet another narrow majority, several Republicans have been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to serve in the upcoming administration. With potential House vacancies on the horizon, every race remains crucial for Republicans.

While Republicans have secured a majority in the upcoming 119th Congress, the narrow advantage is shrinking.

In California's 13th congressional district, Republican incumbent Rep. John Duarte is hoping to fend off Democratic challenger and former Rep. Adam Gray. The two candidates are currently less than 200 votes apart, with Gray inching ahead of Duarte.

Gray previously represented California's 13th congressional district from 2012 to 2022 when Duarte unseated the Democrat. Duarte defeated the then-incumbent by just 564 votes, making him the first Republican to win the district since 1974.

The district has historically been held by Democrats, and Gray is still within striking distance of Duarte, making this one of the closest House races to date.

Further south in California's 14th congressional district, Republican incumbent Rep. Michelle Steel is falling behind Democratic challenger Derek Tran. Tran has pulled ahead of Steel with an approximate 600-vote margin.

Steel was first elected to represent California's 45th congressional district in 2022. The seat was previously held for three terms by Democratic Rep. Katie Porter, who has since represented California's 47th congressional district after the state redistricted in 2021.

Although the GOP may have lost its footing in two key California seats, Republican incumbent Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks has held a narrow lead in the race for Iowa's 1st congressional district. Miller-Meeks is roughly 800 votes ahead of Democratic challenger Christina Bohannan, with just 900 votes estimated to be remaining.

Miller-Meeks was first elected to represent Iowa's 1st congressional district in 2022, defeating Bohannan by nearly seven points. Although the race is much closer this time around, Miller-Meeks still has a shot at holding onto her seat.

While Republicans have secured a majority in the upcoming 119th Congress, the narrow advantage is shrinking.

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida most recently resigned from Congress after Trump nominated him for attorney general. Gaetz later withdrew from his Cabinet bid but reaffirmed that he had no intentions of returning to Congress, leaving the seat vacant.

Fellow Floridian and Republican Rep. Mike Waltz was also tapped by Trump to serve as national security adviser in the upcoming administration. Waltz has confirmed that he intends to resign the day Trump is inaugurated on January 20.

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York was also recruited by Trump to serve in the next administration as U.N. ambassador. Although she has not yet indicated when she intends to resign, the GOP is anticipating her vacancy.

With the two Florida seats scheduled for special elections on April 1, House Republicans are bracing themselves for an estimated one-seat majority for the first two months of the 119th Congress.

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CA Dem Dave Min: ‘Black And Brown’ Business Owners ‘Very Clearly Unsophisticated’ About Financial Matters

California Democrat Dave Min, who is vying in a tight swing district race to replace Rep. Katie Porter (D.), on Monday called "black and brown" business owners of California "very clearly unsophisticated" in dealing with financial lenders.

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Katie Porter's Would-Be Successor Undercuts Voter Effort To Crack Down on Retail Theft, Open-Air Drug Markets

Dave Min, a California Democratic state senator vying to succeed Rep. Katie Porter (D.) this fall, has joined his party's effort to kill a popular statewide voter initiative that would crack down on retail theft and open-air drug markets—an effort that has local law enforcement officials crying foul.

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Katie Porter breaks out dictionary to defend her claim that she lost election by 20 points because it was 'rigged'

Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) found herself trying to play lexicographer on Wednesday after claiming she lost a primary election because it was rigged against her.

On Super Tuesday, Porter lost the primary election for the late Dianne Feinstein's U.S. Senate seat. Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey were the top two candidates in the open primary, each achieving more than 30% of the vote. Porter came in third place with 13.9% of the vote.

Porter responded to her embarrassing loss by claiming that billionaires had spent millions of dollars "to rig this election." That, she suggested, is why she lost.

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The outrageous claim — for which Porter offered not a shred of evidence — was widely mocked by Republicans, Democrats, and the media.

But that didn't stop Porter from doubling down.

Instead of eating her slice of humble pie, Porter tried to play a game of semantics and defended her claim about a "rigged" election.

In a follow-up statement, she said:

"Rigged" means manipulated by dishonest means. A few billionaires spent $10 million+ on attack ads against me, included an ad rated "false" by an independent fact checker. That is dishonest means to manipulate the outcome. I said "rigged by billionaires" and our politics are — in fact — manipulated by big dark money. Defending democracy means calling that out.

There are two problems with Porter's statement.

First, the word "rigged" does technically mean "to manipulate or control usually by deceptive or dishonest means" or "to fix in advance for a desired result," according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. But Porter is rigging her statement because the election was by no means rigged. Nobody manipulated or controlled it by deceptive means, and no one fixed it in advance for a specific outcome.

Nothing illegal happened to cause Porter to lose by 20 points; that was her accomplishment.

Second, Porter is not being honest. The "independent fact checker" that she cited is the Sacramento Bee, and the fact check to which she referred did not conclude with a ruling of "false." The rating was "mostly false" because, according to the Bee, the ad in question is "misleading." The ad claimed that "Big Pharma," "Big Oil," and "Big Bank" supported Porter's campaign.

The Bee, in fact, discovered that a pharmaceutical company, oil company, and bank did support Porter. But it was ruled "mostly false" because the bank services Asian Americans, while the oil company and pharmaceutical companies are not part of their industry's lobbying groups.

Splitting hairs, no doubt — and perhaps even "rigged" in Porter's favor.

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