Republicans' Good Night Gets Even Better in the House
NBC projects that Republicans will hold 250 seats in the House, when all the races have been decided.
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It was such a good night for Republicans in U.S. House races, that an incumbent facing a 20-count indictment for tax fraud even came out a winner.
Staten Island Representative Michael Grimm won re-election despite the fact that he could soon be found guilty of criminal charges, and helped boost the number of GOP seats in the House to 243, up from the 233 seats the party controlled before the midterms, Fox News and NBC both reported. With several outstanding races still too close to call, Republicans were poised to win a total of 250 seats, NBC projected, exceeding the NRCC's stated goal of 245 seats.