House 2010 Results

Everyone expected the Grand Old Party (possible new name: Grand Renewed Party?) to pick up the House of Representatives, but when you break down the numbers there is only one conclusion: Republicans had their best election night since 1946, and possibly before (think 1938).

House Republicans gained over 60 seats yesterday. We only managed to gain 54 seats in the 1994 GOP revolution, a slightly better 55 seats in the 1946 GOP resurgence. To see when the GOP last won 60 seats or more in an election you will have to travel back in time to 1938 when the GOP picked up 81 seats, which was the last election we gained more than 54-55 seats in one vote. Until now.

As it stands...

House Republicans control 239 (was 178) seats.
House Democrats control 185 (was 257) seats.
With eleven seats still undecided (5/6 leaning).

With several races within 2,000 votes of one-another (California's 11th between David Harmer and Jerry McNerney are separated by just 33 votes), and several with precincts that still have not reported in to (Washington's 2nd between John Koster and Rick Larsen are waiting for about 36% of Precincts to report) their local Board of Elections, we could be waiting a long time for the undecided seats to resolve themselves.

It's a good day to be a Republican, even though we lost three seats (Delaware at-large, Hawaii's 2nd district, and Louisiana's 2nd district) that were ours heading into the evening, and we lost a few more because of third party Libertarian candidates who split the rightwing vote with solid Conservative Republicans prone to victory.

Stay tuned for further Pundit Press post-election coverage and analysis.