Party control of Congress had still not been determined early Wednesday, hours after voters first turned up on Election Day, as Democrats outperformed the polls and a full-on Republican wave didn’t materialize.
House Republicans were still the favorites to seize control of the House early Monday, but it wasn’t a certainty, and the size of any majority depended on ballots still being counted in California and close races around the country.
Democrats scored the marquis pickup of the night, when