Despite Pelosi's predictions, House Dems lost seats. How?
by Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times
Nov 06, 2020
3 minutes
WASHINGTON â After confidently predicting Democrats would expand their House majority, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is having to explain why it looks like they will actually lose seats.
Democrats will keep the House majority, but the losses there come as Democrats appear likely to take the White House and improve their numbers in the Senate.
Republicans flipped seven Democratic House seats so far, mostly in districts President Donald Trump had carried in 2016 and then were won by Democrats in the 2018 midterm. Democrats have gained two GOP seats.
To control the
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