How The GOP Defied Expectations Down The Ballot
President Trump lost, but House Republicans had a better-than-anticipated 2020 election. They picked up at least eight seats and narrowed the House Democrats' majority.
Democrats held on to the House majority in 2020, but in the weeks since, it's Republicans who have been celebrating the election results.
"Pundits doubted us. Polls were stacked against us, and I don't believe one person in this room believed we'd win one race," boasted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., at his weekly news conference
