Former RNC chair: Democrats will ‘probably’ take House control

Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel signaled Tuesday that Democrats were likely to regain control of the House with a week to go before the midterm elections.  

“I think the House, you know with three seats that the Dems need to pick up, is probably going to go to the Democrats,” she told CBS News’s Major Garrett. “And right now, all eyes are on the Senate, but certainly the map has expanded and Democrats are feeling bullish.”

The Democratic Party has around an 80 percent chance of retaking control of the lower chamber of Congress, according to Decision Desk HQ’s (DDHQ) latest projection. Democrats have a narrower advantage in the Senate, with DDHQ placing the party’s odds of regaining the majority in the upper chamber at around 57 percent. 

McDaniel, who oversaw the RNC from 2017 to 2024, also pointed to President Trump’s recent travel to red........

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