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Elections for the United States House of Representatives were held on November 8, 2016, with all of the 435 seats in the House up for election. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with those elected to serve in the 115th United States Congress from 2017 until 2018. Elections for the United States House of Representatives were held on November 8, 2018, with all of seats in the House up for election. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with those elected to serve in the 116th United States Congress from 2019 until 2020.
Results
Democrats received 425 votes, with Republicans receiving 328 [1]. This returned control of the House to the Democratic Party, with an adjusted majority of 6.1 votes. This was a reduction of the 14.2 majority enjoyed by Democrats at the previous election [2].
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Aftermath
For the majority, Damien Austin and Emmett Honeycutt contested for the position of Speaker of the House; Lynn Darcy and Zachary Flint contested for the position of House Majority Leader and Albert Sharke and Erin Granger contested for the position of House Majority Whip. Honeycutt, Darcy & Granger were the elected leaders, although Darcy & Granger later resigned due to personal reasons and were replaced by elected Marcus Cavalier and Theodore Jameson. The House Democratic caucus elected Honeycutt and Austin to each position [3]. For the minority, Dale Thomas contested for the position of House Minority Leader unopposed [4].
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