Republicans won over 3 million more votes than Democrats during this year's midterm elections, but it did not stop them from losing key Senate, House, and gubernatorial races over the last two weeks.
Numbers from the Cook Political Report show that the GOP leads Democrats by roughly 3.5 million votes when combining all 435 House seats, with ballots still being unsettled in a pair of races in California and Colorado.
Republicans are set to have a slight majority in votes over the Democrats by roughly 3 percentage points, according to the numbers. Democratic votes sit at 50,799,961 (47.7%), and Republican votes sit at 54,134,006 (50.8%).
However, the tally does not necessarily reflect the seats grabbed by the parties. Democrats were able to maintain their Senate majority with 50 seats and are waiting on the Georgia Senate runoff to determine if the upper chamber will be split evenly with Vice President Kamala Harris as the tiebreaking vote.
Republicans failed to flip several Senate seats red in states such as Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Arizona, and Nevada. All four states were among battleground states that could have cost the Democrats the majority.
The GOP did secure a House majority, and based on the voting numbers, it would have likely been good enough to net around 25 seats, according to the Washington Times. However, Republicans are poised to net about 10 with a current lead of 220 seats after several candidates lost their seats or were beaten back by the Democrats.
Five races remained uncalled at the beginning of the week in Alaska, California, and Colorado. Now, only two House races, California's 13th Congressional District and Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, are unsettled.
Most recently, Alaska Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola beat out Republican candidate and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin through the state's ranked choice voting system, a unique election methodology that has sparked both support and disdain.
Palin, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, joined the list of Trump-backed candidates who lost. Several GOP leaders have come forward blaming Trump for the party's midterm performance, particularly in the wake of his presidential campaign announcement.
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