NBC: GOP to win House Control
By: Mallory O'Neal
Updated: November 2, 2010
Republicans roared toward a
sweeping
electoral victory Tuesday, wresting control of
the
House and picking up seats in the Senate,
NBC News projected.
Republicans needed a net gain of 10 to take
the Senate,
which analysts considered a tough
road that required them to win
every tight
race. But Democrats didn't seriously dispute
expectations
that they would lose the House.
NBC News
projected that once all the votes
were counted, Republicans would
hold 237
seats to 198 for the Democrats. If so,
Republican
leader John Boehner of Ohio
would succeed Rep. Nancy Pelosi of
California
as speaker.
At 9 p.m. ET,
Republicans were also off to a
fast start in their bid to take
control of the
Senate, picking up two Democratic seats and
holding
onto several others as the results
began coming in.
More at MSNBC.com
