Daily Mail: Democrats clinch House as three more seats are confirmed but face having the smallest majority in two decades after surge in Republican votes - as Senate goes 50-48 as Alaska is held by GOP 

 * Democrats clinched two more years of controlling the House on Tuesday 

 * The party has now nailed down at least 218 seats, according to AP 

 * Races were called Tuesday for incumbents Kim Schrier in Washington, Tom O'Halleran in Arizona and Jimmy Gomez in California 

* Democrats went into Election Day with a 232-197 House advantage 

 * An unforeseen surge of Republican voters transformed expected gains of perhaps 15 seats into losses potentially approaching that amount 

 * It is possible that in the new Congress that convenes in January they'll have the smallest majority since Republicans had just 221 seats two decades ago 

Democrats clinched two more years of controlling the House on Tuesday but with a potentially razor-thin majority, a bittersweet finale to last week's elections that has left them divided and with scant margin for error for advancing their agenda. 

Nancy Pelosi is all but certain to return as Speaker with no senior Democrat suggesting they will run against her. The party has now nailed down at least 218 seats, according to The Associated Press, and could win a few others when more votes are counted. 

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Update #1: House Democrats will have fewer members but still a majority next Congress (Roll Call) 

Update #2: US election: Democrats secure control of House (DW) 

WNU Editor: The vote count is still going on, but if this continues the Democrats are going to lose 14 to 15 seats in the House of Representatives. That means they will only have a majority of a few seats. So much for all the talk of a "Blue Wave". This is not even a "Blue Beachhead". But a win is a win, and that is what counts. 

But there are problems for the Democrats on the horizon. When I look at the other Congressional results (see link here), I noticed that 18 Democrats won by only 3% or less of the vote. And when I look at where these vulnerable Democrats are located, most of them are in states and regions that voted heavily for President Trump. And while I do think that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (I think she will stay on as Speaker) will be able to keep these vulnerable Democrats in line thereby making sure this does not happen .... GOP's McCarthy could form alliance with vulnerable Dems in House: Gingrich (FOX News). The Democrats do have a huge problem in 2022. 

Congressional midterms are usually very tough for the party in power. There is no question in my mind that if a Biden administration is not successful in delivering on the economic promises that they made during the election, the Democrats are definitely going to lose the House two years from now.