“They were all wrong," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters about Democrats' assumptions of adding to their House numbers.
She declared that Democrats had won the House majority, which seemed highly likely but hadn’t been officially determined by The Associated Press.
Democrats lost a majority Hispanic district in West Texas they expected to win after the GOP incumbent retired.
In a district between Austin and San Antonio, freshman GOP Rep. Chip Roy withstood a challenge from Democrat Wendy Davis.
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and the three other members of the so-called squad of young progressive women of color were easily reelected.