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Democratic House  By Ian Millhiser on November 7, 2012 at 4:21
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Two caveats are necessary in considering these numbers. The
first is that all ballots have not been counted, so these
numbers will change somewhat as more returns trickle in.
(Because the remaining ballots are more likely to be from
Democratic-leaning west coast states, it is likely that the
Democrats’ margin will increase somewhat over time.) The second
caveat is that these numbers include several California
districts where two members of the same party ran against each
other, and they do not include districts where a single
candidate ran unopposed. Nevertheless, the fact remains that the
nation is very closely divided over which party should control
the House, with Democrats appearing to enjoy a slight edge.
There is a simple explanation for how this happened: Rep