Republicans only need to win six of 31 toss-up House elections in order to take control in the upcoming 2022 midterm elections, said a top election analyst.
New ratings from the Cook Political Report, which is often described as “nonpartisan,” show that at least 212 House seats are likely to lean Republican. At the same time, about 192 seats were classified as leaning Democrat, said the Cook report in a report issued on Wednesday morning.
Cook’s estimate suggests there are 31 toss-up seats in the midterm elections. It means Republicans need to only win six of those seats to re-capture the House.
Historically, the party of the president tends to win midterm elections. For example, two years after President Bill Clinton’s victory in 1992, Republicans won in landslide numbers during the 1994 midterms, buoyed by then-Rep. Newt Gingrich’s (R-Ga.) “Contract with America” policy proposals….