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Search results for "Republicans could pick up 4 House seats"

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Mike Haridopolos stated on November 02, 2010 in a post-election interview.:
"This is the first time a party has picked up multiple seats during a regular election since the mid 1980s, making this the largest majority of any party in more than 25 years."
By Laura Figueroa• November 16, 2010
Michael Steele stated on November 08, 2010 in an interview on NPR:
"I have won more elections than any chairman since 1938."
By Robert Farley• December 3, 2010
National Review stated on November 03, 2010 in National Review Online:
Said Republicans made historic gains in state legislatures during last month’s election
By Jim Tharpe• December 3, 2010
Chris Christie stated on May 04, 2012 in a speech at a Cato Institute event:
"We are coming up on our 40th anniversary of electing a Republican to the United States Senate. 1972 was the last time New Jersey sent a Republican to the United States Senate."
By Erin O'Neill• May 9, 2012
Jonathan Karl stated on November 03, 2013 in a conversation on ABC's "This Week":
"Before the Republican wave in 2010, Democrats had an advantage on the generic ballot in Congress. Even in 1994 with the Gingrich revolution ... Democrats had that advantage."
By Amy Sherman• November 3, 2013
Corey Lewandowski stated on February 11, 2018 in a rally in Sarasota:
"Fifty seats have already changed hands from the Republicans to the Democrats since Donald Trump was elected."
By Allison Graves• February 15, 2018
Donald Trump stated on November 04, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
Voting in California is “rigged.”
By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• November 5, 2025
Dan Sebring stated on October 01, 2012 in a radio ad:
Says opponent U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore ‘is Wisconsin’s most absent member of Congress, missing nearly 17 percent of the House votes in the second quarter of 2012.’
By James B. Nelson• October 8, 2012
Massachusetts legislature stated on September 22, 2009 in votes in 2004 and 2009:
On whether the governor of Massachusetts should be able to appoint an interim U.S. senator
By Louis Jacobson• September 24, 2009
Paul Ryan stated on August 12, 2012 in a television interview:
Says under Wisconsin law, he cannot remove his name from the ballot for re-election to Congress.
By James B. Nelson• August 20, 2012
Harry Reid stated on January 13, 2009 in public statements.:
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on whether Senate Democrats would seat Roland Burris.
By Robert Farley• January 20, 2009
Josh Hawley stated on July 09, 2018 in a campaign website:
Says "Claire McCaskill voted for 100 percent of President Obama’s judicial nominees."
By Louis Jacobson• July 10, 2018
Harry Reid stated on December 30, 2008 in public statements.:
On whether to seat Roland Burris as the new senator from Illinois.
By Robert Farley• January 18, 2009
Susan Collins stated on September 14, 2020 in an ad:
Says Sara Gideon "voted to defund" the Freeport police "and gave the money to a nonprofit she helped run."
By Tom Kertscher• September 25, 2020
Cokie Roberts stated on January 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
Democrats have "lost more than 900 state legislators" since Barack Obama has been president.  
By Katie Sanders• January 25, 2015
Sean Duffy stated on July 17, 2017 in a TV interview:
Republicans have " won a thousand seats since Obamacare."
By D.L. Davis• July 27, 2017
John Blust stated on June 13, 2025 in an email:
“Democrats have 24 more seats (in Congress) than they would have if illegal aliens were not counted in the census.”
By Paul Specht• August 7, 2025
Donald Trump stated on February 06, 2020 in a speech:
Says Republicans just won two congressional seats in North Carolina “that were not supposed to be won.”
By Paul Specht• February 11, 2020
Mitch McConnell stated on March 20, 2016 in "Fox News Sunday":
Says Senate Republicans are "following a longstanding tradition of not filling vacancies on the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election year."  
By Lauren Carroll• March 22, 2016
Donald Trump stated on July 16, 2018 in a press conference in Helsinki:
"The Electoral College is much more advantageous for Democrats."
By Louis Jacobson• July 17, 2018

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