United States House Election, 2018 (Dane)

The United States House of Representatives Election, 2018 was held on November 6th, 2018. The Republican Party, led by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, the Republican Party controlled the house with 235 seats, compared to 193 seats for Nancy Pelosi's Democrats, with a handful of vacant seats. From the get-go, this was viewed as the Democrats best shot to gain the majority in a house of congress. With major gerrymandering securing the Republicans the majority in the House in 2010, this left behind a lot of leaning Republican seats that in a traditional year would have barely enough Republicans to overcome the democrats in the district. This immediately placed the United States House in play upon the election of Donald Trump as President in 2016.

The Democrats had a wide margin in this house in projections throughout the election season, being projected to gain anywhere from 25 to 35 house seats.

Come election day, the Democratic party took 41 seats in total, along with control of the United States House. They primarily won seats in strongly democratic states such as California, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, and Virginia- where a combined 21 seats changed from Republican seats changed from Republican to Democratic hands, roughly halfway to the end gains of 41 seats. The Democrats took the house despite underwhelming performances in states such as Texas, Ohio, and Georgia.

In the ensuing speaker of the house election, Nancy Pelosi faced a major challenge from the left in the form of Tulsi Gabbard, but Nancy Pelosi ultimately remained speaker narrowly. Pelosi promptly announced that she would be retiring in 2020 after two terms as speaker (2006-2010 and 2018-2020)