Here at PoliticusUSA, we discussed the possibility that House Republicans could lose their majority before the midterm election due to resignations, retirements, unexpected members getting sick and passing away. Democrats are going to gain two House seats. The first one will be filled in a special election in a Houston, Texas district at the end of January. The second seat is the former seat of now Gov. Sherrill in NJ, and will be filled by an April special election.
The remaining term of former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene won’t be filled until a March 10th Georgia special election.
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Republicans currently have exactly 218 votes in the House. 216 votes are currently needed to pass legislation. With one House Republican out due to a car accident, the Republican margin for error is about as close to zero as possible without losing the majority.
During his weekly press conference, Speaker Mike Johnson was asked about potentially losing the House majority before the midterms, and he answered:
We do this, it’s a very simple thing, okay?
This is not the acumen of Speaker Johnson or necessarily all the teamwork of the Republican Conference. This is because I’m gonna be very honest with you. I’m a person of deep faith and, we trust in God. That is our national motto. Um, and we act upon that. I put up one slide this morning at the end of conference, and it’s a favorite that I have on my phone and I share it with everybody, and it’s an image of the Red Sea parting.
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