republicans need to win just five more seats to take control of the house, and they're expected to do so. fun fact — in midterm elections, the president's party nearly always loses seats in the house, especially when the economy isn't doing so well. and in america right now, it really isn't. this is the first national election since a mob of trump supporters stormed the capitol onjanuary 6, 2021. they falsely believed that the democrats had stolen the election from them and they were trying to stop it from being certified. bbc data shows that more than half of current republican candidates for house, senate and governors�* races have cast doubt on the results of the 2020 election. so the stakes tonight are high, and notjust for lawmakers here in washington. in all 50 states, there are local offices up for grabs too, those precious down ballot races. and the results of these midterms