Early voting is now over in the special election for New York's 26th Congressional seat. Democrat Tim Kennedy and Republican Gary Dickson are facing off to finish Brian Higgins' term.
Through history, a party's control of the House of Representatives has not changed in the middle of a session of Congress, though majorities have been slim before. Since the start of 118th Congress, Republicans have maintained control of the House by only a handful of seats. In recent months, there has been a slew of retirement announcements and even some prominent Republicans announced they are leaving without notifying leadership before the end of their term further reducing GOP control.