wesley give the democrats a very slim chance we are told of keeping control of the house. alexandria hoff has more in the mathematics behind this. alexandria. republicans are seven seats away from reaching that 218 majority. but they are still about two dozen outs and congressional races across the country. more than half of them in california were millions of ballots are still uncounted. it could go either way the state s 47th district or progressive rep katy porter is locked in a dead heat with republican challenger scott. this district and orange counties equal share of republicans and democrats. in the state s 41st district republican congressman cannon has position for 30 years. he went into today with just a one-point advantage of democrats will. about 60% of the vote has been tallied there. and a bit north in california 22nd district republican congressman david holds a five-point advantage over democrat rudy. that lead has been chipped away