president obama s first term, the democrats lost 63 seats after 9/11. republicans gained eight under george w. bush. under bill clinton in 1994 lost 54 seats. the races that were lost by the republicans, democratic pickups could be key. there were 12. they said they wouldn t vote for nancy pelosi as speaker. connor lamb, one of them in pennsylvania. jason crow out of colorado. let s take a look at the race here in virginia. this was a trump abbey district as we look here in the southeas southeast. there seven fair, abigail spann berger taking on dave brat. take a look at the results in this district. she says she is not going to vote for nancy pelosi. she won by a little bit more than a point. the math here is important. while democrats have a majority now in the house, the entire house votes on speaker.