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For democrats than we knew on november 6th. in the house, democrats are reclaiming control by a bigger margin than first thought. they now have a majority of 225 seats. republicans have 200. and we're still awaiting the final outcome of ten house races. democrats are leading in seven of those contests. we saw one house race in california flip in their favor before our eyes earlier tonight. the democrats potentially picking up close to 40 seats, which would be their best midterm performance in decades. in the senate, democrats have stemmed losses in some very tight races. they now hold 47 seats...

Called 30 net races, is that right, john? 30 net races for democrats in the house right now with ten outstanding. >> they're ahead in seven of those ten. >> right. in 2006, which was a democratic wave year, the democrats picked up 32 house seats and also won back the senate. so a good year and potentially in the house, even bigger than what happened in the wave of 2006. >> and remind us, dana, how significant it is in the house of representatives for the democrats after january 3rd to be in the majority because they can do a lot of things they couldn't do in the minority. >> it's like everythi...

Heaped considerable scorn -- i'm being polite -- last wednesday, the day after the election even though her race has not been called. obviously the democrat leading there. >> let's go to new mexico's second district. >> let's pull it back out, come on down. that is the southern part of the state here. the republican incumbent left to run for governor. so you have two candidates in the race, no incumbent. a very small lead, but still 3,500 votes. in a congressional district as you get further from the election, but they list that at 98%. one of the things that gets difficult. voting was last tu...

Undecided. jake, we're watching some important cliff-hanger races. >> wolf, once again, right now it's all about florida with two marquee contests on the line as a statewide recount is unfolding this evening. democratic senator bill nelson looking to close the gap in his tight contest with republican rick scott. and andrew gillum taking back his concession as votes are recounted in his battle with republican ron desantis. let's go back to john king there at the magic wall. >> let's take a closer look at what's going on right now because votes are still coming in in california as we speak. >> y...

The republican incumbent left to run for governor. so you have two candidates in the race, no incumbent. a very small lead, but still 3,500 votes. in a congressional district as you get further from the election, but they list that at 98%. one of the things that gets difficult, voting was last tuesday. there's a slower process now, counting mail-in ballots. you're counting absentee ballots. it's a process so we're not sure exactly how this stands so we're being cautious. we know the democrats have won the majority. there's to rush to try to call these races. the question now is the margin. if ...