Who will win the House? The outstanding races to watch

The enactment that volition power the US House of Representatives for the adjacent 2 years is presently unknown.

All 435 seats successful the little enclosure of Congress were up for votes this year, and it whitethorn instrumentality days to get last results and spot if Republicans volition support their slim majority. That would enactment the enactment successful power of Congress and the White House erstwhile President-elect Donald Trump is sworn successful in January.

Democrats, meanwhile, are hoping that the past votes trickling successful in a fistful of choky races volition beryllium capable to springiness them a bulk successful the House.

A enactment needs 218 seats to instrumentality control. As it stands connected Wednesday, Republicans person 197 and Democrats 188.

Here are immoderate of the races that person yet to beryllium called.

Democrats are intimately monitoring 5 seats successful California arsenic important to winning backmost the House.

Challengers are hoping to decision the incumbent Republicans and flip the seats blue, but archetypal polling shows incumbents holding onto their seats by constrictive margins.

The cardinal races to ticker are:

• California's 45th: Republican Congresswoman Michelle Steel, the incumbent, is presently starring against Democrat Derek Tran with 66% of votes reported. She has a pb of 5 points.
• California's 27th: Democrat George Whitesides is challenging incumbent Republican Congressman Mike Garcia. With 67% of votes counted, Garcia leads by a constrictive borderline 2.4 points.
• California's 41st: Incumbent Republican Congressman Ken Calvert is moving against Democrat Will Rollins. Calvert is winning by a constrictive borderline of 1 constituent with 60% of votes counted.
• California's 22nd: Democrat Rudy Salas is challenging incumbent Republican Congressman David Valadao, who presently leads with a borderline of 10 points. A small implicit 50% of votes person been counted.
• California's 13th: Incumbent Republican Congressman John Duarte is moving against Democrat Adam Gray. With 48% of votes counted, Duarte is starring by astir 3 points.

The 2 intimately watched races successful the authorities presently person margins of little than 2%.

Republican Juan Ciscomani presently leads his Democratic challenger, Kirsten Engel, by 1.5 points successful Arizona's 6th territory located successful the southeast country of the state. About 60% of votes person been counted.

In Arizona's 1st district, David Schweikert has a pb of 1.6 points implicit Democratic challenger Amish Shah, with 62% of votes counted.

Schweikert's territory covers north-eastern Maricopa County, extracurricular of Phoenix.

In Maine, incumbent Democratic Congressman Jared Golden is warring to support his spot - 1 of 2 legislature districts successful the state.

Maine's 2nd Congressional territory encompasses the bulk of the authorities northbound of Augusta and Portland.

Golden is presently starring successful the contention against his Republican challenger, Austin Theriault, by astir 4 points. Around 77% of votes person been counted.

Democrats are looking to clasp onto 1 spot successful Ohio's 9th legislature district, which encompasses Toledo successful bluish Ohio.

Incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, who has served successful Congress since 1983, leads successful the contention against her Republican challenger, Derek Merrin.

Kaptur has a constrictive 0.3 constituent lead. Around 94% of votes person been counted.