http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/here-s-what-a-republican-takeover-looks-likes-20141105Here's What a Republican Takeover Looks Like
That's a lot of red for the House.
By Stephanie Stamm
At the time of this writing, Republicans have picked up nine seats in the House, pushing them to a muscular 243-seat majority.
For House Speaker John Boehner, that means the bar is set high for legislative accomplishments in the next two years. For the national political landscape, that means a lot of red. Here's the lower chamber of the 114th Congress, in vivid color.
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A number of races remain undecided, and the colors for these districts on the map were determined using the majority vote there as it stood at 12 p.m. on Nov. 5 We'll update the map as more results come in.