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House Map Shifts as Taft Victory Prompts Session Call
The next House will have 219 Republicans and 172 Democrats, 391 total, with vacancies causing a net Republican loss of four and Democratic gain of six. Democrats pick up Indiana Nebraska Ohio Illinois and Kentucky while Republicans gain in North Carolina Missouri Pennsylvania New Jersey Rhode Island and Wisconsin. Taft plans a special session after March to consider tariff revision as Debs fails to win votes in Terre Haute.
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