According to ChainCatcher, in an interview with CNN, U.S. House Democratic campaign chair Suzan DelBene stated that determining control of the House could take a week or longer. This warning comes from the prevalence of mail-in voting, which has made the counting process more time-consuming.
DelBene reviewed the situation of the 2022 midterm elections, when it took 8 days to determine which party won the majority in the House of Representatives. She anticipates that this election may take the same or even longer time. 'Some districts are highly competitive, especially in places like my home state of Washington, where mail-in ballots are still being counted, so it may take longer to reveal the results,' DelBene explained.
It is noteworthy that in 2022, the Republican Party won control of the House by a narrow margin of about 6,675 votes, a result coming from the five closest districts. In some of these districts, the margin of victory was even less than 1,000 votes. DelBene is preparing her colleagues for the psychological impact of delayed results based on the experience of the last election.