(The Center Square) – With polls opening for election day in less than 24 hours, Democrats appear primed to take back the U.S. House, according to election analysts.
Democrats currently hold 215 seats in the lower chamber. But with Democrats leading Republicans in the polls – both in general and in previously safe Republican districts in Texas, Kentucky and elsewhere – Cook Political Report projects that Democrats will flip 15 to 25 seats.
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