Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

The left sees setbacks on abortion, drug legalization, minimum wage and election-process questions from coast to coast.

Republicans beat Democrats on straight party ticket voting by 21 points, according to South Carolina Election Commission data ...

For decades, Black voters had been the cornerstone of Democrats' strength in the South ... to the election was to rural Black ...