GOP marches toward control of House
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FILE - In this April 3, 2012 file photo, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md., right, shakes hands with Terry Allen as he awaits the primary election results in Frederick, Md. Thanks for your service, and good luck. That's what the national parties are saying to congressional veterans like Bartlett, Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla. and Rep. Larry Kissell, D-N.C. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)
FILE - In this April 3, 2012 file photo, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md., right, shakes hands with Terry Allen as he awaits the primary election results in Frederick, Md. Thanks for your service, and good luck. That's what the national parties are saying to congressional veterans like Bartlett, Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla. and Rep. Larry Kissell, D-N.C. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)
Tammy Duckworth, the Democratic nominee for the Illinois' 8th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives greets fellow veteran Octavia Mitchell in Elk Grove Village, Ill., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Duckworth, an Iraq War Veteran, served as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot and suffered severe combat wounds, losing both of her legs. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Versailles, left, met with supporters, from left, Jeri White, Sharon Damron, Jackie Betts and Betty Gabhart, members of The Women's Network at Fayette County Democratic headquarters in Lexington, Ky., on Monday Nov. 5, 2012. Chandler is being challenged for Kentucky's 6th District by Republican Andy Barr in Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/The Lexington Herald-Leader,Pablo Alcala)
U.S. Senate candidate former Sen. George Allen, right, greets U.S. Congressman Eric Cantor R-Va., as they campaign at Randolph-Macon college in Ashland, Va., Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Republicans drove toward recapturing control of the House for two more years on Tuesday as the two parties traded gains from the Eastern seaboard to the Southwest.
With almost two thirds of the chamber's 435 races called by The Associated Press, Republicans had won 173 seats and were leading in 58 others. There were about 20 other seats in Western states, where polls had just closed and vote counting was beginning, where GOP incumbents were not facing serious challenges.
A party needs 218 seats to control the House.
By late evening in the East, Democrats had ousted five incumbent GOP House members to just two Democrats who were defeated by Republicans. But Republicans also picked up three open seats that had been held by Democrats who are leaving Congress.
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