Pelosi "Very Confident" In Democrats' Midterm Chances As Races Enter Home Stretch

CBS News

October 25, 2022

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed optimism Sunday that Democrats will maintain control of the House in November even as momentum appears to be building behind Republican candidates in the final weeks of the campaign.

"For a year and a half, the media has been saying, 'Oh, it's gone, the president's party always loses in the off-year.' And now we're down to the stretch. And we're down to very close races. And we feel very confident," Pelosi said in an interview with "Face the Nation." "I've been in over 20 states since Congress adjourned in the last month or so. And I see very clearly that the ownership of the ground is with us."

While Democrats had gained on Republicans' lead in the fight for the majority in the House, the latest CBS News Battleground Tracker House estimate found that the GOP's lead has stabilized at 224 seats compared to Democrats' 211.

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