Democrats had envisioned that voters repulsed by Trump comments about women and Hispanics could provide potentially big Election Day gains in suburban and ethnically diverse areas. Instead, the Democrats suffered a dispiriting day with just modest pickups, a maximum of nine, as the GOP swept to control of both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.
That was well below the 30 seats Democrats needed to capture House control. Republicans currently hold a 247-188 majority, including three vacant seats, the most the GOP has had since their 270 in 1931.
"He turned politics on its head," Ryan, R-Wis., told reporters gathered Wednesday in his hometown of Janesvill e, Wisconsin. Ryan credited the president-elect with helping carry Republicans into Congress and promised to work "hand-in-hand" with him on a GOP agenda.
By Wednesday, Republicans had at least 238 seats - guaranteeing an extension of their six-year run of House control - and just six of their incumbents had lost. The GOP retained seats in Minnesota, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Iowa and Wisconsin that Democrats had coveted.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the two parties "have a responsibility to come together and find common ground." In a written statement, she suggested cooperating with Trump on infrastructure projects and said she will "pray for his success."
It was initially unclear what impact the marginally smaller size of the GOP majority would have on Ryan, who'd angered some Republicans by refusing to campaign for Trump.
While one member of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus was defeated, several newly elected Republican s could bolster it. That would increase conservatives' leverage to demand their way on issues like curbing spending and government regulations.
In Florida, freshman GOP Rep. Carlos Curbelo won a race that underscored the limits of Trump's damage to Republicans. With around 7 in 10 of the Miami-area district's voters Hispanic, Democrats targeted it and the race became one of the country's most expensive with an $18 million price tag. But Curbelo distanced himself from his own party's nominee and prevailed.
Virginia freshman Rep. Barbara Comstock kept her seat in the well-heeled Washington, D.C., suburbs despite Democrats' attempts to lash her to Trump.
Democrats defeated two Florida GOP incumbents, but that seemed due to local circumstances.
Rep. John Mica, 73, a 12-term veteran from the Orlando area, was criticized by GOP strategists for a lackluster campaign and lost to Democrat Stephanie Murphy, a political neophyte. Democrat Charlie Crist, once the sta te's Republican governor, defeated Rep. David Jolly in a St. Petersburg district redrawn to favor Democrats.
Democrats also beat GOP Reps. Scott Garrett, a Freedom Caucus member from New Jersey's New York City suburbs; moderate Bob Dold from outside Chicago; Cresent Hardy of Nevada and New Hampshire's Frank Guinta.
Just one Democratic incumbent had lost by http://www.theartwolf.com/articles/most-important-painters.htm Wednesday, Nebraska's Brad Ashford.
Both parties' candidates and outside groups spent nearly $1.1 billion combined on House campaigns, shy of the $1.2 billion record in 2012, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research group. Republicans had only a slight financial edge.
Even with the Ryan-led House GOP's current formidable advantage, work stalled this year on spending bills after hitting objections from conservatives.
Moving into 2017, Congress faces a fresh round of budget legislation plus the need to renew the government's borrowing authority or face an economy-jarring federal default. Those are never easy to pass.
Ryan, 46, has said he wants to be speaker in the new Congress and has expressed confidence in doing so. But he is not immune to ire from the Freedom Caucus, which chased former Speaker John Boehner from Congress last year, and other Republicans upset over his frigid treatment of Trump.
Just a handful of disgruntled conservatives could possibly block Ryan from the 218 votes he'd need to retain his post. That would be an embarrassing setback for the GOP's 2012 vice presidential candidate, who may harbor White House aspirations.
9:10 p.m.ET Winners of competitive House races:
Arizona 1
Arizona 2
California 7
California 10
California 21
California 24
California 25
Colorado 3
Colorado 6
Florida 2 - Neal Dunn (R)
Florida 7
Florida 10 - Val Demings (D)
Florida 13 - Charlie Crist (D)
Florida 18 - Brian Mast (R)
Florida 26
Illinois 10
Indiana 9
Iowa 1
Iowa 3
Kansas 3
Maine 2
Michigan 1
Minnesota 2
Minnesota 3
Minnesota 7
Minnesota 8
Nebraska 2
Nebraska 3
Nevada 4
New Hampshire 1
New Jersey 5
New York 1
New York 21
New York 22
New York 23
New York 24
New York 25
Pennsylvania 8
Pennsylvania 16
Texas 23
Utah 4
Virginia 4
Virginia 5
5:11 p.m. ETHouse Democratic Leader Pelosi said at remarks at the Democratic National Committee that FBI Director Comey became "the leading Republican operative in the country" after sending his initial letter to Committee chairs.
She and DCCC Chair Ben Ray Lujan didn't sound optimistic about picking up a large number of House seats, much less retaking the House. She said they don't intend to lose a single incumbent seat.
-- CBS News' Walt Cronkite.
12:07 p.m. ET Paul Ryan is confident he'll remain speaker of the House next year.
Once Congress returns to Washington next week, House Republicans are slated to hold internal leadership elections -- but Speaker Paul Ryan seems confident his spot as the top House member is secure.
Ryan told a group of reporters Monday in Wisconsin that he is "not worried" about any change in his position.
"I feel very good where I am," Ryan said outside of a local Republican party office, according to Politico. "I've gotten such a great outpouring of support from members. They know I took the job as a sense of duty, that duty is not done, and I plan on continuing doing that duty."
On a Democratic conference call Monday reported by Politico, Democratic leaders blamed FBI Director James Comey for hurting their chances to take back the House.
"We would be in a better place [without the letter] and in the manner he did it," Pelosi reportedly said on the call. "It was out of line, but it helped us in one respect: it brought in small donors. The fact is we had a momentum going with Hillary's campaign."
She noted that in the closing days of the election that Republicans were "coming home anyway, but a couple of points nationwide has an impact on our races." Politico reported that House Democratic aides estimated that Democrats could, as a result of Comey's letter, lose up to 12 seats they'd hoped to pick up.
-- CBS News' Reena Flores
11:40 a.m. ETCBS News is monitoring 47 competitive House races. Bolded names are incumbents.
DISTRICT
DEMOCRAT
REPUBLICAN
Arizona 1
Tom O'Halleran
Paul Babeu
Arizona 2
Matt Heinz
Martha McSally
California 10
Michael Eggman
Jeff Denham
California 21
Emilio Huerta
David Valadao
California 24
Salud Carbajal
Justin Fareed
California 25
Bryan Caforio
Steve Knight
California 7
Ami Bera
Scott Jones
Colorado 3
Gail Schwartz
Scott Tipton
Colorado 6
Morgan Carroll
Mike Coffman
Florida 10
Val Demings
Thuy Lowe
Florida 13
Charlie Crist
David Jolly
Florida 18
Randy Perkins
Brian Mast
Florida 2
Walter Dartland
Neal Dunn
Florida 26
Joe Garcia
Curt Curbelo
Florida 7
Stephanie Murphy
John Mica
Illinois 10
Brad Schneider
Robert Dold
Indiana 9
Shelli Yoder
Trey Hollingsworth
Iowa 1
Monica Vernon
Rod Blum
Iowa 3
Jim Mowrer
David Young
Kansas 3
Jay Sidie
Kevin Yoder
Maine 2
Emily Ann Cain
Bill Poliquin
Michigan 1
Lon Johnson
Jack Bergman
Minnesota 2
Angie Craig
Jason Lewis
Minnesota 3
Terri Bonoff
Erik Paulsen
Minnesota 7
Collin Peterson
Dave Hughes
Minnesota 8
Rick Nolan
Stewart Mills
Nebraska 2
Brad Ashford
Don Bacon
Nevada 3
Jacky Rosen
Danny Tark anian
Nevada 4
Ruben Kihuen
Cresent Hardy
New Hampshire 1
Carol Shea-Porter
Frank Guinta
New Jersey 5
Josh Gottheimer
Scott Garrett
New York 1
Anna Throne-Holst
Lee Zeldin
New York 21
Mike Derrick
Elise Stefanik
New York 22
Kim Myers
Claudia Tenney
New York 23
John Plumb
Tom Reed
New York 24
Colleen Deacon
John Katko
New York 25
Louise Slaughter
Mark Assini
New York 3
Tom Suozzi
Jack Martins
New York 19
Zephyr Teachout
John Faso
Pennsylvania 16
Christina Hartman
Lloyd Smucker
Pennsylvania 8
Steve Santarsiero
Brian Fitzpatrick
Texas 23
Pete Gallego
Will Hurd
Utah 4
Doug Owens
Mia Love
Virginia 10
LuAnn Bennett
Barbara Comstock
Virginia 4
Do nald McEachin
Mike Wade
Virginia 5
Jane Dittmar
Tom Garrett
Wisconsin 8
Tom Nelson
Mike Gallagher
-- CBS News' Rebecca Shabad
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/live-updates-2016-house-race-results/
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