As key races were called on Thursday, the Associated Press reported that Republicans officially secured the 218 seats necessary to keep their majority in the U.S.
House of Representatives, a victory that will send President-elect Donald Trump back to the White House with both chambers of Congress united behind him.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), an anti-LGBTQ conservative Christian and staunch Trump ally, earned his party’s support to remain the top House Republican after a vote by the conference on Wednesday.
Meanwhile in the U.S. Senate, Republicans on Wednesday chose U.S. Sen. John Thune (S.D.) to be their leader, a figure who is more closely associated with the Republican “establishment” than with Trump’s insurgent MAGA movement.