As of: March 5, 2024, 5:18 p.m
By: Simon Schröder
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Super Tuesday isn't just important for the presidential primary.
The Democrats could win the majority in the House of Representatives in California.
Washington DC – Donald Trump will most likely be able to really win on “Super Tuesday”.
It is actually already certain that the ex-president will win the primaries.
Nikki Haley, his competitor, lags far behind the 77-year-old.
The primaries for Senate and House of Representatives candidates are much more interesting.
Here too, primaries are held on “Super Tuesday”.
Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives Tom Suozzi.
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After Santos elections: Republicans could lose majority in the House of Representatives
In the House of Representatives, the Republicans currently have a razor-thin majority over the Democrats.
With the elections in Long Island in February, the Republican lead was reduced by one place.
Former MP George Santos was removed from office after a scandal surrounding his resume and in the subsequent elections, Democrat Thomas Suozzi was able to reduce the Republican majority.
The Democrats are now only a few seats away from a majority in Congress.
Seats in the House of Representatives
republican |
219 |
Democrats |
213 |
California as the key to the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives
In California alone there will be seven elections for the House of Representatives this year.
And each of those seven seats is currently held by a Republican.
Similarly, in North Carolina, Texas, Alabama and Arkansas, new candidates will be elected in the primaries during Super Tuesday.
In California, only the two candidates with the most votes in the primary, whether Democrat or Republican, will be admitted to the November primary election,
CNN
reports.
So the primaries are particularly exciting here.
In particular, the Republicans who voted for Trump's impeachment could very likely fail in the primaries and lose their seats.
According to
NBC News
, House Representatives David Valado and Chris Mathys were two of the few Republicans who supported impeaching Donald Trump after scores of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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During a speech near the Capitol, Trump incited his fans, which is why they tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power to Joe Biden.
And it is precisely those Republicans who are not loyal to Trump who often find themselves at a disadvantage in the Republican Party.
It seems clear that Trump will win, but the primaries and Super Tuesday will show whether the Republicans will also win.
(SiSchr)