Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump.

Flathead Beacon opinion columnist John McCaslin is a longtime journalist and author. He lives in Bigfork. He was Montana’s only major office holder not running for reelection in 2024, yet Sen. Steve Daines was among the Republican Party’s biggest winner.

Republicans won control of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, according to a projection by the Associated Press, handing the party a sweep and ushering in a new era in Washington. With the presidency,

Republicans win 218 US House seats, claiming a majority and completing the party’s sweep into power alongside Trump

Republicans held on to their narrow majority in the US House, giving Donald Trump and his party unified control of the elected branches of government and limiting potential curbs on the incoming president’s power.

With a dozen races still to be called, the G.O.P. was two seats away from the 218 that would allow the party to claim a coveted governing trifecta: control of the House, Senate and White House.