House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leads a 232 to 197 Democratic majority in the House heading into the election. There are five current vacancies and one
Libertarian, former Republican, Justin Amash, R-Mich., who left the party in 2019 in a clash over his plan to vote to impeach President Trump.
Democrats hope to keep, and possibly expand their House majority in 2020 by riding a rush of anti-Trump sentiment surging in cities and suburbs across the country. Recent polls have prompted political analysts to shift a number of close House races in favor of Democrats, who have sustained a significant cash advantage this election cycle.
Republicans hope to win back some seats in 2020 by targeting the 30 Democrats representing districts where President Trump won in 2016. Of those seats, 22 are held by freshmen Democrats who were part of the 2018 midterm wave that swept Democrats into power in the House.
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