5 races to watch that will decide control of the House

Republicans' constrictive mostly successful nan House of Representatives enters Tuesday connected nan knife's edge, pinch some parties possessing paths to power successful nan adjacent Congress.

More than a twelve Republicans clasp seats successful districts that President Joe Biden won successful 2020, though galore are putting up beardown fights to support their seats. A fistful of Democratic incumbents are besides moving successful districts that went for erstwhile President Donald Trump 4 years ago, but they, too, are moving assiduously to tally up of their nationalist party.

Partisan redistricting has reduced nan number of competitory seats crossed nan country, but a fewer twelve stay up for grabs and clasp nan cardinal to nan speaker's gavel.

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Here are 5 House races to watch Tuesday that will thief find enclosure control.

Former Army serviceman Eugene Vindman, a Democrat moving for Congress successful Virginia's 7th District, is interviewed, Sept. 12, 2024, successful Stafford, Va.

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Virginia's 7th District

The unfastened spot near by Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat who is moving for Virginia politician successful 2025, is simply a bully barometer for Democrats' support among suburban voters that aren't large Trump fans.

The district, which stretches from nan cardinal Virginia exurbs of Washington to nan Blue Ridge Mountains, voted against Trump by 2 points successful 2016 and 7 points successful 2020.

Democrat Eugene Vindman is facing disconnected against Republican Derrick Anderson. Vindman has sanction nickname and beardown fundraising from his and his brother's fame arsenic whistleblowers nether Trump, while Anderson, a combat veteran, is getting immense extracurricular thief from groups successful Washington.

Each broadside is looking to subordinate their opponents pinch nan astir utmost flanks of their respective parties, and some candidates, arsenic first-time contenders, deficiency longstanding governmental ties to powerfulness players successful nan district.

Suburban seats for illustration this are astatine nan bosom of nan battlefield for nan House, and Democrats' expertise to support seats for illustration this successful their file are cardinal to flipping nan chamber.

Rep. Mike Lawler debates Mondaire Jones during nan Congressional District 17 election, Oct. 16, 2024, successful Yonkers, New York.

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New York 17th District

GOP Rep. Mike Lawler won his first word successful 2022, marking an upset against then-Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, nan chair of House Democrats' run arm. Now, he'll person to look disconnected against erstwhile Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones to unafraid a 2nd word and make a statement.

Lawler has depicted himself arsenic a pragmatist alternatively than a Trump-aligned Republican while casting Jones arsenic a progressive, including quotes of him saying "Defund nan police." Jones, meanwhile, is besides moving successful a mean lane, voicing support for Israel and saying that his past remarks are being taken retired of context, each while saying Lawler is untrustworthy connected issues for illustration abortion, which is besides connected nan ballot this twelvemonth successful nan shape of a law referendum.

Biden won Lawler's territory by 10 points 4 years ago, though Lawler is still moving a competitory race.

Lawler and different Republicans won a fistful of seats successful 2022 successful nan precocious New York City suburbs and Long Island connected nan backmost of concerns complete crime nether Democratic activity successful nan state. Lawler's title will beryllium a trial some of nan lingering potency of those arguments and really first-term Republicans successful nan area fare successful their first reelection bids successful a statesmanlike year.

If Lawler wins, it shows that Republicans could still find occurrence messaging connected crime -- and should he triumph pinch Harris replicating Biden's success, an denotation of Republicans' spot protecting incumbents successful blue-leaning seats.

Nebraska's 2nd District

Nebraska partially designates its Electoral College votes by legislature district, and pinch nan 2nd Congressional District, anchored successful Omaha, arsenic nan only competitory one, it has drawn outsized attraction successful nan statesmanlike race.

Trump and Republicans successful nan authorities fought difficult to alteration authorities rules to a winner-take-all strategy conscionable based connected nan statewide tally. They failed, however, and now Trump is getting washed retired successful polling and fundraising successful nan district, fundamentally ceding it to Harris, who has flooded nan area there.

That's near seasoned GOP Rep. Don Bacon successful a reliable spot.

Bacon is facing disconnected successful a rematch against Tony Vargas, a Democratic personnel of Nebraska's unicameral legislature.

Bacon has been an outspoken mean and worked diligently to support Trump astatine arm's magnitude successful a territory that Biden won successful 2020. However, his expertise to triumph reelection successful a territory that his party's statesmanlike nominee has each but fixed up connected is simply a trial of nan dwindling inclination of ticket-splitting.

Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., speaks during a news convention to denote nan bipartisan Southwest Caucus, June 15, 2023, connected Capitol Hill successful Washington.

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New Mexico's 2nd District

New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District features a 2022 rematch betwixt first-term Democratic Rep. Gabe Vasquez and erstwhile GOP Rep. Yvette Herrell, who he defeated 2 years ago.

The title is focusing mostly connected reddish nutrient issues -- abortion for Vasquez and migration for Herrell. The territory spans 180 miles of nan U.S.-Mexico border.

Vasquez has sought to prehend connected past remarks from Herrell successful which she said she wishes "we could person eliminated each abortion successful this state." Herrell has not disavowed immoderate of her past stances, touting her support for authorities offering ineligible personhood to fertilized eggs, which would fundamentally prohibition abortion and treatments for illustration successful vitro fertilization.

Herrell's antagonistic statement is that voters really attraction much astir forbidden separator crossings.

Vasquez comes into nan title pinch a fundraising advantage, but nan victor successful this title could bespeak whether cardinal aspects of each party's connection resonates pinch voters successful plaything districts.

Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola listens to a mobility during a statement against Republican Nick Begich connected unrecorded tv astatine Alaska Public Media connected Oct. 10, 2024, successful Anchorage, Alaska.

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Alaska's at-large district

Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola won her first word successful 2022 successful an research of Alaska's first statewide ranked-choice election. Now, she'll person to propulsion disconnected nan feat again successful a statesmanlike year.

There are 2 main obstacles Peltola will person to overcome. First, Republicans are much unified this clip astir Nick Begich, apt leaving little section among GOP voters moreover successful a ranked-choice format. And second, she'll stock a ballot pinch Harris and Trump.

Trump won Alaska by 10 points successful 2020 and nan authorities is acold from competitory astatine nan statesmanlike level.

Peltola has sought to support her entreaty by focusing connected hyper section issues for illustration fishing, boasting connected her website that she has "reduced Chum bycatch by 87%."

Like Republicans successful akin situations, Begich is moving to person voters that Peltola is not nan mean she says she is. Whether he succeeds could beryllium a bully gauge of really overmuch a laser-focus connected section issues tin break done successful a nationalist climate.