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Republican Rep. Steve Scalise (LA), the current minority whip in the U.S. House of Representatives, announced Wednesday his bid to become Majority Leader as the post-election race for leadership positions begins.

In a significant upset to the House Democrats, New York Republican Mike Lawler defeated their party’s top campaign chief, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, in the Empire State’s Seventeenth Congressional District.

Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA), the current minority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, announced Wednesday afternoon his bid to become Speaker of the House as the post-election leadership race start.

Republican Rep. Jim Banks (IN) announced Wednesday morning after the midterm elections that he is “running to be the majority whip” in the U.S. House of Representatives, starting the post-election leadership race.

Guam elected James Moylan as a non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, the first Republican since 1993.

Former President Donald Trump predicted Republicans would have an “epic victory” in the midterm elections during his rally in Vandalia, Ohio.

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel told Breitbart News on the eve of the 2022 midterm Election Day that “leadership matters” in her final message to voters, in addition to releasing a video to show what the one-party Democrat rule in Washington, DC, has done to the county.

Republican Tom Barrett is in a virtual tie with Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin for Michigan’s Seventh Congressional District, according to a poll released on Thursday.

The Democrats’ blame game has already started one week from the midterm elections, as the party’s leadership begins to point fingers while analysts are predicting the election could be terrible for the one-party hold over Washington, DC.

Analysts at the non-partisan Cook Political Report moved the ratings for ten congressional districts in favor of the Republican candidates with only a week left before the midterm race.

An internal poll for Iowa state Sen. Zach Nunn shows him leading Democrat Rep. Cindy Axne by two points in the Hawkeye State’s Third Congressional District race.

Republican J.D. Vance, running against Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) for the state’s open United States Senate seat, blasted his opponent by saying the country needs a “new generation of leaders,” not the “old generation” like his opponent.

Republican Karina Lipsman, running against Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) in Virginia’s Eight Congressional District, called for her opponent to be investigated and kicked off his congressional committee following the report of his staffer having ties to the Chinese Embassy.

Pennsylvania Republican Jim Bognet, running in the Keystone State’s Eighth Congressional District, said on Breitbart News Saturday, “Democrats know they are losing” because the momentum is behind the Republicans.

The Republicans expanded their lead on the generic congressional ballot to seven points, with an 18-point advantage among independents, with 11 days left before the election, according to Rasmussen Reports’ weekly poll.

Iowa Republican state Sen. Zach Nunn, who is running against Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) in the Hawkeye State’s Third Congressional District, slammed his opponent for claiming his stance on border security and protecting the southern border is “racist” and “wrong.”

Republicans torched Iowa’s lone Democrat congressional lawmaker, Rep. Cindy Axne, for saying President Joe Biden is the “most impactful president” in United States history while pointing out what his policies have done.

House Democrat campaign groups are attacking two Republican House candidates in Texas for using PAC money to help their campaigns, while the Democrat candidates in the same districts have taken a substantial amount more in the process.

Analysts at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics released an analysis on Wednesday, less than two weeks before the midterms, stating that the Republicans will regain the majority in the House.

National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Rep. Tom Emmer (MN) told Breitbart News Saturday this past weekend that the Republican Party recruited the “best class” of candidates “ever” this cycle.

National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Rep. Tom Emmer (MN) told Breitbart News Saturday this past weekend that this election was always going to be about economic and physical security, despite what the establishment media has claimed.

Republican J.D. Vance, running for Ohio’s open United States Senate seat, said while campaigning in southeast Ohio over the weekend that Democrats making abortion a midterm “issue” and wanting to “abort a fully grown baby” will help the “red wave” in November.

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) said on this week’s broadcast of FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that  Republican leadership must commit to restoring function back to Congress if they win majorities in the midterm election.

Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), the main super PAC aligned with the House Republicans released a campaign ad slamming Maine Democrat Rep. Jared Golden for failing Maine lobstermen.

The Republicans lead Democrats on the generic congressional ballot by four points, leading by 11 points among independents, roughly two weeks before the election, according to Rasmussen Reports’ weekly poll.

Democrat Wisconsin state Sen. Brad Pfaff, running against Republican Derrick Van Orden in the state’s Third Congressional District, has taken thousands of campaign cash from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), despite committing to not back her for leadership.

Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin (MI) continues to receive campaign donations from her “lobbyist” landlord after weeks of controversy following the arrangement.

Republican National Committee (RNC), which first shared the information with Breitbart News, surpassed two massive milestones over the weekend, with three weeks left before the midterm election.

Republican Alek Skarlatos, a U.S. Army National Guard veteran running in Oregon’s Sixth Congressional District, told Breitbart News Saturday this past weekend that Democrats are worried Republicans are gaining ground in Beaver State after the “culmination of 40-45 years of bad Democrat policies” in the state.

A slew of polling was released over the weekend showing Republicans hold the lead and momentum heading down to the wire, with three weeks left before the 2022 midterm election.

Vulnerable House Democrats continue to make remarks in debates about being focused on inflation and the economy while “inflation continues to erase wage gains for most workers.”

The leaders of the three Republican Committees announced Monday in a joint statement that they would “crisscross the country to catapult Republican candidates to victory” in the final push before Election Day.

A Trafalgar Group poll revealed this past weekend that a Republican candidate leads a Democrat candidate by 5.3 percentage points on the generic congressional ballot.

Former Democrat state Sen. Kirsten Engel, running for Arizona’s open Sixth Congressional District, appears to have a long history of supporting radical California energy policies, some of which raised the price of gas.

Democrat Campaign Chief Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), who is responsible for ensuring members of his own party are elected, is trailing Republican Assemblyman Mike Lawler (NY) in the New York Congressional race, according to a GOP internal poll first reported by the New York Post.

Vulnerable Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), who barely won his primary election after it went into a runoff and had the support of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), told reporters that his first vote in the new Congress would be for Pelosi, then he would vote for his constituents if reelected.