Reporter's Notebook: The hard stuff is yet to come
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Election Day is Tuesday, but in reality, that’s just the beginning of the process. It may take days to sort out who voters chose as president and who runs the House.
Chad Pergram currently serves as a senior congressional correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.
Election Day is Tuesday, but in reality, that’s just the beginning of the process. It may take days to sort out who voters have chosen as president. Control of the House is razor tight. It may boil down to a handful of races decided by a grand total of several thousand votes. So don’t for a moment think we automatically know which party will be in the majority as election officials sort all of that out. There’s a scenario where a thin margin of contested seats in the House could spring several weeks of challenges.
Moreover, Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution dictates that the House and Senate "shall be the Judge of the elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members." And it’s the new House in the new Congress next year that will decide whether to seat people if there’s a dispute.