US Representative Kevin McCarthy speaks following the Republican nomination election for House speaker in the Longworth House Office Building on October 8, 2015 in Washington, DC. The Republican frontrunner to be the new speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, abruptly dropped out of the race Thursday, lawmakers said, amid a revolt by the party’s hard-line conservatives. AFP PHOTO/
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Republican Party looked set to keep its majority in the US House of Representatives in Tuesday’s election, two television networks projected.
NBC and ABC said early results indicated the party would keep at least 218 of the 435 seats in the chamber.