“In 2024, California’s extended Election Day forced the country to wait more than a month to learn the majority-minority power balance in the U.S. House of Representatives.”
Attributed to The Federalist (article)
Article asserts that California’s extended post‑Election Day ballot counting in 2024 delayed determination of the U.S. House majority/minority balance by over a month.
What the proof shows
Major news organizations projected which party would control the U.S. House within about a week after Election Day (Associated Press and other outlets reported Republicans had won enough seats on or about Nov. 13, 2024). California’s counting and formal certification did continue into December (California’s SOS set the certified results deadline as Dec. 13, 2024), and one California House race (CA‑13) was the nation’s last House contest to be called on Dec. 4, 2024 — but that late California result changed the final seat tally (narrowly) rather than leaving the public without knowledge of which party held the majority for more than a month. In short: California’s extended counting kept some individual races unresolved into late November/early December, but it did not force the country to “wait more than a month” to learn which party would hold the House majority.
Corrected version
California’s extended post‑Election Day counting left a few House races unresolved into late November/early December (the last House race was called Dec. 4, 2024), but major outlets had already projected which party would control the House on Nov. 13, 2024 — so California’s counting affected some seat totals and the exact margin, but did not force the country to wait more than a month to learn which party held the House majority.
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Democrat Adam Gray captures California's 13th US House District, ousting Republican Rep. John Duarte ↗
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