Republicans are currently focused on their existing narrow majority, rather than "regaining" it, as they already hold the gavel in the 119th Congress.
As of late , the U.S. House of Representatives is narrowly controlled by the Republican Party , which holds a slim 217–212 majority . While a past CBS News Battleground Tracker poll (from October 2022) used the exact headline "GOP on track to regain House majority," current 2026 polling and political data suggest a much more volatile landscape as the November 3 midterms approach. The 2026 Midterm Landscape CBS News poll shows GOP on track to regain House majority