What did Lindsey Graham predict about elections in October 2022?
Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senator (R-SC) ·
I think we will get 25 pickups in the House. … I think we can be at 52 or 53 in the Senate. I think we're going to take the House.
House R 222 (from 212); Senate R 49
Graham said Republicans would gain 25 House seats and reach 52 or 53 in the Senate. They gained 10 House seats and fell to 49 Senate seats.
Republicans won the House 222-213, up from 212 seats at the start of the previous Congress (House Historian). They held 49 Senate seats, down from 50, and Democrats kept control (U.S. Senate Historical Office).
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- Interview with Ainsley Earhardt on Fox News' Fox & Friends, from Lizard's Thicket restaurant in Lexington, S.C.