NBC News April 3, 2025
Both Trump-endorsed candidate wins, in Florida special election, give Republicans a 220 to 213 majority in the House with two Democrat vacancies.

Randy Fine for National Security Adviser Mike Waltz's seat and Jimmy Patronis for Matt Gaetz whom Trump wanted to be Attorney-General before his nomination was pulled over concerns that he lacked sufficient Republican support to be confirmed.

Democrat backed Susan Crawford, a liberal judge, won a judicial election in Wisconsin something of a referendum on Elon Musk, who played a big role, spending some $20 million of his own money, on Republican backed losing candidate Brad Schimel's campaign.

Wisconsin's outcome might help move Musk and his blunt, unpopular agenda out of the spotlight and congressional Republicans will be quietly happy about that

Reuters March 28, 2025
President Donald Trump pulled the nomination of New York Representative Elise Stefanik to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Announcing his decision in a post on social media, Trump said it was essential that Stefanik retain her seat in the House of Representatives to protect Republicans' razor-thin majority No more

Now that both the Republican congressional seats retained in Florida Stefanik for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations

Newsweek November 12, 2024
Elise Stefanik Is Trump's UN Enforcer, and a Gift to Netanyahu Called UN a "cesspool of antisemitism"