Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ), KGUN 9’s election results service, has projected that the Republican party will retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives come 2025.
Last night, DDHQ called the Congressional District 6 race for incumbent Congressional District 6 Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani, who represents much of southeastern Arizona.
In a repeat of the race two years ago, Ciscomani emerged victorious by a tight margin, despite another strong challenge from Democrat Kirsten Engel. Results were held up compared to other congressional races around the state due to a couple factors in Cochise County: A bomb threat on election night held up the county’s first results drop of the evening, and a broken tabulator later in the week led to a second delay in the count.
Ciscomani is currently back in Washington. I talked with him over Zoom this afternoon from his office on Capitol Hill.
The congressman says his first priority will be working on passing new border security laws, which could include a bill he helped push last year that made it through the House, but was never taken up in the Senate.