Who will control the House in 2025? Here’s the latest and Florida’s role in Congress

Donald Trump was elected 47th President of the United States on Tuesday, and it looks like he will be backed by a Republican-led House of Representatives and Senate in 2025.

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 7, it was confirmed that the GOP gained control of the Senate and shortly after, Trump's victory was confirmed as well.

In Florida, Republican Sen. Rick Scott was reelected and he's aiming to become the next majority leader of the Senate, which will be his second attempt. Senate leader Mitch McConnell , who is the longest-serving Senate Party Leader in U.S. history, is stepping down.

Florida has 28 seats in the House of Representatives, and well over half of those are held by Republicans.

Here's which party is likely to have majority control over the House of Representatives in 2025, as some races are still being settled, and how many of Florida's House seats are currently filled by Republicans.

Who will control the House in 2025? Here are the latest house race results

Ahead of Election Day, the House of Representatives was controlled by a GOP majority but a few changes in the House could pull it over to the Democrats.

According to 270 to Win, as of Thursday, Nov. 7, the Republican Party is ahead in House races, but that could change, pending resolutions in toss-up elections. And while some seats are still up for grabs, other well-known faces have retained their seats in the House.

House Speaker Mike Johnson , R-Louisiana, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York , have already won-reelection. In Florida, Democrats put up candidates in hopes of ousting seated Republicans, but the state stayed red. There are no toss-up elections listed for Florida.

According to 270 to Win's tracker for Florida House races, there are four seats that could still lean away from incumbents , but they aren't toss-up races. Of the other 24 seats that were marked "safe for the incumbent party," seven are held by Democrats.

Who was elected to the House of Representatives from Florida?

Here are Florida's representatives in the U.S. House and the committees they've served on, according to www.house.gov:

Who controls the Senate?

The U.S. Senate had 34 seats up for grabs at the start of Election Day. In the early morning hours of Wednesday, Republicans confirmed their control of the Senate with 52 seats going to the GOP.

What happens now that Trump is president? When is Inauguration Day?

Now that Trump has been elected as the next president, the next steps start this December.

Before Trump heads back to the White House states must issue certificates of ascertainment, electors then have to vote in their states and finally, the electoral votes arrive. Once that is completed, it will head to Washington, D.C., to the archivist who will send sets of certificates to Congress, as requested. On Jan. 6, Congress will convene and count the electoral votes.

Finally, we come to Inauguration Day, which takes place on Jan. 20 every four years, here Trump and Vice President Elect JD Vance will take their Oath of Office. In 2025, Inauguration Day falls on Monday.

Which states flipped in 2024? Was Florida a swing state?

Florida was not a swing state for this general election.

In a report from USA TODAY , it was noted that while big GOP victories in Florida within the past two election cycles had attracted attention nationwide, the state has been trending red for decades. The previously more politically "purple" state drifted more red starting with Donald Trump's presidency in 2016.

There once was a time when the state was considered to have a bigger sway in deciding the outcome of the elections. They highlight the 2000 presidential election, where it took a month before George W. Bush was declared the victor by just 537 votes.

"Influxes of Cubans, retirees, service workers to the theme park economy booming near Orlando and other groups resulted in a state much more diversified – both economically and politically – than many of its southern brethren," according to 270 To Win.

"As a result, it went through a period where it was seen as the ultimate battleground state, its population a microcosm of the country as a whole."

Here are the states that voted for President Joe Biden in the 2020 election that Trump won on Tuesday: