Johnson and GOP increasingly bullish about holding onto control of House

(CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP are feeling increasingly bullish about holding onto the House of Representatives, believing they have defied political gravity in key suburban seats as President-elect Donald Trump powered his party toward what may become a full sweep of Washington.Dozens of key races remain uncalled, and it could be days, or weeks, before the results are official. But House Republicans and Democrats alike privately believe the GOP will maintain control, according to a half-dozen senior campaign operatives.“We’re going to hold the House,” one senior GOP campaign official said Wednesday. “The question is about what the size of the majority is right now.”A senior Democratic source conceded to CNN that the party was unlikely to flip the House given the outstanding races. However, House Democrats insist it’s too early for a post-mortem. The caucus will have an internal call on Thursday afternoon to discuss the results so far, according to a person familiar with the discussions.It’s not yet clear whether Republicans will maintain their same slim five-seat margin; they could still lose GOP incumbents in blue states like California and Oregon. Yet the seats the GOP is expecting to hold show surprising strength in places that...