The success of the G.O.P. push to keep the majority suggests that it paid no political price for the chaos and paralysis of its past two years in control of the House.

Donald Trump won the presidency (again). Republicans won the Senate. But there’s one more big political prize to be awarded after Tuesday’s election: the House of Representatives, which could still break either way depending on what happens in the roughly 28 races that remain too close to call as of Thursday afternoon.

What we learned from the balance of Congress after 2020 and 2022 showed that when it comes to the House, the consequences aren’t always what you might expect