House Republican Predicts GOP Will Take ‘At Least 40 Seats’ in November

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), speaks at a bipartisan news conference on the ongoing Afghanistan evacuations, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Aug. 25, 2021. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Republicans will win at least 40 seats in the House of Representatives in the November midterm elections because of President Joe Biden’s unpopularity, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) predicted in an interview.

McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is “very confident” about the party’s prospects in the election, he told Fox News on April 24. Historically, the party in the minority tends to pick up some seats after the president’s first term in the White House.