woman to represent the 15th district of texas >> and now to a ground breaker for the democratsas becca balintto be the first woman and lgbtq person to represent the state. and alexandria ocasio-cortez holding her seat in congress nbc news is projecting her reelection to the 14th district opposite tina forte. and also keeping her job, marjorie taylor greene is poised for re-election in georgia's 14th district over the democratic challenger, marcus flowers. >> in florida, republicans flipping an open seat in the seventh district as cory mills is expected to win over karen green. and a flip for the democrats in illinois, with nikki budsinski winning that 13th district >> joining us is jonathan allen and professor of law and political science at stanford, nate prasilli. >> the big surprise is that miami dade was turned red for the first time ever. what is the significance of that to you >> a huge significance miami dade a huge population county, extremely diverse county, not just the cuban-american community but people from all over the world there. and this is a representation of republicans rea

in the country to send a female representative to congress nbc news is projecting that democrat becca balint will defeat the republican to be the first el lgbtq person to represent the state. >> garcia, who is gay immigrated from peru is the first lgbtq elected to congress. >> and in california, this seat was open >> and in illinois, democrat ni nikki bud sinski is expected to win. >> joining us, jonathan allen, natasha carecchi and matthew sanderson. jonathan, i want to start but. what do you think explains why republicans were not able to pick up more house seats, given they are the party that's out of power, and traditionally they would be picking up more >> it was surprise to most of house do this for a living we were watching polls, talking to source. both parties think this was going to and bigger wave for republicans. wasn't much after wave at all. maybe a moving puddle. i think what we're basically seeing here is that despite some inflation worries and biden's approval ratings, voters decided democrats were less scary than some of the republican nominees. there are plenty of places o

in vermont democrat becca balint is projected to defeat republican opponent liam madden ending the state'streak as the last state to send a woman to congress balint will be the state's first lgbtq representative. >> i give you my word tonight that i will not back down from hard fights in washington. i will carry your hopes and your wishes and your stories with me. i will stay rooted in our communities here in vermont and i will work for our most vulnerable neighbors every single day >>> and another history making win in florida, 25-year-old maxwell frost is the projected winner in the state's 10th district beating 72-year-old republican calvin winbush a retired green beret. frost will be the first member of gen z to reach the house of representatives. >>> notable districts flipping starting in florida's 13th district where anna luna is projected to defeat the democrat she is the first mexican american woman elected to congress in this state in the lone star state democrats getting a state in texas's 35th district greg caesar is projected to win over dan mcqueen i want to delve into our pan