Sang-mi, tell us about the seats up for grabs now.<br /><br />Right, Mark, as for the seats for grabs, there are two chambers in Congress. In the lower chamber,.. the House of Representatives, all 435 seats are on the line.<br />Then, in the upper chamber,.. the Senate, there are 100 seats... but this time around, only about a third of them... 35 seats are being contended.<br />At the moment, Republicans control both chambers.<br />In the House, they hold a 235-to-193 majority.<br />So, for Democrats to take control of the House, they will need to flip 23 seats.<br />Those seats are apportioned based on the relative population of each state, so California, for instance, gets the most with 53 seats -- Alaska... gets one.<br />The members serve two-year terms. <br />It's much tighter in the Senate, where the Republicans have only two more seats.<br />Senators serve for six years and each state gets two, regardless of population. <br />The current Congress runs until January 3rd. <br />
