Dems head toward House control, but struggle to gain seats

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are driving toward extending their control of the House for two more years, but their expectations of expanding their majority seem to be waning. So far, they have failed to defeat any Republican incumbents in initial returns. In South Florida, freshmen Democrats Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and Donna Shalala became Election Day’s first incumbent casualties. Democrats as expected picked up a pair of North Carolina seats vacated by GOP incumbents after a court-or