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Three TV networks have made the call: Republicans will hold onto the House of Representatives.

It's not much of a surprise.

Democrats had talked about putting the House in play after Trump first appeared likely to win the nomination, believing that Trump would be a heavy burden on down-ballot Republicans. But there has been little evidence of that so far tonight, with House Republicans holding onto their seats in a number of critical races.

In Virginia, GOP Rep. Barbara Comstock beat Democrat LuAnn Bennett in a highly educated suburban district where Trump was expect to fare poorly. Comstock was leading Bennett 54 percent to 46 percent with 93 percent of precincts reporting. And on Long Island, GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin demolishing his Democratic challenger in a swing district that Democrats held for a decade before Zeldin won it in 2014. GOP Rep. John Katko also won in upstate New York.

Still, two House Republicans have already gone down in defeat in Florida.

GOP Rep. John Mica, a former committee chairman who's been in Congress for more than two decades, lost his Orlando seat to Democrat Stephanie Murphy. Mica's seat had become more Democratic following court-ordered redistricting last year, but he had also taken criticism for failing to campaign hard enough.

And former GOP Gov. Charlie Crist, who became an independent and then a Democrat, took out GOP Rep. David Jolly in a Tampa Bay district that also became more blue after redistricting. The National Republican Congressional Committee made a point of not running TV ads backing Jolly after the congressman appeared in a "60 Minutes" segment that criticized the fundraising pressure the NRCC placed on members.

But Republicans fared better in South Florida, where GOP Rep. Carlos Curbelo, a top Democratic target, beat former Democratic Rep. Joe Garcia by a surprisingly large margin, winning 53 percent to 41 percent with 94 percent of precincts reporting.

Curbelo's victory gives Republicans hope that they can survive in swing districts where Donald Trump is likely to lose. Curbelo disavowed Trump long before almost any other House Republican, even suggesting in a Spanish-language radio interview last year that Trump could be a Democratic plant.

Republicans also picked up the open swing seat that Democratic Rep. Patrick Murphy vacated to mount his failed Senate run. Brian Mast, a veteran whom the NRCC saw as one of their best recruits this cycle, beat Democrat Randy Perkins, a businessman who poured millions into his campaign but helped to torpedo his chances after a volatile recorded interview with a local newspaper. Mast beat Perkins 54 percent to 43 percent with 95 percent of precincts reporting.

And the GOP easily held onto two Republican-leaning open seats in Virginia and Indiana that Democrat had hoped they could put in play.

AZ-01 -- Tom O'Halleran (D) 72736 (50.4%), Paul Babeu (R) 63536 (44.0%). Precincts reporting: 29.4%

AZ-02 -- Rep. Martha McSally (R) 104074 (53.3%), Matt Heinz (D) 91155 (46.7%). Precincts reporting: 0.0%

CA-07 -- Rep. Ami Bera (D) 0 (0.0%), Scott Jones (R) 0 (0.0%). Precincts reporting: 0.0%

CA-10 -- Michael Eggman (D) 0 (0.0%), Rep. Jeff Denham (R) 0 (0.0%). Precincts reporting: 0.0%

CA-21 -- Emilio Huerta (D) 0 (0.0%), Rep. David Valadao (R) 0 (0.0%). Precincts reporting: 0.0%

CA-24 -- Salud Carbajal (D) 0 (0.0%), Justin Fareed (R) 0 (0.0%). Precincts reporting: 0.0%

CA-25 -- Bryan Caforio (D) 0 (0.0%), Rep. Steve Knight (R) 0 (0.0%). Precincts reporting: 0.0%

CA-49 -- Doug Applegate (D) 0 (0.0%), Rep. Darrell Issa (R) 0 (0.0%). Precincts reporting: 0.0%

CA-52 -- Rep. Scott Peters (D) 0 (0.0%), Denise Gitsham (R) 0 (0.0%). Precincts reporting: 0.0%

CO-03 -- Rep. Scott Tipton (R) 106056 (55.7%), Gail Schwartz (D) 75847 (39.8%). Precincts reporting: 38.7%

CO-06 -- Rep. Mike Coffman (R) 137407 (51.1%), Morgan Carroll (D) 116410 (43.3%). Precincts reporting: 65.7%

FL-07 -- RACE CALLED for Stephanie Murphy (D) 181758 (51.5%), Rep. John Mica (R) 171412 (48.5%). Precincts reporting: 100.0%

FL-13 -- RACE CALLED for Charlie Crist (D) 182701 (51.9%), Rep. David Jolly (R) 169551 (48.1%). Precincts reporting: 100.0%

FL-18 -- RACE CALLED for Brian Mast (R) 199358 (53.7%), Randy Perkins (D) 159697 (43.0%). Precincts reporting: 97.7%

FL-26 -- RACE CALLED for Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R) 147991 (53.0%), Joe Garcia (D) 115032 (41.2%). Precincts reporting: 99.2%

IA-01 -- Monica Vernon (D) 30890 (57.1%), Rep. Rod Blum (R) 23173 (42.9%). Precincts reporting: 1.4%

IA-03 -- Rep. David Young (R) 109074 (47.1%), Jim Mowrer (D) 107004 (46.2%). Precincts reporting: 43.5%

IL-10 -- Rep. Robert Dold (R) 89991 (50.6%), Brad Schneider (D) 87700 (49.4%). Precincts reporting: 54.7%

IL-12 -- Rep. Mike Bost (R) 81528 (60.3%), C.J. Baricevic (D) 45010 (33.3%). Precincts reporting: 53.6%

IN-09 -- RACE CALLED for Trey Hollingsworth (R) 162581 (54.7%), Shelli Yoder (D) 118278 (39.8%). Precincts reporting: 96.0%

KS-03 -- Rep. Kevin Yoder (R) 69809 (52.6%), Jay Sidie (D) 53918 (40.6%). Precincts reporting: 0.3%

MD-06 -- RACE CALLED for Rep. John Delaney (D) 136847 (54.2%), Amie Hoeber (R) 106802 (42.3%). Precincts reporting: 85.6%

ME-02 -- Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R) 60827 (55.2%), Emily Cain (D) 49323 (44.8%). Precincts reporting: 30.0%

MI-01 -- Jack Bergman (R) 98060 (55.9%), Lon Johnson (D) 68714 (39.1%). Precincts reporting: 56.6%

MI-07 -- Rep. Tim Walberg (R) 42401 (57.6%), Gretchen Driskell (D) 27412 (37.3%). Precincts reporting: 23.4%

MI-08 -- Rep. Mike Bishop (R) 143578 (57.7%), Suzanna Shkreli (D) 92901 (37.4%). Precincts reporting: 73.0%

MI-11 -- Rep. Dave Trott (R) 156404 (52.8%), Anil Kumar (D) 118326 (40.0%). Precincts reporting: 76.8%

MN-02 -- Jason Lewis (R) 7162 (48.7%), Angie Craig (D) 6285 (42.7%). Precincts reporting: 10.3%

MN-03 -- Rep. Erik Paulsen (R) 156441 (56.5%), Terri Bonoff (D) 120666 (43.5%). Precincts reporting: 71.7%

MN-08 -- Stewart Mills (R) 10259 (51.3%), Rep. Rick Nolan (D) 9749 (48.7%). Precincts reporting: 7.2%

MT-01 -- Rep. Ryan Zinke (R) 70164 (52.6%), Denise Juneau (D) 59946 (44.9%). Precincts reporting: 3.2%

NE-02 -- Rep. Brad Ashford (D) 80289 (50.0%), Don Bacon (R) 75603 (47.0%). Precincts reporting: 51.4%

NH-01 -- Rep. Frank Guinta (R) 107805 (43.7%), Carol Shea-Porter (D) 105885 (42.9%). Precincts reporting: 67.3%

NJ-02 -- RACE CALLED for Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R) 126163 (58.9%), David Cole (D) 80875 (37.7%). Precincts reporting: 70.7%

NJ-05 -- Joshua Gottheimer (D) 132779 (51.2%), Rep. Scott Garrett (R) 124021 (47.8%). Precincts reporting: 85.2%

NV-03 -- David Goossen (I) 0 (0.0%), Warren Markowitz (I) 0 (0.0%). Precincts reporting: 0.0%

NV-04 -- Steve Brown (I) 0 (0.0%), Rep. Cresent Hardy (R) 0 (0.0%). Precincts reporting: 0.0%

NY-01 -- RACE CALLED for Rep. Lee Zeldin (R) 50480 (58.6%), Anna Throne-Holst (D) 35645 (41.4%). Precincts reporting: 45.7%

NY-03 -- Thomas Suozzi (D) 44121 (56.5%), Jack Martins (R) 33902 (43.5%). Precincts reporting: 29.5%

NY-19 -- John Faso (R) 69921 (52.7%), Zephyr Teachout (D) 62755 (47.3%). Precincts reporting: 46.3%

NY-21 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik (R) 79784 (68.2%), Mike Derrick (D) 31153 (26.6%). Precincts reporting: 39.9%

NY-22 -- Claudia Tenney (R) 74800 (45.3%), Kim Myers (D) 70195 (42.5%). Precincts reporting: 64.0%

NY-23 -- Rep. Thomas Reed (R) 56525 (50.6%), John Plumb (D) 55127 (49.4%). Precincts reporting: 41.9%

NY-24 -- RACE CALLED for Rep. John Katko (R) 100720 (62.2%), Colleen Deacon (D) 61140 (37.8%). Precincts reporting: 54.5%

PA-08 -- Brian Fitzpatrick (R) 57154 (55.1%), Steve Santarsiero (D) 46572 (44.9%). Precincts reporting: 30.1%

PA-16 -- Lloyd Smucker (R) 75462 (49.9%), Christina Hartman (D) 70778 (46.8%). Precincts reporting: 56.3%

TX-23 -- Rep. Will Hurd (R) 83108 (50.3%), Pete Gallego (D) 74401 (45.1%). Precincts reporting: 34.7%

UT-04 -- Collin Simonsen (I) 0 (0.0%), Doug Owens (D) 0 (0.0%). Precincts reporting: 0.0%

VA-05 -- RACE CALLED for Tom Garrett (R) 203146 (59.2%), Jane Dittmar (D) 140080 (40.8%). Precincts reporting: 99.1%

VA-10 -- RACE CALLED for Rep. Barbara Comstock (R) 181007 (53.8%), LuAnn Bennett (D) 155683 (46.2%). Precincts reporting: 92.8%

WI-08 -- Mike Gallagher (R) 109356 (63.3%), Tom Nelson (D) 63384 (36.7%). Precincts reporting: 44.6%

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