CNN: Dems Take House

Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives for the
first time since the 1994 Republican Revolution, CNN projects.

Democratic
challengers have also picked up three seats in the Senate, CNN
projects. They would need to win three of four competitive races where
winners have not yet been projected to win control of the chamber.
Results are still too close to call in Missouri, Montana, Tennessee and
Virginia.

Democrats will have a net gain of at least 15 seats to take the House when all votes are counted, CNN projects.

"Tonight
is a great victory for the American people," said Rep. Nancy Pelosi of
California, set to be the first female speaker of the House. She said
Democrats now had a mandate to make changes.

The projected
result means that President Bush for the first time faces the prospect
of working with a Democratic-controlled House. By a wide margin, voters
said in national exit polls that they disapproved of the job
performances of both Congress and the president.