WASHINGTON • Pending recounts, runoffs and challenges, Republicans are poised to have a 241-194 advantage in the U.S. House of Representatives come January. But that only tells part of the story of the GOP’s dominance of the people’s chamber in the Nov. 8 elections.

More than half of the Democratic caucus in the House will come from just six states: California, New York, Illinois, Florida, Texas and Massachusetts. One of every four House Democrats will be from either California or New York.

Fundamentally, Missouri reflected broader trends across the country. It flipped the governorship from Democrat to Republican, and the GOP held its dominance in U.S. House seats, where it won six of eight, and in the state legislature.

Hillary Clinton won the popular vote on Nov. 8, rekindling a fresh debate about the Electoral College. But down ballot, her Democratic Party suffered resounding, and in some cases, historic losses.

Republicans will hold 39 of the 57 U.S. House seats in the Great Lakes-Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, states that flipped from Democrat to Republican in the presidential race, giving Donald Trump the electoral votes necessary to become the next president.