Carol Miller will continue serving the first district of West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to unofficial election results released Tuesday evening. The Associated Press called the race for Miller at 8:36 p.

Riley Moore easily secured his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to unofficial election results. He will represent the mostly northern half of the state in the 2nd Congressional District.

Republicans first took the majorities in the West Virginia Senate and House of Delegates 10 years ago after being in the political minority since the Great Depression. But flash forward to Tuesday night and Republicans increased their supermajorities.

Jim Justice, a representative of the Republican Party in the US, won the Senate election in West Virginia. This shifted the balance of seats in the Senate to 50-50, allowing Republicans to seize control from the Democrats,

A divided Congress would require the next president to negotiate bipartisan deals on must-pass legislation and make concessions with the opposing party to move any major policy changes through Congress.