Newsweek, November 2025
GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation from Congress in January will raise the possibility that Republicans could lose their razor-thin majority next year.
Newsweek reached out to the Republican and Democratic national committees for comment via email.
Republicans currently hold a 219-213 makeup in the House of Representatives, a historically narrow margin that has created headaches for leadership in the past. Keeping both wings of the GOP—the party’s most conservative members, such as Greene, as well as more centrist Republicans representing districts that have a more Democratic tilt—has not always been an easy task.
Greene, of Georgia, announced Friday she will resign from Congress on January 5, 2026 following her falling out with President Donald Trump over the release of the Epstein files. That will temporarily leave vacant a seat in a reliably Republican district—at least until the special election is held to replace her, lowering Republicans’ margin to 218-213. The outcome of several other special elections could further complicate math for Republicans in the coming months.
