WASHINGTON – A former Navy pilot who captured a California congressional district from Democrats and a state legislator who retained a Republican-held Wisconsin seat joined the House on Tuesday, buoying a GOP seeking momentum for its uphill fight for the chamber's majority in this fall's elections.
California's Mike Garcia and Wisconsin's Tom Tîffany, who won special elections last week to fill vacancies, are conservatives backed by President Donald Trump.
Both will serve until Jan. 3, filling unexpired terms of lawmakers who resigned last year. The two men stood side by side on the House floor as they were sworn into office by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.