As counting continues, the president-elect's party is just three seats short of a majority in the House of Representatives

While the whole world was watching the presidential election, the results of which are already known, important elections were also taking place in the US – for both chambers of Congress. And one of them still has an open outcome.

Republicans draw closer to full Congress control after historic Trump win Republicans are looking at taking full control of the US government after Donald Trump's historic win and flipping at least three states to take the Senate.

Republicans are poised to take control of the House after Election Day wins that saw the GOP take the White House and the Senate.

The party that will control the US House of Representatives for the next two years is still in the balance. Republicans were seven seats short of the 218 seats needed to take control on Thursday morning.