Republican Ann Marie Buerkle pushed ahead of Democratic incumbent Dan Maffei on Wednesday afternoon in the race for the 25th Congressional District, which incorporates Syracuse, after Wayne County reported its unofficial results, according to several local news sources, including The Post-Standard.

Maffei seemed poised to retain his U.S. House of Representatives seat Tuesday night as initial returns showed him leading by 7 percent, according to an article published in The Daily Orange Tuesday. But as of press time, after Wayne County’s reports, Buerkle was in the lead by 659 votes, or 0.34 percent, according to an article published on The Post-Standard’s website Wednesday afternoon.

Republicans seized control of the House during Tuesday’s midterm elections, taking a 239-to-186 majority over Democrats. There are nine other House races besides the 25th District across the country that have yet to be officially called, according to The New York Times. Districts in Washington, California, Arizona, Texas, Illinois, Kentucky and Virginia still have votes to report.

Wayne County officials said they were unable to report the county’s results Tuesday night due to print-outs from voting machines being picked up by trucks before inspectors could phone in the results, according to The Post-Standard.

The 25th District race will now be decided by mail-in ballots, which will not begin to be counted for two weeks, according to an article published on the Your News Now website Wednesday evening.

— Compiled by Rebecca Kheel, asst. news editor, rhkheel@syr.edu