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Several new Democrats won House seats in upset victories in the midterm elections that few had expected, PBS NewsHour reported. In North Carolina's 9th district, Richard Ojeda, a former Army major, beat Rep. Richard Hudson, who had led the National Republican Congressional Committee. In Colorado Springs, Democrat Jessica Killin, a former Army captain, beat Rep. Jeff Crank by running as a moderate. In Nevada's 2nd district, former state lawmaker Teresa Benitez-Thompson became the first Democrat to win the seat after her opponent faced accusations of exaggerating his military record, and all of Nevada's House seats are now held by Democrats for the first time. In Wisconsin, first-time candidate Mitchell Berman, an emergency room nurse, beat Rep. Bryan Steil by nearly 4 points in a district no Democrat had won since 1993. Leticia Gutierrez beat Republican Alex Mealer by a little over 15 points in a district redrawn to favor Republicans. Katy Padilla Stout won a seat that had not elected a Democrat since 2012, defeating Republican Brandon Herrera by 8 points. In Indiana, state senator J.D. Ford beat Rep. Victoria Spartz by 3.4 points. The wins added to the Democratic gains that helped the party take control of the next Congress.