By Nolan D. McCaskill

WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Democrats were more bullish on their chances of recapturing control of the U.S. House of Representatives in next year’s midterms, they said on Wednesday, after gaining ground in solidly Republican Tennessee in this week’s off-cycle election.

Republican Matt Van Epps defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn in the middle Tennessee matchup on Tuesday, but his 9-point margin of victory was far narrower than Republican President Donald Trump’s 22-point romp in the same district in the 2024 presidential election.

Roughly three dozen races in the most competitive battleground districts are expected to determine which party will control the House for the final two years of Trump’s term, a contest that is expected to be closely fought.

Republicans have a

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