Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki says the White House is feeling "giddy" about the midterm election results, in which Democrats have greatly outperformed expectations.
"I've been in touch with the White House," Psaki said on MSNBC. "They are giddy and gleeful, as they should be, about where things are sitting right now."
Democrats have defended multiple seats that Republicans were intent on flipping, including New Hampshire, Colorado and Washington.
Psaki, who made her debut as a political analyst for MSNBC and NBC in September, said Democratic candidates were successful because they weren't "running against the Biden agenda."
"If the Republicans would have won back a bunch a seats, it wasn't because Democrats were running away from the Inflation Reduction Act and doing something about climate change or building bridges and fixing roads, or running away from Biden saying 'I want you to codeify Roe [v Wade] and protect a woman's right to choose,'" she said.
"The takeaway to me is this is the right agenda," Psaki continued. "The Democrats ran on this agenda, it was the right agenda. And I think a lot of these fights include abortion."
House Speaker Nanci Pelosi issued a expressed similar optimism Wednesday morning about the Democrats performance in the election.
"While many races remain too close to call, it is clear that House Democratic Members and candidates are strongly outperforming expectations across the country," she said in a statement.
Control of both the House and the Senate still remain too early to call as of Wednesday morning.
Either party needs at least 218 seats to control majority of the House. As of 11 a.m. ET Wednesday, CNN is reporting 202 seats for Republicans and 184 for Democrats. As for the Senate, CNN has says it is neck-and-neck with 49 seats for Republicans and 48 for Democrats.
Undecided key races in Nevada, Georgia, Wisconsin and Arizona could ultimately determine which party controls both chambers of Congress.
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