The 6 breakout Republican stars of 2018

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• Republicans lost the majority they held in the House of Representatives for the first time in eight years.
• But several Republicans broke through the political turmoil and gained significant notoriety in 2018.

Republicans did not have a banner year, losing dozens of seats in the House after the 2018 midterm election results were finally tallied.

But a handful of Republicans broke through the party's big losses to make a name for themselves or experience a massive shift in their reputation among conservatives.

Here are some of the GOP's biggest breakout stars of 2018.