the court's dissolution of the election board prompted responses from all quarters. republican candidate harris filed an emergency petition requesting that the board certify the results with him as the winner, but only two of nine board members requested an emergency session, and no action was taken before the board dissolved. democratic candidate mccready publicly called for the fraud investigation to continue. cooper attempted to name an interim elections board to serve until january 31, but was overridden by the state's republican-controlled legislature. meanwhile, incoming united states house of representatives majority leader steny hoyer, a democrat, announced that the house of representatives will not seat harris under any circumstances until the fraud investigation is completed.