But while the Senate GOP increased their seats in the 50-seat chamber from 28 to 30 — the number needed to have a veto-proof majority come January — Speaker Tim Moore said Republicans were one seat shy of a similar power threshold in the House. The results could mean Republican leaders won’t be able to successfully override Cooper’s vetoes at will — even if GOP lawmakers are united — unless they get help from at least one Democrat. Cooper, Democratic candidates and abortion-rights groups campaigned on or spent millions of dollars warning voters that Republicans could pass severe abortion restrictions if they gained veto-proof majorities.