Republicans are headed for victory in the House of Representatives, and the results of the Senate elections are uncertain because of the Georgia vote.
In the United States, voting ended in the midterm elections, in which Americans fully re-elected the House of Representatives, a third of the Senate, the legislature and governors in many states.
The Republicans hoped to get a landslide victory over the Democrats, but it did not happen. A day after the polls closed, many key US midterm election results have yet to be announced. The biggest question — who will gain control of the Senate — is still up in the air.
Fight the Senate
It is now known that the Democrats and the Republicans each have 48 seats. In total, there are 100 seats in the Senate (the upper house of the US Congress) and for the majority it is necessary to get at least 50. The struggle for the Senate is reduced to competitions in three states. Democrats lead in two of them, Republicans in the other.
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AND Georgia failed in the first attempt to elect a representative. Democrat, current Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker, supported by Donald Trump, are competing in state elections. Although Warnock was now leading the vote by a narrow margin, he did not receive enough 50% of the vote to win the first round. Therefore, the region announced the second round, which will take place on December 6. Thus, the final results of the US Senate elections will be known in December.
State vote count Nevada continues. Pre-Republican Adam Laxalt is leading Democrat Katherine Cortez Masto. However, the counting of votes will continue until the end of the week, as many ballots have been received by mail. The Republican is currently in the lead.
AND Arizona the battle between Democrat Mark Kelly and Republican Blake Masters continues. Pre-Democrat leads, final results are today.
The American media wrote that the victory of the Republicans in these elections was not as clear as expected. Congressional Republican National Committee Chairman Tom Emmer declined to give specific reasons why his party didn’t get what it wanted.
Republicans are on their way to victory in the House of Representatives
The House of Representatives (the lower house of the US Congress) has 435 seats. According to the preliminary results of the elections, the Democrats got 187 seats, and the Republicans – 203. Note that the majority required 218 seats. As you can see, the Republicans are on their way to winning the House of Representatives. The question, however, is how big the majority is.
With their surprisingly strong performance in 2020, Republicans are just a few spots behind the majority. And they started this election with a built-in advantage after redrawing some new congressional district lines in conservative states.
With any form of majority, Republicans will be able to close the door on the Democratic legislative agenda and strengthen investigations into the Joe Biden administration. It’s a win by any measure, but if the margin is too small, Republicans will have to use incredible tactical and strategic skills to keep their party up for a majority vote.
Biden and Trump Reaction
President Joe Biden, commenting on the US election, said that there was no interference in the voting process, and that the results show that the American people are disappointed with the state of affairs in the country. He also said there was no giant Republican wave following the election. At the same time, he admitted that the Democrats lost some seats in the House of Representatives.
American media reported that former US President Donald Trump was furious with the results of the interim election, but in an official commentary he declared victory.
“While in some respects yesterday’s election was somewhat disappointing, from my personal perspective it was a tremendous success,” Trump said.
Remember that in the event of losing the majority in even one of the chambers, it will be very difficult for Joe Biden to advance his agenda, moreover, the Republicans may start an investigation against his administration.
As for Trump, according to media reports, the politician intends to take advantage of the victory of the Republicans to announce his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections in the near future.
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Source: korrespondent
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