The House of Representatives has not yet been decided, but there it seems to be clearly in favor of the Republicans (R). In the Senate, it is far more even. There are only a handful of places left to count. So far, it has been decided that the Democrats (D) have 47 seats, and the Republicans have 47. Tension linked to these states In advance, the most tension was linked to the states President Joe Biden was able to take from Donald Trump in 2020: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In addition, there was a lot of tension related to the states of Nevada and Ohio. Of these states, it is only in Ohio and Pennsylvania that the Senate election has been decided. In Ohio, Republican JD Vance has run away with the victory. In Pennsylvania, Democrat John Fettermann has won, reports NBC. Better than expected for the Democrats Although the Democrats may lose control of both houses of Congress, they have done better than expected. In advance, many experts predicted that the Democrats would lose the majority in the House of Representatives by a large margin, and that it could be difficult to keep the majority in the Senate. The Democrats themselves feared that they could lose as many as 20 seats in the House of Representatives. But when the counting was well under way and almost finished in a number of states at 6 o’clock Norwegian time, the Democrats had held on to a number of senators and representatives in Congress that they were afraid of losing. Trump is jubilant For the time being, there is mostly reason to be happy for the Republican Party. On Wednesday morning, former President Donald Trump gave a speech from his home in Mar-a-lago, Florida. – The numbers are fantastic so far, says Trump. Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during the US midterm elections. On Tuesday, the 76-year-old announced that he will come up with “big news” after the election. Many believe he will announce that he is standing for the presidential election in 2024. Trump praised, among other things, the result in the former swing state of Florida. There, Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has been re-elected by a nearly 20 percent margin. DeSantis could become a challenger to Trump in the race for the presidential nomination in the Republican Party. Trump’s opponent in the 2016 primary election, Marco Rubio (R), has also made a good choice. He secured his place in the Senate with a margin of over 16 percent. Nevada and Georgia seem to decide the Senate election Who gets the majority in the Senate in the USA probably depends on who wins the elections in Nevada and Georgia, the New York Times writes at 06:40. The newspaper estimates that each of the parties has secured 49 seats in the Senate. Thus, the Republicans must win both of the two remaining states to gain a majority. If the Democrats win one of them, the parties get the same number of senators. Then Vice President Kamala Harris secures a majority for the Democrats. In Nevada, less than half of the votes have been counted, and the state can swing either way. Incumbent Georgia Democratic Senators Rapahel Warnock (right) and Jon Ossoff (left). Photo: Michael M. Santiago / AFP In Georgia, the race is almost dead. Just before At 08.00 Norwegian time, almost four million votes were counted. Only 30,000 votes separate the two candidates, Raphael Warnock (D) and Herschel Walker (R). Also in 2020, it was the election in Georgia that determined whether the Democrats gained control of Congress. Then it was the former priest Raphael Warnock (D) and the former journalist Jon Ossof (D) who surprised by winning both seats in the Senate.
ttn-69
Nail biting in the Senate – The Democrats look set to lose in the House of Representatives – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries
