Republicans lead in Senate race; Nevada and Arizona crucial; Democrats will lose?
Midterm elections for the US Congress were held on November 8, where Americans elected members of the House of Representatives and a third of the Senate.
Thursday, 10.11.2022.
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Republicans lead in Senate race; Nevada and Arizona crucial; Democrats will lose?
Based on the votes counted so far in the elections for the U.S. Congress, the Republicans have a slight advantage over the Democrats in the race for the Senate with 49 seats won against 48, while the advantage of the Republicans in the race for control of the House of Representatives is slightly higher - 209 seats won against 191.The race for control of the Senate will be decided by the results of elections in three federal states - Georgia, Nevada and Arizona, according to CNN.
Whether Georgia will be crucial for the Democrats' control of the Senate for the second time in a row will depend on the outcome of elections in other states, especially in Arizona and Nevada, where Republicans are trying to oust their Democratic opponents from the race, AP reported.
Meanwhile, it was reported that Republican Senator Ron Johnson defeated Democrat Mandela Barnes and kept another Senate seat in Republican hands, while also preventing Barnes from making history as the first black senator from the state of Wisconsin, Voice of America reported.
In the current session of the House of Representatives, the Democrats have a slim majority (222 to 213) and it is almost certain that they will lose it after these elections, according to the BBC. Electoral commissions across the US are still verifying the votes and, just as happened in the last election in 2020, the final results could be waited for days or weeks, according to the British public service.
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How many votes do Republicans need?
Republicans need to win the seven remaining seats in the House of Representatives, plus the two seats previously held by Democrats to reach the total of 218 seats needed to take over the majority.Two days after the midterm elections for the U.S. Congress were held, all the results are still not known. All eyes are now on Nevada and Arizona, which will decide who will gain control of the Senate - Democrats or Republicans. Elections in Georgia are going to the second round.
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