WASHINGTON, DC — The Republican Party appeared poised on Wednesday to carve out a slim
majority in the US House of Representatives but their hopes of a “red wave” in
midterm elections were dashed as the Democratic Party defied expectations.
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With four key races yet to be called after Tuesday’s
vote, the Senate remained in play but it was leaning Democratic and control may
hinge on a runoff election in the southern state of Georgia in early December.
Republicans seemed on track to reclaim the House for
the first time since 2018, but the midterms delivered a mixed bag for the
conservatives.
While the night saw wins by more than 100
Republicans embracing the belief that President Joe Biden stole the 2020
election, several high-profile acolytes of the former president came up short.
And Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a likely
challenger to former president Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican
presidential nomination, scored a resounding victory in his re-election bid.
Among other
races, Maura Healey of Massachusetts will make history as the first openly
lesbian US governor, and in New York, Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul fended
off a Republican challenge.
In ballot initiatives in five states, preliminary
results indicated that voters supported abortion rights in a pushback to the
anti-abortion movement which won a crucial supreme court decision in June.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a likely challenger ... for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, scored a resounding victory in his re-election bid.
Aiming to deliver a rebuke of Biden’s presidency
against a backdrop of sky-high inflation and bitter culture wars, Republicans
needed just one extra seat to wrest control of the evenly divided Senate.
But by early Wednesday the only seat to change party
hands went to the Democrats, with John Fetterman triumphing in Pennsylvania
over Trump-endorsed celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz.
In the 435-member House, results suggested Republicans
were on track for a majority — but only by a handful of seats, a far cry from
poll predictions.
Losing the House
A Republican-controlled
House could still derail Biden’s agenda, launching aggressive investigations,
scuttling his ambitions on climate change and scrutinizing the billions of US
dollars to help Ukraine fight Russia.
The president’s party has traditionally lost seats
in midterm elections, and with Biden’s ratings stuck in the low 40s and
Republicans pounding him over inflation and crime, pundits had predicted a
drubbing.
That would have raised tough questions on whether
America’s oldest-ever commander in chief, who turns 80 this month, should run
again.
Instead Biden stands to emerge in much better shape
than either of his Democratic predecessors, Barack Obama or Bill Clinton, who
both took a hammering at the midterms.
Democrats need two more wins to successfully hold
the Senate, while Republicans need three to flip it.
In Arizona, Nevada and Wisconsin, counting the
remaining votes for Senate could take days.
And Georgia may well go to a runoff on December 6 if
neither candidate crosses the 50 percent threshold.
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