Biting nails in the Senate – it looks like the Democrats will lose in the House – NRK Urix – Foreign News & Documentaries

The House has yet to be decided, but it appears to be there for the Republicans (right).

In the Senate, it is much more than that. There are only a few places left to be counted.

The voltage associated with these cases

Up front, most of the tension was related to the states President Joe Biden was able to take from Donald Trump in 2020:

Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

In addition, there were a lot of tensions related to the states of Nevada and Ohio.

Of these states, only Senate elections are scheduled for Ohio and Pennsylvania. In Ohio, Republican J.D. Vance escaped with his victory.

In Pennsylvania, Democrat John Fetterman won, according to NBC.

Better than expected for the Democrats

Although the Democrats may lose control of both houses of Congress, they are doing better than expected.

Many experts predicted in advance that the Democrats would lose their majority in the House by a large margin, and that it might be difficult to maintain a majority in the Senate.

Democrats themselves feared they would lose up to 20 seats in the House of Representatives.

But when the count was in progress and almost finished in a number of states at six o’clock Norwegian time, the Democrats had held on to a number of senators and representatives in Congress that they feared losing.

Trump cheers

Right now, there’s a major 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 great so far, says Trump.

On Tuesday, the 76-year-old announced he would bring “big news” after the election. Many believe that he will announce his candidacy for president in 2024.

Among other things, Trump praised the result in the former swing state of Florida. There, Governor Ron DeSantis (right) was re-elected by a margin of nearly 20 percent.

DeSantis could become a challenger to Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Trump’s opponent in the 2016 primary, Marco Rubio (right), also made a good choice. He secured his place in the Senate by a margin of over 16 percent.

Looks like Nevada and Georgia decide the Senate elections

Whoever gets a majority in the US Senate will likely depend on who wins the elections in Nevada and Georgia, the New York Times wrote at 06:40.

The newspaper estimates that each party won 49 seats in the Senate. Thus, the Republicans must win both of the remaining states to gain a majority.

If the Democrats win one, the parties get the same number of senators. Then Vice President Kamala Harris secured a majority for the Democrats.

In Nevada, less than half the votes have been counted, and the state can swing either way.

In Georgia, the race is almost dead. Just before at 08:00 Norwegian time, nearly 4 million votes were counted.

Only 30,000 votes separate the two candidates, former Reverend Raphael Warnock (Dim) and former NFL player Herschel Walker (right).

If none of the candidates receives more than 50% of the vote, a new election must be held.

In 2020, it was elections in Georgia that determined whether Democrats took control of Congress.

Then it was Warnock (Democrat) and former journalist John Osoff (Democrat) who were surprised by winning two Senate seats.