Dems maintain control of the US Senate.
On January 3, the newly elected Senate will be sworn in.
PHOENIX:
The United States will remain in Democratic hands. Edison Research predicted on Saturday that Senator Catherine Cortez Masto would be re-elected in Nevada, giving President Joe Biden a significant victory.
Republicans were still on the verge of taking over the government. House of Representatives as the vote-counting process for the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday continues.
Cortez Masto narrowly defeated Adam Laxalt, a Republican opponent and former state attorney general who had received Donald Trump’s support.
Following Democratic Senator Mark Kelly’s victory in Arizona late on Friday, Masto’s victory means that Democrats will have at least 50 of the 100 Senate seats, with Vice President Kamala Harris having the power to break ties.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, said at a news conference that “America showed that we believe in our democracy, that the roots of democracy are deep and powerful.”
Republicans and Democrats now hold a 50/50 majority in the Senate. On January 3, the newly elected Senate will be sworn in.
Democrats will still be able to confirm Biden’s nominations, such as federal judges, as long as they maintain control of the Senate. That would include any Supreme Court nominees if a vacancy arises during the next two years.
If Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock defeats Republican opponent Herschel Walker in the Dec. 6 runoff election in Georgia, the Democrats’ margin of victory would increase to 51-49. That would give Democrats a further advantage in enacting the few pieces of legislation that can pass with a simple majority rather than the 60 votes required for most legislation.
Additionally, it would lessen the impact of Democratic senators Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona and Joe Manchin in West Virginia, who have cast “swing” votes that have slowed down or halted several of Biden’s main proposals, such as the extension of some social programmes.
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The outcome of enough House contests may not be known for several days or longer, making it impossible to predict which party will control the majority in the 435-seat body. Although Republicans still had the advantage, results were still coming in for a number of seats, including many in liberal California.
Speaking in Cambodia, Biden stated that his party would be concentrated on winning the Georgia Senate election, but added that maintaining control of the House would be “a stretch.”
Should they win, House Republicans have vowed to work to undo Biden achievements on combating climate change and seek to extend many 2017 tax cuts that are set to expire. They also intend to look into the operations of the Biden administration and the president’s son, who has connections to the Chinese and Ukrainian economies.
In the 3rd congressional district of Washington, where Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez defeated Republican Joe Kent, Democrats pulled off a major victory on Saturday.
The Democratic candidate Cisco Aguilar won the contest to become Nevada’s next secretary of state, who oversees elections. Jim Marchant, a Republican who backed Trump’s bogus assertion that voting fraud caused him to lose the 2020 election to Biden, was beaten by him.
Republicans who had backed Trump’s phoney claim and sought to be their state’s top election officials were also rejected by Democrats in Michigan and Arizona.
Late on Friday, Kelly, a Democratic senator from Arizona, was predicted to retain his seat against Republican Blake Masters, who, like Laxalt, had received Trump’s support. This gave Democrats a significant boost. Masters has not renounced the competition.
Former Navy combat pilot and astronaut Scott Kelly delivered a succinct victory speech to his supporters on Saturday in Phoenix. He said, “We’ve seen the consequences that come when leaders refuse to accept the truth and focus more on conspiracies of the past than solving the challenges that we face today.”
In the campaign for governor of Arizona, where Democrat Katie Hobbs held a slim lead over Republican Kari Lake, another supporter of Donald Trump for president, no winner was yet predicted.
