From left to right: Indian-American Aruna Miller (D-Maryland), John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania), Ron Desantis (R-Florida) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) won in the respective seats. (Photos via agencies).United States (US) Midterm Elections 2022 Results Live Updates, November 09, 2022: Democrats have shown surprising strength in the US midterm elections as results trickled in Wednesday, but it is unclear whether that will be enough for them to thwart Republicans in their attempt to wrest control of the House and the Senate. Hours ago, John Fetterman flipped a highly competitive Senate seat in Pennsylvania by defeating Republican Dr Mehmet Oz.
In Maryland, Indian-American Aruna Miller made history by becoming the first immigrant to win the lieutenant governor’s office. Miller, who immigrated from Hyderabad in India, also is the first Asian American elected statewide. Other key winners include Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, and New York Governor Kathy Hochul. Progressive members of the Democratic party Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib and Corey Bush, dubbed ‘The Squad’ were all re-elected from their seats.
With the majority of polls closed in half of the 50 US states, the initial returns would not alter the balance of power in the 50-50 Senate, which Democrats currently control with a tie-breaking vote. Thirty-five Senate seats and all 435 House of Representatives seats are on the ballot.
President Joe Biden waves with Vice President Kamala Harris at the Pennsylvania Democratic Party's 3rd Annual Independence Dinner in Philadelphia, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
With the votes still being counted in the high-stakes US midterm polls, it remains unclear which party will control the Senate and the House of Representatives, which together form the United States Congress. While the Senate is still a toss-up, Republicans are favoured to win a narrow majority in the House.
Democrats presently control the 50-50 Senate with Vice President Kamala Harris able to break any ties. Defying expectations that high inflation and President Joe Biden's low approval ratings would drag the party down, Democrats showed surprising strength as it defeated Republicans in a series of competitive races.
The outcome of races for House and Senate will determine the future of Biden’s agenda and serve as a referendum on his administration. The party in power almost always suffers losses in the president’s first midterm elections, but Democrats had been hoping that anger from the Supreme Court’s decision to gut abortion rights might energize their voters to buck historical trends.
This is the second match between Kemp and his 2018 opponent Democrat Stacey Abrams.
"Across the country, we took the first step to save America. This election proves that when Republican stay focused on real world solutions... we can win now and also in the future," Kemp said during his victory speech.
Hawaii gubernatorial candidate James 'Duke' Aiona, right, greets supporters at his campaign headquarters Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Waipahu, Hawaii. Lt. Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat, defeated former Lt. Gov. Aiona to be Hawaii's next governor. (Jamm Aquino/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP)
Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey has been elected as the governor of Massachusetts making history as the nation’s first openly lesbian governor. Healey defeated Republican Geoff Diehl, a former state representative, AP reported.
In the video, Healey can be seen saying, 'We made history. Didn't we?'.
The promise of a red wave receding, Republicans slogged state by state in a determined fight to break the Democrats’ one-party hold on Washington as anxiety set in over the dragged-out race for control of Congress and the future of President Joe Biden's agenda.
On Wednesday, the Democrats' fragile grasp on power in the House and the Senate remained at risk.
Races stayed tight, and Republicans ran into stiff competition in their march across the country, dashing hopes for the sweeping gains they had promised, particularly in the House. Instead, they inched toward what could be another narrowly split Congress. (AP)
In Nevada's rural northern district where no Democrats have ever won, Republican Mark Amodei has defeated Elizabeth Mercedes Krause, AP reports.
Utah Republican Mike Lee has been reelected to a third term in the U.S. Senate, defeating independent challenger Evan McMullin on Tuesday in the state’s most closely watched Senate race in decades.
Lee’s win keeps Utah in Republican hands as the party vies for control of Congress and reflects that the libertarian-leaning conservative’s popularity has endured in Utah. (AP)
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Control of US Congress was yet to be determined early on Wednesday as Democrats defeated Republicans in a series of pivotal races and defied forecasts that predicted high inflation and President Joe Biden's low approval ratings would make them lose out on votes.
Democrat John Fetterman took the Republican-controlled Senate seat in Pennsylvania in a move that is key to his party's hopes of maintaining control of the chamber. For now, it is too early to call critical Senate seats in Wisconsin, Nevada, Georgie and Arizona, which could determine which party lead the chamber.
Incumbent Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said: "While many races remain too close to call, it is clear that House Democratic members and candidates are strongly outperforming expectations across the country.''
While Democrats were able to retain seats in the House of Representatives from Virginia to Kansa and Rhode Island, current results show Republicans flipping eight House seats, which would be enough to give them control of the lower chamber of Congress if vote counts match electoral projections. (DW)
Democrat Megan Srinivas has defeated Republican Jerry Cheevers in Iowa, as per a report in Des Moines Register.
Dr. Srinivas is an infectious disease physician who graduated from the Harvard University.
Incumbent US Sen. Brian Schatz, a Democrat, Tuesday was re-elected to another six-year term, defeating Republican state Rep. Bob McDermott.
"We’ve got a tremendous amount of challenges across the state of Hawaii. Huge challenges, but also huge opportunities," Schatz said at an election party held by the Democratic Party of Hawaii. "And we’re going to work together and we’re going to work for all the Democrats and all the independents and even the Republicans that didn’t vote for us."
Schatz was heavily favoured to win the race in Democratic Party-dominated Hawaii. (AP)
Election experts reported the spread of new falsehoods across Twitter and other social media services on Tuesday as Americans voted in midterm elections, four days after Twitter Inc fired half its staff and new owner Elon Musk tweeted a recommendation to vote for Republican candidates.
The nonpartisan watchdog group Common Cause, which monitors social media for voter suppression efforts, said that Twitter took no action on high-profile posts that the organization flagged on Tuesday as problematic.
In a major win Wednesday for Democrats, John Fetterman defeated Republican Dr Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, flipping a highly competitive Senate seat and sustaining the party’s hopes of maintaining control of the upper chamber.
Fetterman had faced questions about his fitness for office after suffering a stroke just days before the state’s primary, but nonetheless bested Oz in a major rebuke to former President Donald Trump, whose endorsement helped Oz win his competitive primary. The win gives Democrats breathing room as they seek to maintain their narrow control of the Senate and the House remains to early to call.
“I’m so humbled,” Fetterman, wearing his signature hoodie, told his supporters early Wednesday morning. “This campaign has always been about fighting for everyone whose ever been knocked down that ever got back up.” (AP)
Democrat Josh Shapiro has been elected as governor of Pennsylvania, defeating hard-right Republican candidate Doug Mastriano after a highly anticipated battle in a key battleground state.
Shapiro, a two-term state attorney general, will replace the term-limited Democrat Tom Wolf.
Mastriano, a member of the state Senate, courted controversy as a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump's discredited claims that he was cheated out of victory in the 2020 elections. (AP)
Democrat Maxwell Alejandro Frost won handily over his Republican rival in Florida, becoming the first member of Generation Z to win a seat in Congress.
Frost, a 25-year-old social justice activist, ran on a platform of gun control and boosting Medicare. He ran in a heavily blue Orlando-area district. Frost took to Twitter to celebrate his victory, saying "WE WON!!! History was made tonight."
"We made history for Floridians, for Gen Z, and for everyone who believes we deserve a better future. I am beyond thankful for the opportunity to represent my home in the United States Congress,'' Frost continued.
Gen Z generally refers to those born between the late 1990s to early 2010s. To become a member of Congress, candidates must be at least 25-years-old. (DW)
Progressive members of the Democratic party Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib and Corey Bush, dubbed 'The Squad' have all been re-elected from the seats.
AOC was won in New York, Omar in Minnesota, Pressley in Massachusetts, Tlaib in Michigan and Bush in Missouri.
Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams conceded to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday in a rematch of their 2018 race. Abrams called Kemp to concede, according to his campaign, and went on stage minutes later to congratulate the governor.
“I may no longer be seeking the office of governor, but I will never stop doing everything in my power to make sure the people of Georgia have a voice,” she said.
Kemp, who was a developer before serving as a state senator and secretary of state, clinched another term despite attacks from former President Donald Trump that threatened to snuff out support in his own party. “Well, it looks like the reports of my political death have been greatly exaggerated,” Kemp told supporters after Abrams' concession. (AP)
Republicans have picked up a net four seats in the US House of Representatives that had previously been held by Democrats with 100 of 435 races not yet called, Edison Research projected Tuesday.
For House races, Edison Research is tracking the net number of seats that flip from one party to another, as opposed to the net gain or loss of overall seats by either party.
The number of flips does not take into account seven new seats created during congressional redistricting and two races in which an incumbent Democrat and an incumbent Republican are facing each other due to redistricting. So far, Republicans have won 184 seats in the 435-seat House and Democrats have won 151 seats, Edison projected. (Reuters)
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Democratic US Sen. Maggie Hassan won a second term representing New Hampshire Tuesday, defeating Republican challenger Don Bolduc to keep a seat once viewed as ripe for a GOP pickup.
Hassan, a former governor, had been considered vulnerable given her narrow win in 2016. But her odds improved after popular Gov. Chris Sununu took a pass at challenging her, and Republicans nominated Bolduc, a retired Army general who has espoused conspiracy theories about vaccines and the 2020 presidential election. (AP)