US elections: Republicans take Senate while House control hangs in balance
Republicans secured Senate control through wins in three key states‚ while House majority remains uncertain. Historic wins include first transgender Congress member and unprecedented Black women representation in Senate
On nov 6th Republicans got control of Senate through big wins in three states‚ showing their growing power in Congress. Tim Sheehy beat democrat Jon Tester in Montana‚ while Jim Justice won West Virginiaʼs open seat; Bernie Moreno took Ohio from long-time democrat Sherrod Brown
The Senate numbers show Republicans with at least 52-48 majority (which means they can help shape government decisions) but they dont have enough votes to pass most laws without democrat support. In Wisconsin‚ Tammy Baldwin — who fights for working families and womens rights — kept her seat against Trump-backed challenger
Two historic wins happened in the Senate: Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks became first two Black women to serve at same time; while in Delaware Sarah McBride made history as first openly-transgender Congress member
The House situation is still not clear: Republicans got new seats in places like Pennsylvania (Bidens hometown Scranton) and North-Carolina but Democrats won in upstate New-York and Alabama. With 51 races still not counted — mostly in New-York and California (which always takes extra-long to count) — both sides are waiting to see whoʼll control the chamber
- Republicans won in Colorado
- Democrats took an Alabama seat
- New wins in Michigan for Republicans
- Close races continue in New Jersey
- Virginia showed Republican strength
The House winner will probably get just a small lead‚ which might make it hard to get things done (just like we saw in last two-years with Republican team disagreements)
