“When you wake up tomorrow, we will be in the majority and Nancy Pelosi will be in the minority,” McCarthy, R-Calif., told a cheering crowd of dozens of young GOP staffers at the Westin hotel in Washington, D.C. ET, House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy appeared at his “Take Back the House” victory party and vowed that Republicans would be in the majority soon as races continued to be called through the night. The GOP in anticipation had already drawn up plans to investigate and potentially even impeach President Joe Biden.įlawed candidates and concerns about abortion rights ended up proving major obstacles to Republicans, who were banking on riding dissatisfaction about the economy and Biden’s low approval ratings into power. It’s a far cry from the decisive early victory Republicans expected to sweep them into power on Capitol Hill, based on recent polls and historical trends. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker is forced into a runoff in December. It could be weeks before control of the Senate is settled if the Georgia contest between Sen. Hours after polls closed, dozens of critical House and Senate races remained too close to call. WASHINGTON - A deeply divided American electorate delivered a Congress so evenly split that partisan control remained unknown Wednesday morning - and may for some time - after Republican hopes for a major “red wave” dissipated. Americans named inflation and abortion as the most important issues driving their votes Tuesday, edging out crime despite Republicans’ hammering the issue, according to the NBC News Exit Poll.Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said the midterm results were “ definitely not a Republican wave, that is for darn sure.” Citing Republican losses in New Hampshire and Colorado, Republican Sen.In Maryland, voters elected the state’s first Black governor, while Massachusetts voters elected the first lesbian to lead a state.
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John Fetterman, the state lieutenant governor, has won Pennsylvania’s high-voltage race for an open Senate seat, NBC News projects, defeating celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz.Here’s a guide to how NBC News calls races on election night.
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