US Elections: Trump's Republicans make midterm gains as counting continues
Control of the US Congress hung in the balance early Wednesday, with both Republicans and Democrats notching victories in some of the most competitive races in a midterm election that centered on voter frustration over high inflation and the sudden rollback of abortion rights, with elections for Congress, Senate and state governors up for grabs.
In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis, who is thought to be considering a possible run for the White House in 2024, won reelection after support from Donald Trump.
In Georgia, incumbent Governor Brian Kemp defeated the high profile Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams, who campaigned to sign up more minority voters during the last two years. And former Trump White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders was elected as Arkansa's first female governor.
There were Republican wins too in North Carolina, Wisconsin and in Ohio where Trump-backed candidate JD Vance held the Senate seat.
But there were also some notable wins for the Democrats, winning a Senate seat in California, and holding two key House seats in Texas, fending off an aggressive play by Republicans to remake the US-Mexico border into a midterm battleground.
Democrats also won gubernatorial seats in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts and Hawaii.
In other races further down the ballot, Republicans who backed Donald Trump’s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election were positioned in several states to win key offices overseeing voting in the next presidential contest.
Half of the 22 Republicans vying to be secretaries of states -- and overseeing elections in most states -- have repeated Trump’s election lies. Seven endorsed his attempts to overturn the will of the people and remain in power.
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