The Democrats won a House seat in the US state of New Mexico that was held by Republicans, with incumbent Republican Congressman Yvette Herrell admitting defeat to Democrat Gabe Vasquez.
While congratulating Vasquez, Herrell on Wednesday criticized changes made by Democratic state lawmakers to the administrative boundaries of the New Mexico (southwest) district where he ran, which he said. they have taken away the voice of rural communities🇧🇷
In northeastern Connecticut, Democrat Jahana Hayes was re-elected for a third term in the House of Representatives, beating competition from former Republican Senator George Logan.
The Republicans open the way to winning seats in the Housethe lower house of the US parliament, with 207 seats, against 184 deputies secured by the Democrats, according to the latest projections of the Associated Press (AP) on the mid-term elections.
To get a majority in the House of Representatives, each party must get at least 218 seats.
In the Senate, the upper house of the US parliament, Republicans have 49 seats, one more than the Democrats, with four seats to win, including one in Alaska, which has no chance for the Democrats.
Open are the states of Nevada and Arizona.while elections to appoint a senator to Congress will still be held in December in Georgia, after none of the candidates has reached 50%, reports the American press, in a place that could be decisive in determining the majority in the upper House of Congress .
To maintain control of the Senate, Democrats will have to win at least two of these three races, winning 50 out of 100 seats, as before this election.
