The Chamber of Deputies has not yet been decided, but there it seems to be clearly in favor of the Republicans (R).
In the Senate it is much more uniform. There are only a few places left to count. So far it has been decided that the Democrats (D) have 47 seats and the Republicans 47.
Tension associated with these states
Upfront, the greatest tension was linked to the states that President Joe Biden managed to wrest from Donald Trump in 2020:
Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Also, there was a lot of tension related to the states of Nevada and Ohio.
Of these states, it is only in Ohio and Pennsylvania that the election of the Senate was decided. In Ohio, Republican JD Vance ran away with victory.
Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman won, NBC reports.
Better than expected for the Democrats
Although the Democrats may lose control of both Houses of Congress, they have done better than expected.
In advance, many pundits predicted that Democrats would lose a majority in the House of Representatives by a large margin and that it would be difficult to maintain a majority in the Senate.
Democrats themselves feared losing up to 20 seats in the House of Representatives.
But by the time the count was well underway and nearly finished in a number of states at 6:00 am Norwegian time, the Democrats had clung to a number of senators and congressional representatives they were afraid of losing.
Trump applauds
For now, there is mainly reason to be happy for the Republican Party.
On Wednesday morning, former President Donald Trump gave a speech from his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
– The numbers so far are great, says Trump.
Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during US midterm elections.
On Tuesday, the 76-year-old announced that he will present “big news” after the election. Many believe he will announce that he will run for president in 2024.
Among other things, Trump praised the result in the former swinging state of Florida. There, Governor Ron DeSantis (R) was re-elected by a nearly 20% margin.
DeSantis could become a challenger to Trump in the race for the presidential nomination in the Republican Party.
Trump’s opponent in the 2016 primary, Marco Rubio (R), also made a good choice. He secured his seat in the Senate by a margin of over 16%.
Nevada and Georgia appear to be deciding the Senate elections
Who gets a majority in the US Senate is likely to depend on who wins elections in Nevada and Georgia, the New York Times writes at 6:40 am.
The newspaper estimates that each of the parties has secured 49 seats in the Senate. Therefore, Republicans must conquer both of the remaining two states to gain a majority.
If the Democrats win one, the parties get the same number of senators. So Vice President Kamala Harris secures a majority for the Democrats.
In Nevada, less than half of the votes were counted and the state can swing either way.
The incumbent Democratic Senators of Georgia Raphael Warnock (right) and Jon Ossoff (left).
Photo: Michael M. Santiago / AFP
In Georgia, it is almost a dead breed. Just before At 08:00 Norwegian time nearly 4 million votes were counted.
Only 30,000 votes separate the two candidates, former priest Raphael Warnock (D) and former American football player Herschel Walker (R).
In 2020, it was also the elections in Georgia that determined whether the Democrats gained control of Congress.
Then it was Warnock (D) and former journalist Jon Ossoff (D) who surprised by winning both seats in the Senate.
