The face of the new US Congress is still hazy Wednesday in the aftermath of the midterm elections.
Many seats deemed decisive remain to be assigned, but the hypothesis of a “red wave” that would ensure the Republicans a majority in both chambers is removed. The party, which has been attributed a turnaround of 10, 25, even 30 seats, is forced to revise its ambitions to the downside. “It’s certainly not a Republican wave, that’s for sure,” influential Senator Lindsey Graham, a close friend of Donald Trump, told NBC.
Republicans slightly ahead of the House of Representatives
The Republicans would still have to regain a majority in the House of Representatives, which would allow them to block some projects of the Biden administration for the next two years before the next presidential election.
In the end, according to Edison Research projections, they had won six seats previously held by the Democrats, while five is enough to become the majority.
The results could still change as they are captured in only 13 of the 53 most contested colleges according to Reuters analysis of leading independent projections, implying that the end result could be predicted for hours or even years, days.
>> Real-time results for the Chamber of Deputies:
Close duel in the Senate
Important duels remain for the Senate in Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin and Georgia. In the latter case, a second round may also be required on December 6 to know the winner.
But the president’s camp snatched the most contested seat in these elections from the Republicans. Democrat John Fetterman’s victory in Pennsylvania, during an extremely tense evening marked by tiring vote counting, offers Joe Biden the hope of retaining control of this chamber.
The two congressional camps have so far held 50 seats each in the Senate, with the majority of the presidential camp secured only by the voice of Vice President Kamala Harris.
>> Real-time results for the Senate:
You also contest the posts of governor
Attention is also focused on government elections. In Florida, outgoing Republican Governor Ron DeSantis was triumphantly re-elected. This rising star of the Conservative camp is a possible contender for the White House in 2024. Greg Abbott was also re-elected in Texas.
But even in this area the democratic field has not remained empty-handed. She took two positions from the Republicans: in Maryland and in Massachusetts, where Maura Healey will be the first lesbian to head a state.
The 79-year-old Democratic leader’s party also spared itself a major scare by maintaining control of New York State, where Republicans believed they could oust Governor Kathy Hochul.
The Democratic camp hasn’t said the last word even in Arizona, where the outcome of the race between trumpeter favored Kari Lake and Democrat Katie Hobbs remains unknown.
