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Democrats win control of both chambers of Congress
The party flipped at least 40 House seats and at least seven Senate seats, SCOTUSblog reported.
Status: source-checked.
WASHINGTON — Democrats won control of both the House and Senate in Tuesday’s midterm elections, flipping at least 40 House seats and at least seven Senate seats, SCOTUSblog reported.
Democrats are guaranteed at least 54 Senate seats, and that number could grow to 56, Straight Arrow News reported. In Alaska, Democrat Mary Peltola led Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan by 637 votes with about three-quarters of the expected vote counted.
President Donald Trump agreed with Vice President JD Vance that the Iran war contributed to Republican losses. “Well, I think it’s largely true because it drove the gasoline up,” Trump said, according to Anadolu Agency.
What we know / what we don't
What we know
- Democrats will control both chambers when the new Congress is seated in January.
What we don't know
- Final results in close Senate races, including Alaska, were pending.
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