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US Midterm Elections 2022 Live: Democrats easily repelled Republicans backed by former President Donald Trump in several left-leaning states Tuesday, while tougher tests that could decide control of Congress and the future of Joe Biden’s presidency awaited in more competitive territory. Despite their liberal history, states like Massachusetts, Maryland and Illinois have elected moderate Republican governors in the past. But the Republicans this year appeared to be too conservative in these states, handing Democrats easy victories in midterm elections that could otherwise prove difficult for the party. Massachusetts and Maryland also saw historic firsts: Democrat Maura Healey became the first woman elected as Massachusetts governor, as well as the first openly lesbian governor of any state, and Wes Moore became the first Black governor of Maryland. Democrats were facing historic headwinds. The party in power almost always suffers losses in the president’s first midterm elections, but Democrats had been hoping that anger from the Supreme Court’s decision to gut abortion rights might energize their voters to buck historical trends. Even Biden, who planned to watch the evening’s election returns at the White House, said late Monday night that he thought his party would keep the Senate but “the House is tougher.” Asked how that would make governing, his assessment was stark: “More difficult.” In Georgia, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker were vying for a seat that could determine control of the Senate. In Virginia, Democratic Reps. Abigail Spanberger and Elaine Luria were fending off spirited Republican opponents in what could serve as early signals of where the House majority is heading as Republicans hope to reclaim suburban districts that shifted to Democrats during Donald Trump’s tumultuous presidency. Republicans are betting that messaging focused on the economy, gas prices and crime will resonate with voters at a time of soaring inflation and rising violence. Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram .
US Midterm Elections 2022 Live: Republicans, Democrats in tight race for control of US Congress
US Midterm Elections 2022 Live: Despite their liberal history, states like Massachusetts, Maryland and Illinois have elected moderate Republican governors in the past. But the Republicans this year appeared to be too conservative in these states, handing Democrats easy victories in midterm elections
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Warnock, Walker locked in tight Georgia Senate race
Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker could be forced to contest against each other in runoff elections in December if they remain locked in a tight contest
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South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham fails to see a ‘Red’ wave
Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator said the results do not show a Republican wave. He said Republicans could win 51 or 52 seats at the Senate.
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Four key senate races yet to be called
Four key senate races in Nevada, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Arizona are yet to be called
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US House: 371 of 435 races called; Democrats have 172, Republicans 199
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Results are in for 30 of 35 Senate seats
Results are in for 30 of 35 Senate seats up for election. The Democrats now have 48 and the Republicans have 47
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Nevada: Mark Amodei easily reelected to 7th term
Six-term Republican Rep. Mark Amodei has defeated Elizabeth Mercedes Krause, as expected, in Nevada’s rural northern district where no Democrat has ever won. The 2nd Congressional District was considered the only safe seat for either party among the four in the western battleground of Nevada, where three incumbent Democrats faced stiff challenges. All three of those races were too early to call early Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Democrats are doing well in areas around Las Vegas, Republicans in rural regions.
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Mark Kelly takes early lead in Arizona
Mark Kelly led his Republican rival, venture capitalist Blake Masters. The race that could determine which party controls the Senate. The Arizona race is one of a handful of contests that Republicans targeted in their bid to take control of what is now a 50-50 Senate. It’s a test of the inroads that Kelly and other Democrats have made in a state once reliably dominated by Republicans and will offer clues about whether Democratic success here was an aberration during the Trump presidency or an enduring phenomenon.
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Trump-backed Latina candidate wins US seat in Texas
A Latina Republican candidate backed by former president Donald Trump won her congressional race Tuesday, US media projected, wresting a Texas district on the border with Mexico from Democratic control. Monica De La Cruz, a supporter of some of the former president’s controversial immigration policies, said in a victory speech that she was “incredibly honored, humbled, and blessed by tonight’s win.” De La Cruz defeated Democratic challenger Michelle Vallejo in the race for the state’s 15th District, CNN and NBC projected.
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Latest trends suggest Republicans be leading in 198 seats
As per the latest trends, Republicans are leading in 198 seats while Democrats are ahead in 178 seats in the House of Representatives
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Tony Evers wins second term as Governor in Wisconsin
Tony Evers, the soft-spoken Democrat, held off a Trump-backed opponent to win a second term as Wisconsin governor, according to the Associated Press.
Mr. Evers claimed victory early Wednesday after his GOP rival Tim Michels called to concede his defeat.
“Some people call me boring,” Mr. Evers said to a cheering crowd. “But you know what, Wisconsin? It turns out boring wins.”
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Most voters don’t want Joe Biden to run for reelection in 2024: Exit Polls
More than two-thirds of voters for House of Representatives candidates don’t want President Joe Biden to run for reelection in 2024, according to the early results of the national exit poll conducted for CNN. More than 7 in 10 independent voters and roughly 9 in 10 Republican voters said they don’t want Biden to be in the 2024 presidential campaign. Fewer than 6 in 10 Democratic voters thought he should run. Just under 6 in 10 independent voters have an unfavorable view of Biden, and about the same share disapprove of the job he’s doing as president.
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Washington state representative Dr Vandana Slatter (Democrat) wins re-election
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Donald Trump’s son tweets as Republicans surge in midterm polls
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Indian American Megan Srinivas wins Iowa House District 30
Democrat Megan Srinivas has defeated Republican Jerry Cheevers, claiming victory for the redrawn Iowa House District 30, which covers south Des Moines. Srinivas, an infectious disease physician, will be the second Indian American woman to serve in the Iowa House after Swati Dandekar
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Democrats show surprising strength; control of Congress unclear
Control of Congress hung in the balance early Wednesday as Democrats showed surprising strength, defeating Republicans in a series of competitive races and defying expectations that high inflation and President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings would drag the party down.
In the most heartening news for the party, Democrat John Fetterman flipped a Republican-controlled Senate seat that is key to the party’s hopes of maintaining control of the chamber. It was too early to call critical Senate seats in Wisconsin, Nevada, Georgia and Arizona that could determine the majority. In the House, meanwhile, Democrats kept seats in districts from Virginia to Kansas and Rhode Island, while many districts in states like New York and California had not been called.
Democrats also were successful in governors’ races, winning in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — battlegrounds critical to Biden’s 2020 win over former President Donald Trump. But Republicans held on to governors’ mansions in Florida, Texas and Georgia, another battleground state Biden narrowly won two years ago.
With votes still being counted across the country, Republicans still had the opportunity to win control of Congress. But the results were uplifting for Democrats who were braced for sweeping losses, and raised questions about the size of Republicans’ governing majority if they win the House.
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Indian-American Muslim woman wins election for 51st House district of Illinois state legislature
Nabeela Syed, a 23-year-old Muslim Indian American woman, has won the election for the 51st House district of the Illinois state legislature.
She had won the Democratic primary and has now flipped a Republican district against incumbent Chris Bos. Syed, who becomes the first South Asian in the Illinois state legislature, will also be the youngest member of the state assembly. She promises to be an advocate for causes the community members hold dear to their hearts, such as equal rights, healthcare, education, and taxes.
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R****ace remains tight for control of Congress
Control of Congress was up for grabs after Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections with many of the most competitive races uncalled, leaving it unclear whether Republicans would seize control from President Joe Biden’s Democrats. In a bright spot for Democrats, NBC News and Fox News projected John Fetterman won a critical US Senate seat in Pennsylvania, beating Republican celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz and bolstering his party’s chances of holding the chamber. The mood at the White House improved as the night went on, with once-nervous aides allowing smiles to creep on their faces and saying early signs for Democrats were better than expected.
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Voters in 5 states are weighing whether to approve use of recreational marijuana
Voters in five states are weighing whether to approve the use of recreational marijuana, a move that could signal a major shift toward legalization in even some of the most conservative parts of the country.
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Republican ‘red wave’ hopes fizzle in US midterm vote
President Joe Biden’s agenda hung in the balance early Wednesday as a predicted Republican wave failed to materialize in congressional elections fought against a backdrop of stubbornly high inflation and fears for US democracy.
Tuesday’s election saw a clearer verdict in races for states’ governors with rising Republican star Ron DeSantis winning by a crushing margin in Florida, cementing his status as a top potential White House candidate in 2024.
Democrats suffered disappointment in Ohio as writer JD Vance, a Trump-endorsed chronicler of working-class white life, won a Senate seat that was already in Republican hands.
But in House races, one Ohio Republican conceded defeat to a Democrat and two Democratic congresswomen in Virginia seen as at risk survived challenges, although a third seat in the eastern state flipped.
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Democrat Josh Shapiro defeats Republican candidate Doug Mastriano
Democrat Josh Shapiro has been elected as governor of Pennsylvania, defeating hard-right Republican candidate Doug Mastriano after a highly anticipated battle in a key battleground state
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Republican Abbott wins 3rd term as Texas Governor
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott decisively won a third term on Tuesday night, defeating Democrat Beto O’Rourke in a midterm race that tested the direction of America’s supersized red state following the Uvalde school massacre and a strict new abortion ban. The victory underlined Abbott’s durability. Despite record spending in the race that topped more than USD 200 million combined, O’Rourke was in danger of losing by double-digits just four years after his narrow US Senate loss that was the closest by a Texas Democrat in decades.
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Governor McMaster wins 2nd term in South Carolina
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster won a historic reelection bid on Tuesday as he faced voters one last time in his four-decade political career and they gave him a chance to be the longest-serving governor the state has ever had. McMaster, 75, defeated Democrat Joe Cunningham, who repeatedly highlighted the 35-year age gap with his opponent. If he completes his second term, McMaster would serve as governor for 10 years, longer than any other executive in the state’s history.
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State of Massachusetts elects US’s first openly lesbian governor
The US state of Massachusetts on Tuesday elected Democrat Maura Healey as America’s first openly lesbian governor, TV networks said.
Healey, 51, flipped the seat from the Republicans, comfortably defeating opponent Geoff Diehl, NBC and Fox News projected.
LGBTQ+ rights group the Human Rights Campaign hailed Healey’s historic victory.
“Massachusetts embraced a platform of equality and inclusion by electing a pro-equality champion," the organization’s interim president Joni Madison, said in a statement.
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Trump devotee Mastriano loses Pennsylvania Governor’s race
Donald Trump acolyte, 2020 election result denier and far-right Christian nationalist Doug Mastriano lost his bid to become the Republican governor of Pennsylvania, US media projected Tuesday. Mastriano, 58, was one of the most polarizing candidates to receive Trump’s backing. The retired military officer has been pictured with white supremacist groups and in Confederate uniform. On the campaign trail, he repeatedly insisted that the presidential election two years ago was stolen and endorsed the idea that state legislatures have the legal authority to override the popular vote.
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Tennessee reelects its sitting members of Congress
Each sitting congressional lawmaker seeking reelection in Tennessee has won another term, as voters in the Nashville area were set to determine the fate of an open U.S. House seat redrawn by the GOP to favor a Republican pickup. Republican U.S. Reps. David Kustoff, Diana Harshbarger, John Rose, Scott DesJarlais, Tim Burchett and Chuck Fleischmann, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen have won new two-year terms in the House.
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Trump gives election update
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Voters in one mostly Hispanic polling site in Houston are unable to cast ballots for 4 hours
Voters at a large polling place in a predominantly Hispanic area of Houston were unable to cast ballots for roughly four hours Tuesday, raising concerns that many who had arrived before work to vote would not return. The problems at the site, east of downtown, began before the polls opened: An election clerk quit, and the voting machines were not set up, county election officials said. The county was considering extending hours at the polling site and at a handful of others that opened late, said Leah Shah, a spokesperson for the Harris County Elections Administrator’s Office.
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Tough fight for Congress
Republicans and Democrats were in a tight race for control of Congress and governors’ offices Tuesday, with the outcome determining the future of Joe Biden’s agenda as polls closed across most of the country.
In Virginia, Rep. Elaine Luria, a Navy veteran who serves on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, was the first Democratic incumbent to lose a highly competitive House district, falling to former Navy helicopter pilot Jen Kiggans. But Democratic Reps. Abigail Spanberger and Jennifer Wexton held off spirited Republican challengers in districts the GOP had hoped to flip.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, two future possible Republican presidential contenders, beat back Democratic challengers to win reelection in the nation’s two largest red states. For Democrat Beto O’Rourke, who lost to Abbott, it was his third failed campaign since 2018.
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Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee wins 1st full term in office
Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Dan McKee has defeated Republican challenger Ashley Kalus to win his first full term in office.McKee is a former lieutenant governor who became the state’s chief executive in March 2021 when two-term Gov. Gina Raimondo was tapped as U.S. commerce secretary. He was the heavy favorite in the liberal state as both a Democrat and incumbent, who was endorsed by a host of large unions. Kalus is a business owner and political novice who moved to the state last year.McKee said in his victory speech that he would continue working to help families and municipalities, and create jobs
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Democratic Governor Kelly seeks 2nd term in GOP- leaning Kansas
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly hoped to win a second term Tuesday in Republican-leaning Kansas, with her close race turning on how many independent and moderate GOP voters stayed with her after lifting her to victory four years ago. Kelly was the only Democratic governor running for reelection this year in a state carried by former President Donald Trump in 2020. Republican challenger Derek Schmidt, the state’s three-term attorney general, tied Kelly to President Joe Biden and blamed the two Democrats for high inflation
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Indian-America woman first immigrant to hold office of LG in Maryland
Aruna Miller, an Indian-American woman, to become the first immigrant to hold the office of Lieutenant Governor in Maryland
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Polls close in 2 dozen states; new governers make history
Polls closed in two dozen states Tuesday night as the nation voted in the first midterm elections of Joe Biden’s presidency, with control of Congress, governorships and other key races hanging in the balance. Democrats flipped two Republican-held governorships, making Maura Healey the first openly gay person and the first woman elected as Massachusetts’ governor and Wes Moore the first Black governor of Maryland.