Midterm election results – live: Biden says hopes of holding House are ‘still alive’ as
Fox News host says midterms are ‘searing indictment’ of the Republican party
President Joe Biden has insisted that hopes for the Democrats to hold onto the House of Representatives are still alive even as the GOP closes in on a narrow majority.
“It’s still alive. It’s still alive. But it’s like drawing an inside straight,” he told reporters.
President Biden also denied earlier acknowledging Republicans’ victory during a conversation with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. “I said if you win the majority, congratulations,” Mr Biden clarified.
Meanwhile, control of the US Senate now hinges on two tight races in Arizona and Nevada, after the race between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker in Georgia headed for a runoff.
Both Republicans and Democrats need two of these three remaining Senate seats to take the upper chamber, after Democrats flipped a red seat in Pennsylvania where John Fetterman sailed to victory over TV doctor Mehmet Oz.
Both Arizona and Nevada are still too close to call. In Arizona, incumbent Democratic Senator Mark Kelly is currently leading Republican Blake Masters with more than 20 per cent of votes still to be counted.
His Nevada party colleague Catherine Cortez Masto is still behind Republican Adam Laxalt.
NBC: 24 races uncalled with Democrats needed 18 to keep House
NBC News election wizard Steve Kornacki has provided his latest update on the remaining midterms yet to be called for either party.
With the network calling Maryland’s 6th District for the Democrats, the party now has 200 seats in the House of Representatives.
There are 24 seats uncalled and the Democrats need 18 of them to keep control of the lower chamber of Congress.
Republicans need to win just seven.
Oliver O’Connell11 November 2022 20:47
Kayleigh McEnany claims abortion rights issue will ‘go away’
Oliver O’Connell11 November 2022 20:35
Voices: Where Democrats got it right in the midterm elections — and where they got it very wrong
Suburban women and Latinos came out in unexpected numbers for the Dems on Tuesday. But elsewhere, it was clear mistakes had been made, writes Eric Garcia.
Oliver O’Connell11 November 2022 20:05
Senator Lummis adds voice to call for delay in GOP leadership election
Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming has joined senators Marco Rubio and Josh Hawley in calling for a delay in the GOP leadership election scheduled for next week.
Oliver O’Connell11 November 2022 19:26
Control of House still up for grabs but Democrats face a tougher path
Three days after Election Day, it’s still possible that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s caucus could stun the world by retaining control of the House of Representatives when the 118th Congress convenes on 3 January. It’s also possible that Republicans could earn the 218 votes needed to sweep into power next year.
Andrew Feinberg explains the current state of play.
Oliver O’Connell11 November 2022 19:20
Walker and Warnock invited to face off in televised runoff debate
The Atlanta Press Club has announced that it will hold a televised Senate runoff debate on Monday 21 November.
Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker have been invited.
Oliver O’Connell11 November 2022 19:05
GOP senators circulate letter calling for leadership election delay
Republican senators Ron Johnson, Mike Lee, and Rick Scott have circulated a letter for colleagues to sign proposing the postponement of leadership elections currently scheduled ofr Wednesday, Politico reports.
“We are all disappointed that a Red Wave failed to materialise, and there are multiple reasons it did not,” the letter states. “We need to have serious discussions within our conference as to why and what we can do to improve our chances in 2024.”
The senators propose a delay until after all the Senate races are called. It is almost a month until a result from Georgia will be known.
Oliver O’Connell11 November 2022 18:54
Lindsey Graham verges on tears in defence of Herschel Walker
The senator made the comments Thursday on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show, in which he worked himself nearly to tears while defending the former NFL player-turned-MAGA politician.
Oliver O’Connell11 November 2022 18:45
Analysis: Midterms reveal America’s deep divide
A red wave? Not really. How about a blue wave? Not that either.
In fact, as America voted in midterm elections that will decide the control of the houses of Congress and kickstart the 2024 presidential showdown, all we really learned was something we already knew – that America is bitterly and deeply divided.
Andrew Buncombe weighs up what the results show us about the state of the country.
Andrew Naughtie11 November 2022 18:15
Dispatch from Alaska: The conservative ship has sailed
Filing from the last frontier, Summer Koester has this report on how Sarah Palin and other right-wing Republicans have found themselves struggling in Alaska’s elections after decades of near-total Republican dominance.
Mary Peltola’s win in a special congressional election this summer, it seems, may have been anything but a fluke.
Andrew Naughtie11 November 2022 17:45
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