Midterms 2022: Democrats win Senate control after Cortez Masto wins Nevada race
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Democrats will keep control of the Senate
Data: AP; Note: There are two independents that caucus with Democrats; Chart: Thomas Oide/AxiosDemocrats will keep control of the Senate after winning in Nevada, Arizona and New Hampshire and flipping a Republican-held seat in Pennsylvania, as the House remains too close to call. Driving the news: Sen. (D-Nev.) defeated former Nevada Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt, the AP reported Saturday, one night after (D-Ariz.) defeated venture capitalist Blake Masters. Both were backed by former All eyes now turn to Georgia, where a between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Republican Herschel Walker, a former football star, will determine whether the Democrats’ majority becomes a 51-seat majority. If Walker wins in Georgia, Vice President Kamala Harris will still hold the tie-breaking vote. Why it matters: Democrats will continue to control the process for confirming judges and executive branch appointees for the remainder of President Biden’s term.They will also have a backstop in the legislative process even if Republicans take the House, denying the GOP critical leverage in . Among the pivotal victories, Democrats a Senate seat in Pennsylvania, where Lt. Gov. John Fetterman defeated Republican Mehmet Oz.Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Friday Blake Masters, according to the AP.Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) also Republican challenger Don Bolduc.Meanwhile, (R-Wis.) a third term after defeating Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. A Republican is expected to keep the Senate seat in Alaska, the Associated Press . The race will go to ranked choice voting, which will be tabulated on Nov. 23. State of play: Roughly 20 races as of Saturday, mostly in California, Arizona and other Western states, with Republicans to flip the chamber.Democrats would need to run up the score in around three quarters of those districts to keep the House, which would likely require flipping several GOP-held seats.The razor thin race for House control is a stark reversal of fortunes for Republicans, who came into Tuesday optimistic about the possibility of a Wins by endangered Democrats like and put that outcome out of reach.And in Washington’s 3rd district, Republican Joe Kent in an upset to Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez. Data: AP; Chart: Thomas Oide/Axios Zoom out: A number of candidates made history with their elections on Tuesday, . Among them are Maura Healey (D), who was elected by Massachusetts voters to become the U.S.'s , and Wes Moore (D), who will be the of Maryland. (D), a 25-year-old Afro-Latino, will be the first member of Generation Z in Congress. Go deeper... Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional details throughout. The data visualization in this story has been corrected to replace a photo of Val Demings with Cheri Beasley. Go deeper