The control by the two Houses in the Congress of USA It is still pending and it is possible that it will remain so for the next few days. The mid-term elections have been very close, the Democratic Party achieves results that are not as bad as expected and the Republican wave did not come as conservatives expected either.
In a country where there is no central electoral authority and where the shadow of doubt about the integrity of the vote has been one of the protagonists of the campaign, the electoral results will take days to confirm, especially due to the closeness of the voting, according to analysts and media outlets that cover the process.
Control of Congress was still hanging in the balance Wednesday morning, but returns pointed to surprising Democratic strength as the party notched victories in some key races, including John Fetterman’s Senate win in Pennsylvania. https://t.co/aEjNnLvldl pic.twitter.com/ktd8tquD7Y
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2022
In the US Senate, according to projections, both parties appear tied with 48 seats, but there are still four key contests to decide: those in Wisconsin, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.
Nevada and Wisconsin would have Republican representatives and Arizona Democrat, while in Georgia the candidates will probably have to go to a second round after not obtaining the necessary 50%. It would be held on December 6, and the future of the upper house would depend on it if the rest of the projections are confirmed.
In this Tuesday’s elections, it is the Democratic candidate, Raphael Warnock, who has obtained the most support, an estimated 49.4%, compared to 48.5% for the Republican Herschel Walker.
Local authorities have already begun to warn that they would take time to confirm the official results. In Nevada, for example and according to Ephthe secretary of state has warned of a delay in the counting of thousands of ballots that were sent by mail since its state electoral law allows the ballots to arrive until next Saturday, while they were sent this Tuesday.
This vote usually favors the Democrats and Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto clings to it to maintain her position, which she could lose, according to estimates, to electoral denier Adam Laxalt.
As for the House of Representatives, it is not yet known which formation will control it for the next two years, although the Republicans are on their way to recovering the majority. According to the projections of the main US media, the Republicans secure 202 seats, for 184 of the Democrats, according to CNN. It is missing for the 218 necessary to ensure the majority.
Although there are still days, or even weeks, to have a complete x-ray of the composition of the US Congress over the next two years, one of the certainties of election night is that the expected Republican wave did not exist and that Joe Biden’s party did not it will have results as bad as they feared.
In addition, in the gubernatorial elections the Democratic Party has managed to wrest two governorships from the Republican Party, one in Massachusetts and one in Maryland. Although both states are progressive-leaning, they had been governed by Republicans for the past few years, and will now return to Democratic control.
With information from Efe and Ap.
