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Democrats see their chances of winning a majority in the Senate drastically diminished on Wednesday after the election of two Republican senators, whose polls show they may struggle to win.
But the Democrats managed to maintain a majority in the House of Representatives, in the parliamentary and presidential elections held on Tuesday.
And in the Senate, they snatched two seats from Republicans in Colorado and Arizona.
But Republicans responded by defeating a Democratic senator in Alabama, while holding parliamentary seats that appeared threatened.
Thus, they lied to the polls that predicted Donald Trump’s negative influence on the most vulnerable Republicans.
Two important allies of the Republican president were reelected, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham.
“We did it!” With this phrase, Republican Senator Johnny Ernst of Iowa tweeted his relief as pre-election polls showed he was in a weak position against his Democratic rival.
And in another frenzy, North Carolina Republican Senator Tom Tillis said he had achieved a “historic victory.” “It was an incredible victory that we won tonight, and we did it against all odds, right?” He told his fans celebrating his victory.
Republicans currently control the Senate with a majority of 53 seats out of 100. Tuesday’s election included 35 seats and control of the Senate was one of the crucial issues in it.
Democrats must win four seats to regain a majority in the Senate, or three if Democrat Joe Biden wins the presidential election because Vice President Kamala Harris can then vote, under the constitution, when votes in the House are tied.
The opposition hoped to win several seats from the Republicans, who appeared to be in a weak position. But their hopes have already been dashed in Iowa, North Carolina and South Carolina.
In Maine, Republican Sen. Susan Collins led by six points at midnight, with more than 65 percent of the vote counted.
Even so, the hopes of the Democrats still hung over this state, as well as Georgia.
In this conservative state, elections for two seats in the Senate were held on November 3. In the first, outgoing Republican Senator David Purdue appeared to be ahead of Democrat John Oseff from Tuesday night through Wednesday. But his victory has yet to be announced.
In the second by-election, Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock qualified for the second round against outgoing Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler, to be held on January 5.
If Democrats win the seat in Maine or Georgia, as well as Arizona, then control of the Senate could be decided in this second round of Georgia by-elections.
McConnell and Pelosi
Former Colorado Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper defeated current Republican Senator Corey Gardner in his state.
And in Arizona, former astronaut Mark Kelly defeated Republican Senator and former fighter pilot Martha Maxali.
But in conservative Alabama, former football coach Tommy Toberville defeated Democratic Senator Doug Jones.
In South Carolina, the influential Senator Lindsay Graham defeated Democratic candidate Haim Harrison. While polls that returned close to each other and the record amount raised by his progressive African-American competitor 20 years younger than him made Lindsay Graham appear to be in trouble.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was re-elected by a comfortable margin in his state of Kentucky.
This seasoned blank-faced politician has managed, under Donald Trump, to win the Senate’s support to install more than 200 conservative justices, including three on the Supreme Court. The Senate has the power to install judges appointed by the President of the United States.
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that she is “proud” of her majority victory.
All 435 members of the House of Representatives are elected every two years, and the young House Democrat, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, was easily re-elected Tuesday in her New York constituency.
