Republicans win in Senate, but Democrats advance to the lower house

The Republicans kept the control of the Senate at dislodge a Democrats in Indiana and dakota North to ensure that they will stay like the guards of the conservative agenda Of the president Donald Trump for two more years.

Despite Trump's splitting effect among voters, the Republican party took advantage of its huge popularity among right-wing voters in rural states. They occupied seats in the South, the north-central region and the Where is, and they got at least a 50-50 party in the Senate, enough to give them the control to Republicans because Vice President Mike Pence, as Senate Speaker, would define any tie.

Republicans took the win by defeating Democrats Joe Donnelly in Indiana and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota. They also retained contested seats in Texas, where Sen. Ted Cruz managed to defeat Beto representative O. Rourke, a Liberal with excellent funding, and Tennessee, where Rep. Marsha Blackburn triumphed .

Democrats regain ground in lower house

The Democrats they are field of recovery in his fight for control of the House of Representatives after getting seats vital in Florida, Pennsylvania and Minnesota

The triumphs they give to Democrats some of the seats they will need to take control of the lower house. They won two seats in Florida, stunning a republicans, and won three more in Pennsylvania, where a rearrangement of the districts ordered by the court left a ground more favorable to the democrats. As well not sitting has a republican in Minnesota

Democrats need a net gain of 23 seats to control the House of Representatives.

Chronology

11:39 p.m.

Colorado will have the first openly homosexual US governor. Colorado voters marked Tuesday's election history by choosing Jared Polis as the first openly gay governor in the United States.

Polis' sexual orientation has never been a problem in the campaign and this could be the most important story for the LGBT community.

Polis, a Democratic congressman, clearly defeated Walker Stapleton, the Republican treasurer of Colorado. He obtained 52% of the votes, against the 45 of his rival, according to the advances of the accounts.

"Colorado is a state that values ​​diversity," Polis said in an interview before polling day.

11:37 p.m.

Republican Doug Ducey re-elected governor of Arizona beating his Democratic opponent David Garcia at the polls today.

Garcia, a university professor, hoped to take advantage of the widespread dissatisfaction aroused by the low funding of public education in Arizona, but failed in his efforts to be defeated by the fundraising and political apparatus of Ducey.

Ducey, 54, won the governorship for the first time in 2014, leading a campaign in which he was promoted as a successful business man, able to revive the economy. of the state.

11:48 p.m.

Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi promises a new dawn in the United States. Pelosi predicted that, with the House of Representatives' caucus oversight starting next January, the Congress will resume as an institutional counterweight to Donald Trump's presidency.

"Thanks to you, tomorrow will be a different day in the United States," the California legislator told hundreds of volunteers gathered in a hotel in the capital, after several TV channels announced that Democrats would take control of the city. low room.

Although Democrats need to win 23 seats to win the majority, the number of candidates was 35.

10:31 p.m.

10:00 p.m.

The Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell defeated to the republican representative Carlos Curbelo in the race for a seat in Florida at the federal lower house.

Mucarsel-Powell is an Ecuadorian immigrant who has worked for several non-profit organizations in Miami-Dade County. His proposals include violence prevention and environmental protection, but his main focus is the health care system and the Affordable Care Act, which Curbelo had promised to repeal.

9:20 p.m.

The Democrat Ayanna Pressley completed his struggle to become the first black woman of Massachusetts being elected to occupy a seat in the lower house.

Pressley is also the first african american in position at the Boston City Council. He passed without opposition in the general election on Tuesday for Congress, two months after overthrowing the representative. Republican Michael Capuano, who has 10 terms, in a primary that caused a great surprise policy at the national level.

9:30 p.m.

The Republicans they kept the governorates of Texas and Wyoming

The governor of Texas Greg Abbott he had a second period beating the democrat Lupe Valdez in a contest where the result was rarely questioned.

In Wyoming, the treasurer of the state, the Republican Mark Gordon, won the election of the governor by beating the democrat Marie Throne. Gordon will succeed Republican Governor Matt Mead, who has been in office since 2011 and is no longer eligible for reelection.

The Republicans as well they control the legislative chambers in Texas and Wyoming, Although the Democrats have tried reduce the Republican advantage in Texas.

4:35 p.m.

Guam chose for first time a woman as governor.

Voters chose the Democrat Lourdes Leon Guerrerowho defeated the Republican governor, the lieutenant Ray Tenorio.

Leon Guerrero said that his victory as the first governor is historical for the island and for this part of the world. He described his feat as "sobering and an honor"

Guam voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, with more than 70 percent of the vote. Given its territorial status, Guam's vote did not count in the official count of votes.

9:20 p.m.

Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts, a possible candidate for the presidency United States in 2020, is part of a group of five lawmakers Democrats who easily got their re-election for the Senate.

Senators Chris Murphy of Connecticut, Ben Cardin of Maryland, Tom Carper of Delaware and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island they also won. All were favorites in their competitions.

Warren has generated a lot of speculation as to whether he would show up at the White House in 2020. He recently announced that he would cast a "glance" at a presidential candidacy after his run to the Upper House.

Murphy had a second term after having collected campaign funds 100 times larger than those of his opponent.

Meanwhile, Carper got his fourth term. He did not lose an election Over the past four decades he has been in American politics.

As for Cardin and Whitehouse, both won their third term.

9:15 p.m.

The Democrats they retained gubernaturas of New York and Pennsylvania

The governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, beat the republican Marc Molinaro to be elected to his third period four years. No Republican has won the position of governor of the entity since 2002.

In Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Wolf got a ssecond period defeating the aspirant republican Scott Wagner.

Wolf's triumph ensures that Democrats will play a role in the next phase of redistricting after the 2020 census.

Redistribution is a major problem in Pennsylvania, where the state supreme court this year canceled district maps prepared by the Republican legislature after the 2010 census. The highest court ruled that the boundaries constituted unconstitutional partisan manipulation. and He has commanded new districts for this year's elections.

8:50 p.m.

Greg Pence, the brother Senior Vice President Mike Pence, won a place in the House of Representatives that his brother once held.

Pence, 61, owner of two antique stores, beat the Jeannine Lee, Democrat.

8:30 p.m.

The representative Republican Barbara Comstock of Virginia was the first legislator of the lower chamber lose your seat, after voters in his northern Virginia district expressed dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump.

The senator of state Democrat Jennifer Wexton easily won in the wealthy district located outside Washington DC, in which Hillary Clinton gained by 10 percentage points in 2016.

Comstock had trouble stressing his independence from Trump, but Wexton, a former attorney, portrayed the two-term representative ally Trump who was out of touch with the diversified and well educated district.

Comstock easily defeated the Democratic candidate in 2016 when his district supported Clinton.

National attention to the fight helped Comstock and Wexton raise more than $ 5 million, while other outside groups spent more than $ 10 million.

8:10 p.m.

The boxes on the coast is closed, but the the results in some of the most important races are still too tight declare a winner.

Boxes from six states closed at 7:00 am Eastern Time, including Georgia, Indiana and Kentucky, where battles take place electoral. The boxes in other key states such as Florida, Pennsylvania and New sweater They closed an hour later.

At least two of the smaller elections, with presidential implications, were decided after the first large-scale closures in the East.

Senator Vermont Bernie Sanders he easily won his third term and weighed a new appointment to the presidency of the Democratic Party. And the senator from Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, another possible candidate from 2020, also won his contest.

The electorate considered as a priority the migratory diary and of the health at the time of the vote, according to an investigation conducted by the Associated Press.

8:05 p.m.

The Republican Charlie Baker obtained another mandate as governor in the traditionally democratic bastion of Massachusetts

Baker beat the Democrat Jay Gonzalez after a campaign during which he emphasized the strength of the economy and its role in stabilizing the state budget without a general increase in taxes. Baker is a moderate Republican who has often criticized President Donald Trump.

The Massachusetts legislature is dominated by the democrats. But the election of Baker for a second four-year term means that Republicans will have their say when redistributing ridings after the 2020 census.

7:55 p.m.

The Democrat Tim Kaine beat a bitter supporter of President Donald Trump, Republican Corey Stewart, by obtaining the re-election for the federal Senate by Virginia

The victory was planned, since Kaine had the the preference in most surveys and a considerable advantage in campaign funds.

Kaine is a former governor who was elected to the Senate for the first time in 2012. He was running for Hillary Clinton's vice presidency in 2016.

Stewart is a Tory Recognized for his open support for Confederate-related objects and for his uncompromising immigration vision. He struggled to raise campaign funds and was ignored by national republican groups.

7:00 p.m.

The federal senator Bernie Sanders got a comfortable victory for his third period in the Senate, easily exceeding eight other candidates.

Sanders, an independent candidate who has long been one of the state's most popular politicians, spent little time campaigning for parliamentary elections.

Sanders has faced few serious rivals since his first election to the state's only seat in the House of Representatives in 1990. He moved to the Senate in 2006.

The candidate Republican Lawrence Zupan, a Manchester real estate entrepreneur with international business experience, campaigned against what he considered to be major government and welfare programs. However, his candidacy could never take off and his campaign received little attention.

Instead of focusing on his re-election, Sanders has traveled the country to express support for Democratic candidates and a range of political issues.

With AP information

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