“Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other” – Oscar Ameringer
And so it begins…
The key states:
State of Play:
House: 435 Seats, 400 Undecided, Results: Republicans 25 – 10 Democrats (1 Incumbents Lost)
Senate: 100 Seats, 32 Undecided, Results: Republicans 34 – 34 Democrats/Independents (0 Incumbents Lost)
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Details:
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky won a sixth term Tuesday as his party eyes its best chance in eight years to take control of both houses of Congress.
Mr. McConnell’s win against a strong Democratic challenger marks the first big election result of the night and positions the 72-year-old as the Senate’s next majority leader if Republicans manage to wrest the chamber from the Democrats in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Hoping to capitalize on an unpopular president and a favorable political map, the GOP needs a net addition of six seats to gain sway over the Senate.
“Victory is in the air, we’re going to bring it home tomorrow night,” Mr. McConnell said at a closing rally Monday in Louisville. “After six years of borrowing and taxing and spending and regulation, these people need to be stopped, and it starts tomorrow night.”
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Republicans have their first pick up of the evening:
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito defeats Democrat Natalie Tennant in race to succeed 5-term Democrat Jay Rockefeller, who is retiring.
Republicans need net gain of 6 seats to take control of Senate; analysts long had seen W. Va. pick-up likely for Republicans
Capito in 2000 became the first woman Republican to represent W.Va. in Congress; she is daughter of state’s former gov., Arch Moore
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