US midterm election results. Key information
The Republicans also lost in Kansas, where a Senate seat had been held for nearly 100 years.
Results of the mid-term elections in the US. Main information
Mid-term elections for the US Congress took place on November 3. Americans elected a new composition of the House of Representatives (435 seats in the lower house of Congress), one-third of the Senate members (35 seats in the upper house of Congress), as well as governors of 36 states and deputies of local legislative assemblies. Mid-term elections are held halfway through a presidential term and are perceived by voters and the media as a kind of referendum on confidence in the sitting head of state. As a rule, the ruling party has always lost in such elections. That was the case this time as well. The Republican Party, under Donald Trump's leadership, lost its majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Following the results of the November 3 mid-term elections, the Democratic Party gained control over both houses of the US Congress.
According to NBC News projections, Democrats will take 255 seats in the House of Representatives (180 for Republicans) and 52 seats against 48 in the Senate. The New York Times projected that the Democratic Party would gain 256 seats in the House of Representatives and 55 seats in the Senate. According to Bloomberg estimates, Democrats have secured 53 seats in the Senate and 227 seats in the House of Representatives. CNN and Reuters also projected approximately similar results. Announcement of the final counts may take several weeks.
Democrats won Senate seats even in states historically considered Republican strongholds where Trump had regularly won.
Democrat Troy Jackson defeated Republican Susan Collins, who had been elected senator from this state for the past 30 years.
Democrat James Talarico defeated the state attorney general, Republican candidate Ken Paxton. The election campaign in Texas was one of the most expensive on a national scale. Paxton was involved in a series of scandals, but Trump personally supported him warmly. Texas had remained "Republican" for more than the past 30 years.
Adam Hamilton defeated Roger Marshall and became the first Democrat elected senator from the state in nearly 100 years — since 1932.