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Control of the US Senate now hinges on two tight races in Arizona and Nevada after the race between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker in Georgia headed to a runoff. Both Republicans and Democrats need to pick up two of those three remaining Senate seats to take control of the upper chamber after Democrats won the red-blue seat in Pennsylvania where John Fetterman pulled off a victory over TV doctor Mehmet Oz. Both Arizona and Nevada are still too close to call. In Arizona, incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly currently leads Republican Blake Masters with more than 20 percent of the vote yet to be counted. His colleague from Nevada, Kathryn Cortez Masto, is still trailing Republican Adam Laxalt, but an influx of mail-in ballots has her closing the gap. Several key races for the House are still in favor after the predicted “red wave” failed to materialize. Republicans are still favored to take control of the chamber, but there are still many uncontested races. The GOP has turned on Donald Trump for the party’s worse-than-expected performance, while President Joe Biden took a victory lap, calling Election Day “a good day for America.”
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Democrats hold a small but shrinking lead in key Arizona races
Arizona Democrats maintained small but narrowing leads over their Republican rivals in the U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races, contests that could determine control of the Senate and the rules for the 2024 election in a crucial battleground state. The races remained too early to be called two days after the election, with about 600,000 ballots counted, about a quarter of the total. On Thursday morning, Democrats led in the Senate, governor and secretary of state races, while the attorney general’s race was essentially tied. It may take several days to see who won some of the closest contests. In the Senate race between Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly and Trump-endorsed Republican Blake Masters, Kelly held a more comfortable 5-point lead, with the state’s Democratic nominee for secretary of state also leading by the same margin. But with so many ballots pending, the races were too early to be called. Johanna Chisholm10 November 2022 14:20 1668088802
Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post goes after Trump in scathing post-midterm cover: ‘TRUMPTY DUMPITY’
Longtime MAGA allies and fans began to turn on former US President Donald Trump Wednesday morning as some Fox News pundits began turning their attention to potential challenger on the 2024 GOP ticket, Gov. Ron DeSantis. “I think he should put it on hold,” said former Trump press secretary Kaylee McEnany, who now works for Fox News, advising on air that Mr. Trump should hold off on an announcement until the runoff. Georgia Senate. In a more dramatic about-face, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp empire – which includes Fox News on TV and the New York Post in print – made its feelings about Mr Trump clear with a scathing cover story this morning Thursday. “TRUMPTY DUMPTY,” the front page read in bold, capital letters as a cartoon of the 45th president showed him as Humpty Dumpty perched precariously on a brick wall. “Don (who couldn’t build a great wall) had a big fall – can all the men of the GOP put the party back together?” read the caption on the front-page cartoon, implying an almost blatant rejection that the news outlet believes the one-term president could complete a second term in 2024. Johanna Chisholm10 November 2022 14:00 1668087602
US midterms: Who won, who lost and what we know so far
As results continue to come in from the midterm elections, it quickly became clear that the contest was much closer than expected and the outcome more tragic and unpredictable than many had predicted. Republicans appear close to securing a majority in the House of Representatives as of this writing, but they could also gain a sneak advantage in the Senate, which would allow them to play havoc with Joe Biden’s legislative agenda. But the “red tsunami” that many explosive conservative commentators confidently predicted would level Washington has certainly not materialized. South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham admitted as much when asked by NBC what he had seen play out, dryly saying, “It’s definitely not a Republican wave, that’s for sure.” Here, The Independent provides all the latest results from the matches and breaks down who, who lost and what remains to be decided. Johanna Chisholm10 November 2022 13:40 1668086402
Colorado’s Loren Bobert’s Race Against Democratic Incumbent Remains Close
With more than 99 percent of the vote cast, the U.S. House race for Colorado’s Third Congressional District remained very close early Thursday morning. Republican Lauren Bobert trailed Democratic challenger Adam Fries by less than 70 votes at press time. Ms Bobert, who had prematurely congratulated her party on the “red wave” on Tuesday night, remained silent on her Twitter account, leaving more than 24 hours of radio silence on her normally very active profile. Johanna Chisholm10 November 2022 13:20 1668085243
Trump urged delaying the 2024 announcement
Several GOP candidates endorsed by Donald Trump lost their races, including TV doctor Mehmet Oz, who was defeated in the US Senate in Pennsylvania by Democrat John Fetterman. In Colorado, MAGA Republican Lauren Bobert is currently in an unexpectedly tight race to keep her House seat. Now, Republican leaders and allies are urging former President Donald Trump to delay his 2024 presidential announcement to “examine the realities on the ground” amid setbacks for the GOP in the midterm elections. The Independent’s Shweta Sharma has the full story: Rachel Sharp10 November 2022 13:00 1668083443
Fox pundit claims Democrats did well because ‘these women just went crazy’
A Fox News guest said women who “freaked out” after the Supreme Court struck down constitutional abortion rights helped boost turnout across the country during the midterm elections. “Abortion is becoming the issue that drives turnout,” Jim Messina, who ran the Obama-Maiden presidential ticket in 2012, told the network. “Last night, the exit polls, Democrats are winning over independents in a non-presidential year. No poll saw that, and it was because these women just went crazy.” The political operative pointed to the flipping of the Michigan House and Senate, the victory of incumbent Michigan Democrat Gretchen Whitmer and five abortion-related ballots as evidence. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar November 10, 2022 12:30 p.m 1668081643
Trump-backed candidates are doing well in the Senate, but poor everywhere else
Leading up to the midterm elections, Republican candidates battled for the endorsement of former President Donald Trump. However, rather than being a golden ticket, it appears that Mr Trump’s support is more of a coin flip. According to polling data from midterm contests that have been called, the former president’s preferred candidates have been successful in only about half of the House and gubernatorial races, though they have fared well in Senate races so far. His longtime critic, outgoing Rep. Liz Cheney, fared better with her endorsements, though she earned far less than the former president. Graig Graziosi has the details. Rachel Sharp November 10, 2022 12:00 p.m 1668080413
Urban mail-in ballots continue to arrive with wide margins for Democrats, local news reports
As mail-in ballots continued to be counted in Nevada, the tight Senate race appeared to close some of the gap between Republican Adam Lexalt and Democratic challenger Catherine Cortez Masto. “In the Senate race, the combined results from Lyons, Nye and Wassoo cut Laxalt’s lead to less than 16,000,” tweeted Jon Ralston, CEO, The Nevada Independent, late Wednesday night, local time. “The Washoe mail-in was huge for CCM, turning a 5k deficit there into a 400 vote lead. The urban mail-in comes with big margins for Democrats,” he added, noting that votes likely won’t be tallied until Thursday. “This is the Senate race right now with 100,000+ mail-in ballots still being counted in Clark and Washoe,” he tweeted, sharing a snapshot of race results showing Mr. Laxalt leading by 15,812 against Mrs. Cortez Masto. Johanna Chisholm10 November 2022 11:40 1668079800
Watch: Maryland elects first black governor
Wes Moore made history as Maryland’s first black governor after being elected in the US midterm elections. The best-selling author and retired Army captain won the seat against Republican candidate Dan Cox, upending the Democrat’s mansion. Both candidates were running to replace Republican Larry Hogan, who was serving a limited term. Mr Hogan refused to endorse his party’s candidate to take his seat, describing him as a “QAnon whack job” who was unfit for office. Governor-elect Wes Moore has been endorsed by Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Oprah Winfrey.
Democrat Wes Moore is making history as Maryland’s first black governor
Wes Moore made history as Maryland’s first black governor after being elected in the US midterm elections. The best-selling author and retired Army captain won the seat against Republican candidate Dan Cox, upending the Democrat’s mansion. Both candidates were running to replace Republican Larry Hogan, who was serving a limited term. Mr Hogan refused to endorse his party’s candidate to take his seat, describing him as a “QAnon whack job” who was unfit for office. Governor-elect Wes Moore has been endorsed by Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Oprah Winfrey. Click here to sign up for our newsletters. Oliver O’Connell November 10, 2022 11:30 am 1668078043
