The key takeaways from the midterm election results
Democrats regain control of the House while Republicans increase their majority in the Senate. Here’s what we know
Democrats will control the House, as polls closed in the midwest and west, after flipping multiple Republican-controlled seats.
The change is significant because Democrats will have the ability to investigate Donald Trump, including the power to subpoena the administration.
House minority leader Nancy Pelosi said the win would allow Democrats to “restore checks and balances” on the administration, a hint at future investigations.
Republicans will maintain control of the US Senate, and incumbent Republican Ted Cruz has squeaked out a win against Democrat Beto O’Rourke in one of the most closely watched races in the nation.
In Florida, Trump-styled Republican Ron DeSantis won after a racially charged campaign against progressive black Democrat Andrew Gillum. At one point, just a few hundred votes separated them. Had Gillum won, he would have been Florida’s first black governor. In a tight Senate race in the same state, Republican Rick Scott unseated Democrat Bill Nelson.
Victory spin is already starting. Republicans might call it the “Kavanaugh effect” that won them the Senate, while Pelosi said her party “owned the ground”. One thing is certainly clear – turnout was huge. One estimate put it at 114 million voters, 31 million more than the midterms in 2014.
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