{"id":508162,"date":"2022-11-09T10:28:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T07:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/battle-for-power-in-congress-goes-down-to-the-wire\/"},"modified":"2022-11-09T10:28:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T07:28:59","slug":"battle-for-power-in-congress-goes-down-to-the-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/battle-for-power-in-congress-goes-down-to-the-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"#Battle for power in Congress goes down to the wire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34d3d2ef5d7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34d3d2ef5d7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/battle-for-power-in-congress-goes-down-to-the-wire\/#Battle_for_power_in_Congress_goes_down_to_the_wire\" >Battle for power in Congress goes down to the wire<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Battle_for_power_in_Congress_goes_down_to_the_wire\"><\/span>Battle for power in Congress goes down to the wire<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Collage-Maker-09-Nov-2022-02.26-AM.jpeg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The fight for control of Congress was too close to call early Wednesday morning as both parties racked up high-profile wins in key battlegrounds.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared on track to outperform expectations in their bid to maintain their House majority, even if Republicans looked poised to flip the lower chamber. Several endangered Democratic incumbents scored key victories despite facing brutal political headwinds in the lead-up to Election Day. As of early Wednesday morning, only one Democratic incumbent, Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.), had lost her reelection bid.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In the battle for the Senate, Democrats notched at least two big wins as Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) defeated her Republican challenger Don Bolduc in New Hampshire and Democrat John Fetterman dispatched a challenger from Republican Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, giving Democrats a GOP-held Senate seat.<\/p>\n<p>Yet control of both chambers of Congress remained up for grabs as election officials across the country continued to count votes.<\/p>\n<p>In Georgia, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) holds a slim lead over his Republican opponent, former NFL star Herschel Walker, though he remains the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff. If neither candidate wins a majority of the vote in Tuesday\u2019s election, the race will head to a second vote on Dec. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in Arizona and Nevada, Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), are outpacing their Republican rivals, but their victories are still far from assured.<\/p>\n<p>What was clear as of Wednesday morning, however, was that the so-called \u201cred wave\u201d that Republicans have forecast for months had so far failed to materialize. While the GOP still appears to be on track to at least win the five seats it needed to recapture the House majority, some in the party began to cast doubt on the notion of an electoral blowout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we pick up 10-to-15 seats in the House,\u201d one Republican operative familiar with House races said. \u201cIt\u2019s looking a lot more, let\u2019s say modest, than I was hoping for.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Republicans have long been favored to recapture the House. Not only was the party slated to pick up a handful of seats thanks to the decennial redistricting process alone, but the party in power \u2013 in this case, the Democrats \u2013 almost always loses ground in Congress in midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>And in the lead-up to Election Day, voters appeared poised to blame Democrats for the nation\u2019s biggest challenges, including stubbornly high inflation and perceived rising crime.<\/p>\n<p>Control of the Senate, on the other hand, was always expected to be a more even fight. While Republicans need to net only one seat this year to recapture the majority, they\u2019re also defending more territory than Democrats.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>At the same time, Republicans in key Senate battlegrounds nominated several untested candidates \u2013 Walker and Oz among them \u2013 who often struggled to keep pace with their Democratic rivals on the campaign trail. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) downplayed expectations for Republican Senate hopefuls earlier this year, saying that \u201ccandidate quality\u201d could affect the outcome of their races.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Republicans still notched key wins heading into Wednesday. In Florida, once the nation\u2019s premier swing state, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) easily won their reelection bids and even carried Miami-Dade County, a longtime Democratic stronghold in South Florida.<\/p>\n<p>And while the Senate race in Georgia remains unsettled, Gov. Brian Kemp cruised to victory over his Democratic arch-nemesis Stacey Abrams, clinching a second term in the governor\u2019s mansion.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>There are still plenty of key battlegrounds that remain too close to call. But some Democrats were breathing a sigh of relief early Wednesday as vulnerable incumbents like Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Marcy Captur (D-Ohio) beat back fierce Republican challenges. The party also succeeded in ousting longtime Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we still have a fighting chance,\u201d one Democratic strategist said in a text late Tuesday. \u201cCan\u2019t believe I\u2019m saying that.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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