WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 09: An exterior view of the U.S. Capitol on September 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. Members of the Senate and U.S. Home of Representatives return to the Nation’s capitol, following their August recess.(Picture by Bonnie Money/Getty Photos)
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Republicans have now received sufficient seats to manage the higher chamber of Congress, with the race name for Nebraska’s GOP Sen. Deb Fischer.
Republicans had been favored to flip management of the U.S. Senate, which Democrats presently management 51-49.
Democrats had been defending seven seats in swing states or conservative states.
The 2 races Democrats had been focusing on in Florida and Texas have each been referred to as for the Republican incumbents.
As of midnight, Republicans had secured one of many two Democratic targets for defeat — Republican Bernie Moreno received in Ohio over incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown.
The opposite race Republicans really feel assured they’ll flip is Sen. Jon Tester’s seat in Montana.
