Democrat Maggie Hassan wins her second term in the Senate in the key state of New Hampshire

The Republican Party managed to keep its senator for Ohio on Tuesday, but did not achieve one of its main objectives of the night: to win the Senate race in the key state of New Hampshire, according to projections by the main media. USA.

Preserving Ohio was critical to conservatives if they wanted to gain control of the Senate -currently in Democratic hands-, but the having lost in New Hampshire, where progressive senator Maggie Hassan retained the position, means that despite the victory in Ohio her options are reduced.

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Ohio and New New Hampshire were the first of the states considered hinge -which could fall on both the Republican and Democratic sides- in which the winner was known, and now the focus is on the rest of the closest races: Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada.

To wrest the majority from the Democrats in the SenateRepublicans need to keep their current senators in North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania and win over Democrats in at least one of the seats they currently hold: AArizona, Georgia, or Nevada.

With the scrutiny still going onConservatives lead in Georgia, North Carolina and Wisconsin, while Democrats lead in Pennsylvania and Arizona.

In Nevada there are still no counted results.

In the battle for House of Representativesthe Republicans have won 152 seats compared to 94 for the Democrats, although there are still more than a hundred to decide.

To gain control of the Lower House -which is currently also under Democratic control like the Senate-, the Republicans would have to achieve a net gain of 5 seats, that is, remove five congressmen from the progressives without losing any of them along the way .

According to the projections of the main American media, the conservatives have already managed to snatch these five seats from the Democrats, although it remains to be seen if they can maintain this figure throughout the night.

Source: Elcomercio

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