Razor-thin margins around the country left control of Congress still undetermined, but Democrats showed surprising strength in the midterm election. politics decision2022 elections kprc2 click2houston
Though neither party had yet secured a majority in either congressional chamber, the midterms didn't feature a strong GOP surge, uplifting for Democrats who had braced for sweeping losses — and raising questions about how big the Republicans could hope their possible majority might be.
“I’m so humbled,” Fetterman, wearing his signature hoodie, told supporters. “This campaign has always been about fighting for everyone who's ever been knocked down that ever got back up.” Incumbent Republican governors had some success. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp won reelection, defeating Stacey Abrams in a rematch of their 2018 race. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, two future possible Republican presidential contenders, beat back Democratic challengers to win in the nation’s two largest red states.
Democrats were betting on a midterm boost resulting from voter outrage over the elimination of a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. Voters in reliably red Kentuckyaimed at denying any constitutional protections for abortion. Voters in the swing state of Michigan voted to amend their state’s constitution to protect abortion rights.
There were no widespread problems with ballots or voter intimidation reported around the country, though there wereIn the first national election since the Jan. 6 insurrection, some who participated in or were in the vicinity of the attack on the U.S. Capitol were poised to win elected office. One of those Republican candidates, Derrick Van Orden in Wisconsin — who was outside the Capitol during the deadly riot — won a House seat. Another, J.R. Majewski lost to Ohio Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur.
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