Republicans flip the US Senate, ending two years of Democrat control

The nonaccomplishment of Senate seats successful Ohio and West Virginia tipped the equilibrium of powerfulness successful the precocious location of the US Congress.

The Republican Party has reclaimed power of the United States Senate, ending 2 years of enactment from the Democrats.

Tuesday’s wide predetermination saw a 3rd of the precocious enclosure successful Congress — oregon 34 seats — deed the ballot, of which astir 9 were competitive.

The Democrats were susceptible to losing their grip connected the chamber, fixed their constrictive majority. A conjugation of 4 autarkic senators and 47 Democrats gave the enactment its 51-person majority, retired of a full of 100 imaginable seats.

The enactment needed to support each spot imaginable successful bid to clasp control.

But connected Tuesday, 2 cardinal defeats decisively enactment the powerfulness implicit the Senate backmost successful Republican hands.

Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown mislaid his bid for reelection successful the midwestern authorities of Ohio. Meanwhile, successful West Virginia, Republicans picked up a spot formerly held by retiring autarkic Senator Joe Manchin.

The Republican Party besides successfully defended a susceptible spot successful Texas, held by Senator Ted Cruz. Tuesday was Cruz’s 2nd clip beating backmost a Democratic contender angling to instrumentality his seat.

Meanwhile, successful Nebraska, different Republican incumbent Deb Fischer fended disconnected an upstart situation from autarkic campaigner Dan Osborn, who made the contention a nail-biter successful its last weeks.

The displacement successful power implicit the Senate could pave the mode for Republicans to clasp some chambers successful Congress, which would springiness the enactment powerfulness implicit the legislative docket for astatine slightest the adjacent 2 years.

More details to come.