11-07-2018, 05:28 PM
(11-07-2018, 12:56 PM)Duchess Wrote:(11-07-2018, 12:35 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: With several races still uncalled, here are the election results as of this morning:
1. House of Representative: Democrats won 27 seats; now hold 220 seats. Republicans lost 27 seats; now hold 193 seats.
2. Senate: Republicans won 2 seats; now hold 51 seats. Democrats lost 2 seats; now hold 45 seats.
3. Governors: Democrats won 7 governorships; now hold 22. Republicans lost 7 governorships; now hold 25.
The Democrat is leading in Montana and we should know any time now if he has won, 99% is in. Hopeful!
Democrat Jon Tester from deep red Montana has officially won re-election to the Senate.
So, that makes 46 Senate seats for the Dems, with Tester joining Joe Manchin (West Virginia) as the Dems who've managed to hold their senate seats in districts Trump won by double digits in 2016.
Will be interesting to see how the tight Senate race in Arizona plays out. Republican Martha McSally was slightly ahead of Democrat Kyrsten Synema last I saw, but there are still absentee ballots being counted and it may take days to call a winner.
In Florida, Republican Rick Scott is slightly ahead of Democrat incumbent senator Bill Nelson. But, since Scott's lead is less than half a percent, it will go to recount before a winner is called.