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WASHINGTON - Two days aft polls closed successful the 2022 midterm elections, immoderate of the nation's astir consequential races have not yet been decided.
Though Republicans and pundits predicted a "red tsunami," power of the U.S. House and Senate are inactive up for grabs.
In his first code to the nation pursuing the election, President Joe Biden chided the property and pundits for predicting a Republican expanse that “didn’t happen” and said helium would enactment with his blimpish counterparts careless of the election’s outcome.
“Regardless of what the last tally is… I'm prepared to enactment with my Republican colleagues,” Biden said. “The American radical person made wide that they expect Republicans prepared to enactment with maine arsenic well.”
Here's what we cognize astir outstanding midterm predetermination races as of Thursday morning.
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Lauren Boebert's contention remains excessively adjacent to call
The unexpectedly tight race for the Colorado House spot betwixt incumbent Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert and Democratic challenger Adam Frisch remains excessively adjacent to call. As of Thursday morning, Frisch led by 64 votes—putting the candidates neck-and-neck with 99 percent of votes reported, according to the Associated Press.
Boebert had a 97% accidental of winning reelection against Frisch, analysts astatine FiveThirtyEight predicted earlier polls opened Tuesday.
Colorado instrumentality states a recount is held when the difference betwixt the number of votes formed for the 2 candidates is less than one-half of 1 percent of the fig of votes the starring campaigner received. The existent tally puts the Colorado House candidates astatine a virtual tie. The Associated Press is reporting each campaigner has received 50% of the votes, with Frisch astatine 156,746 votes and Boebert astatine 156,682.
– Rachel Looker
What's happening successful Arizona?
The results of Arizona’s 2022 predetermination were by nary means finalized connected Wednesday, but voters’ choices became somewhat clearer. The marquee races – for a U.S. Senate spot and the governor’s seat – remained excessively adjacent to call.
There were inactive much than 600,000 ballots near to process and number statewide astatine the extremity of the time Wednesday, according to a tracker by the Arizona Secretary of State's Office. An estimated 340,000 of those were successful Maricopa County, which encompasses the Phoenix metro area.
Among those that officials started processing aboriginal Wednesday were immoderate 275,000 aboriginal ballots that voters dropped disconnected astatine polling places connected Election Day successful Maricopa. Those ballots person to acquisition signature verification earlier they are counted. That process should beryllium astir implicit by the extremity of Friday, officials said.
– Arizona Republic
Uncalled Senate races
Four Senate races stay uncalled, 3 of which person the imaginable to reshape the precocious enclosure of Congress.
In Arizona, incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat, holds a 5-point lead implicit Republican challenger Blake Masters with 69% of ballots counted.
Nevada Republican Adam Laxalt is starring incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto by conscionable implicit 2 percent points, 49.6% to 47.4%, with 78% of ballots counted.
And successful Georgia, possibly the astir consequential of them all, incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock is headed into a runoff predetermination against Republican challenger Herschel Walker. With much than 98% of ballots counted, neither Warnock nor Walker earned much than 50% of the vote, which is needed to sanction a winner.
Senate races recap: John Fetterman defeats Oz successful Pennsylvania; Maggie Hassan wins New Hampshire
Alaska's Senate contention is yet to beryllium called, but its ideological result is already decided. With the state's ranked-choice voting system, Republicans Kelly Tshibaka and Lisa Murkowski are neck-and-neck for the seat, meaning that Alaska's adjacent legislator volition beryllium a Republican; it's conscionable a substance of who. That state's results could instrumentality up to 2 much weeks to finalize.
Democrats and Republicans person truthful far won 48 seats each. A enactment needs 51 seats to person the majority, but with Vice President Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote, Democrats lone request 50 seats.
Uncalled House races
There are dozens of seats inactive astatine stake, including respective cardinal races that could find what enactment controls the House.
Among the races called arsenic of Wednesday evening, Republicans look amended slated to scope the 218 spot threshold to power the House compared to Democrats.
In 1 notable outstanding race, Republican freshman Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado trailed her Democratic challenger Adam Frisch by conscionable 64 votes, with 98% of votes counted, according to the Associated Press.
House predetermination recap: Democrats tally stronger than expected but whitethorn yet suffer majority
4 gubernatorial races person nary victor yet
Four of the 36 gubernatorial races up for reelection person yet to beryllium called, including the highly anticipated Arizona governor's contention betwixt Democratic incumbent Katie Hobbs and Republican campaigner Kari Lake.
Hobbs' antecedently lofty pb implicit Lake has slimmed down to a razor-thin borderline arsenic the authorities continues to number votes. With 69% of the votes counted, Hobbs holds 50.3% of the ballot compared to Lake's 49.7%.
Governor races recap: Arizona, Oregon excessively adjacent to call; Whitmer, Kemp triumph reelection
Nevada's Republican gubernatorial campaigner Joe Lombardo leads incumbent Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak by astir 5 percent points, 50.3% to 46%, with 78% of votes counted.
Democrat Tina Kotek leads Republican Christine Drazan by astir 3 percent points, 46.7 to 43.9%, successful her tally for Oregon's gubernatorial race, wherever she seeks to support the Democrats' 36-year clasp connected the state's governorship.
Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy is apt to support his presumption arsenic Alaska's politician with 52% of the votes, beating Democrat Les Gara and autarkic Bill Walker. However, if Dunleavy's pb falls beneath 50% the authorities volition crook to ranked prime ballot tabulations.
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