Republicans inch closer to Senate majority in early results

Republicans person struck an aboriginal triumph successful the contention to power Congress, with a formerly Democratic-aligned spot successful West Virginia being won by the state's existent governor, Jim Justice.

In summation to the presidency, each 435 seats successful the House of Representatives and 34 seats successful the Senate are up for grabs connected predetermination day.

Republicans presently clasp a bulk successful the House. The projected triumph by Justice takes the Senate to a 50-50 split. Results successful different seats are pending, however.

The enactment that wins a bulk connected either broadside of Capitol Hill volition person greater leverage to enact its ain agenda, careless of who is successful the White House.

One enactment successful power of the House, Senate and the White House would person wide powerfulness to walk laws and enact the president's partisan agenda.

The Senate spot successful West Virginia flipped Republican, aft the status of the erstwhile Democrat Joe Manchin, who often clashed with members of his ain enactment earlier turning independent.

The winner, Justice, had himself been a Democrat earlier switching parties to Republican astatine a Trump rally successful 2017.

Republicans were besides projected to clasp power of a Senate spot successful Florida.

Incumbent Rick Scott, besides a erstwhile governor, was archetypal elected six years ago. He was moving against erstwhile Miami-area Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, a Democrat who migrated from Ecuador arsenic a child.

Speaking astatine a triumph rally, Scott predicted that Republicans would prehend the bulk successful the Senate, and that helium would beryllium selected arsenic Senate Majority Leader.

"Florida is the centre of the Republican enactment of this country," helium told the crowd. "Washington tin larn a hellhole of a batch from what we've done close present successful this large state."

Other races that would plaything power of the precocious enclosure of Congress are taking spot successful Arizona, Pennsylvania, Montana, Michigan, Nevada, Nebraska, Texas and Wisconsin.

The immense bulk of House elections are happening successful "safe districts" - regions wherever 1 enactment is astir definite to win. But a fistful of different races successful plaything districts could find who controls Washington DC.

House races that could plaything the equilibrium are taking spot a wide assortment of states, with intimately watched elections happening successful California, New York, Washington, Maine and Alaska.