The Republican Party takes control of the Senate and tries to retain the House of Representatives

The United States Presidencyhe popular vote andbesides, the senate. He Republican Party Not only has he managed to get his leader, the tycoon Donald Trump, return to the White House stronger than ever. Also has achieved This Tuesday, November 5, control of the Upper House of Congress when getting hold of 51 seatsenough to obtain the most. Furthermore, it aspires to retain the House of Representativesin which Republicans predominate today.

The party led by Trump has managed to take over the Upper House after the Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer have achieved the re-electionan outstanding victory for the party, which thus takes control of the Senate from the Democratic Party.

Fischer has won this election night over the independent candidate Dan Osborn, while Two other Republicans have taken the seats of two Democratic senators. The Republican candidate for the state of Ohio has defeated his rival, Sherrod Brown, who was seeking re-election at the polls, and the governor of Virginia, Jim Justice, will occupy the seat left vacant by the independent senator, formerly a Democrat, Joe Machin.

Predictably, the Democrats will also have to say goodbye to controlling the Lower House, where they currently have 182 of the 218 needed.

He Republican Senate Minority Leader of the United States, Mitch McConnell, 82 years old and in office since 2007, announced earlier this year that would retire of the same after his term ended, so it is unknown who will be the next majority leader of this House.

Control of the House of Representatives

In this way, the Democrats may have to say goodbye to controlling the Lower House, where they reap 182 of the 218 needed. The race is increasingly focused on control of the House of Representatives, a race led by republicanswho aspire to retain their power in this organization.

With 203 seats so farthe party of former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) has flipped three Democratic seats, while Democrats have won tworemaining, until now, in the 182.

The progress of the scrutiny places the Republicans closer to the 218 representatives needed to hold the majority compared to the 152 in the hands of the Democratic Party, according to CNN projections.