Republicans win control of Senate in US congressional elections
Patrick Martin ■ The Republican Party won control of the US Senate in Tuesday’s midterm elections, taking more than the six Democratic-held seats needed to obtain the 51 required for a majority. Republican candidates defeated incumbent Democratic senators in North Carolina, Arkansas and Iowa and won open Democratic seats in West Virginia, Iowa, South Dakota and Montana. [...] The Republicans also expanded their majority in the House of Representatives, with a net gain of at least eight seats, putting them in full control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 2006, and for the first time in the presidency of Barack Obama. [...] In nearly all the closely contested Senate contests, both the Republican and Democratic candidates were regarded unfavorably by a majority of voters. The same was true in most of the closely contested races for state governor.
Stephen Lendman ■ US Midterm Electoral Results || Ignore scoundrel media who won, who lost horserace rubbish. US electoral politics is too debauched to fix. Big money corrupts it. Democracy is pure fantasy. None whatever exists. Most bums are reelected. New ones replace others. Things change but stay the same. Special interests rule. People have no say. US-style democracy mocks the real thing.
PPP: Congress somewhere below cockroaches, traffic jams, and Nickelback in Americans' esteem
PressTV: GOP, Democrats ‘rigged election process’ to retain control: Carla Howell
Yahoo: GOP takeover: Republicans surge to Senate control
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RT.com: Republicans take control of US Senate, ousting Democrats in midterms