Democrats will hold at least 50 seats come 2023. Depending on the result of the December runoff election in Georgia, the party may add to its Senate majority

 

WASHINGTON — Democrats defied historical trends and defeated several candidates backed by former President Donald Trump to keep control of the Senate, providing enormous relief for President Joe Biden.

 

The battle for the House, meanwhile, remains too close to call.

 

The picture in the Senate became clear late Saturday after Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada narrowly defeated Republican Adam Laxalt to win re-election, putting her party over the threshold, NBC News projected Saturday.

 

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/democrats-maintain-control-senate-nbc-news-projects-defeating-many-tru-rcna56677

 

Cortez Masto defeats Laxalt in Nevada, handing Democrats control of the Senate

The outcome follows days of protracted mail-in ballot counting, with the results hinging largely on Clark County, the state’s most populous

 

LAS VEGAS — Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, the first Latina elected to the Senate, will hold onto her seat in Nevada after enduring a bruising campaign against Republican Adam Laxalt, who fell short of ousting the Democrat despite severe midterm headwinds, NBC News projects.

 

The outcome follows days of protracted mail-in ballot counting, with the results resting largely with the state’s most populous county, Clark County, which posted updates once a day since Tuesday. A race long predicted to be within the margin of error was indeed close through the end.

 

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/cortez-masto-defeats-laxalt-nevada-handing-democrats-control-s-rcna54936

 

 

Best midterm performance for sitting party in 20 years

Given that midterm elections in America traditionally favour the party in opposition, this amounts to the best performance of its kind in 20 years – since George W Bush’s Republican party achieved gains in both chambers of Congress back in 2002.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-63600154

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/

 

 

41 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Best midterm performance for sitting party in 20 years

Given that midterm elections in America traditionally favour the party in opposition, this amounts to the best performance of its kind in 20 years – since George W Bush’s Republican party achieved gains in both chambers of Congress back in 2002.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-63600154

And the reason for the Republican party's great performance then was war fever. I remember that most of the fox on screen talent started wearing American Flag pins on their lapels.

14 minutes ago, placeholder said:

And the reason for the Republican party's great performance then was war fever. I remember that most of the fox on screen talent started wearing American Flag pins on their lapels.

Yep, the big lie about WMD. 9/11 saved Bush who proceeded to attack the wrong country. He was known for not being too bright as a President, and like Reagan, didn't really run the country.

Cue the whining and big lie voter fraud coup crew of sore losers

1 minute ago, pomchop said:

Cue the whining and big lie voter fraud coup crew of sore losers

There's been a lot of speculation from liberal Dems about what might have been if they had chosen a charismatic leader. It says a lot when an unpopular leader still produces a good result in difficult economic times and against historical trends. The Trump toxicity is the single reason that the right wing extremists fared particularly poorly.

Overall good outcome that can help build reassurance in the American people's common sense not to go down the pro MAGA anti democratic rabbit hole.

The fact that some dodgy and crazy MAGA candidates still got close to 50 per cent of the vote or won is still disappointing but I'll take the overall pro democratic outcome above what could have happened. 

Now on to Georgia. Shouldn't be exciting enough now to get enough Republicans out to win this one. And with the count to likely be 51 to 49, Joe Manchin will no longer have Biden by the balls and just imagine what could transpire.

thank you Maga and the clown they worship for their bat???? crazy

1 hour ago, ozimoron said:

There's been a lot of speculation from liberal Dems about what might have been if they had chosen a charismatic leader. It says a lot when an unpopular leader still produces a good result in difficult economic times and against historical trends. The Trump toxicity is the single reason that the right wing extremists fared particularly poorly.

The true issue was that the man with his rhetoric forced the independents away from the candidates he backed, and thus the Dems became the benefactors. People are so over the Election was Stolen BS that they just want to move forward.

8 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

There's been a lot of speculation from liberal Dems about what might have been if they had chosen a charismatic leader. It says a lot when an unpopular leader still produces a good result in difficult economic times and against historical trends. The Trump toxicity is the single reason that the right wing extremists fared particularly poorly.

Abortion figured very strongly also. Thank you Justice Alito for your gratuitous nastiness. That was the cherry on top.

Control of the House remains on a knife’s edge. Here’s how it could break

 

There are 10 seats still in doubt. And both parties have a shot

 

“Election Week” is coming to a close with control of the House still up for grabs.

 

As of Saturday night, 21 congressional races remain unresolved. Of those, 10 are truly undecided, with neither party a significant favorite to win once all the votes are tallied.

 

Democrats have been narrowing the gap in many of those races over the past 24 hours. The Associated Press called seven new congressional races on Friday and three on Saturday — all for Democrats.

 

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https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/12/house-midterm-elections-00066615

 

1 minute ago, placeholder said:

Abortion figured very strongly also. Thank you Justice Alito for your gratuitous nastiness. That was the cherry on top.

I regard the religiously motivated far right right stance against abortion as part of the Trump toxicity. He did the bidding of the Federalist Society by installing their nominated catholic extremist judges.

5 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

I regard the religiously motivated far right right stance against abortion as part of the Trump toxicity. He did the bidding of the Federalist Society by installing their nominated catholic extremist judges.

But it wasn't an issue until they overturned Roe. And the thing is, the conservatives on the Supreme Court had largely managed to gut Roe even before Dobbs. But they just couldn't resist going all the way. I wonder if Alito is still gloating.

Trump

 

 

No matter where you stand on abortion, the audience for the state GOP's legislatures setting up snitch bounties (eg Texas) and forcing pre-teen rape victims to carry and ectopic victims to die has a very small constituency."

 

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-gop-midterm-debacle/?traffic_source=Connatix

Is it just possible that huge numbers of Americans are finally coming to their senses?

1 hour ago, placeholder said:

And the reason for the Republican party's great performance then was war fever. I remember that most of the fox on screen talent started wearing American Flag pins on their lapels.

https://fb.watch/gMh70U3tJJ/

9 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Is it just possible that huge numbers of Americans are finally coming to their senses?

Was it Churchill that said "Americans will always do the right thing only after they have tried everything else"?

8 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Is it just possible that huge numbers of Americans are finally coming to their senses?

You would hope so but still large swaithes of the US (central and Southern, predominately white and rural) are still very much 'never Dems' and will never listen to reason, even when their own party is openly undermining democracy. 
Still, the results are encouraging and should be celebrated as a win.  

1 hour ago, ozimoron said:

Yep, the big lie about WMD. 9/11 saved Bush who proceeded to attack the wrong country. He was known for not being too bright as a President, and like Reagan, didn't really run the country.

And like all presidents and country leaders he relied on his staff to brief him. Rarely does any president make the decision to take his/her country to war on his own.

 

The only exception I  can think of is Putin, and look at the pigs ear he has made of that.

 

4 minutes ago, billd766 said:

And like all presidents and country leaders he relied on his staff to brief him. Rarely does any president make the decision to take his/her country to war on his own.

 

The only exception I  can think of is Putin, and look at the pigs ear he has made of that.

 

Trump is famous for disregarding expert advice on any issue. In fact he had to be strongly dissuaded by his advisors from some of his more rash ambitions. Furthermore, if I recall correctly the truth was actually hidden from Bush.

24 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Was it Churchill that said "Americans will always do the right thing only after they have tried everything else"?

Yes!

The GOP should have read the writing on the wall when Trump experienced a blue wave in his mid terms and ultimately lost his own re-election. Biden was not popular as a candidate even then but still produced a record voter turnout and handily beat Trump who beat the previous record number of votes for a second term election. As the saying goes, stupidity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.

Hopeless.

I believe fear of the Supreme Court post Trump was another big influence in the vote. Chief Justice Roberts has lost effective control of the court agenda and Thomas is clearly placing his thumb on the scale, either driven by or with the assistance of his wife.

2 hours ago, placeholder said:

And the reason for the Republican party's great performance then was war fever. I remember that most of the fox on screen talent started wearing American Flag pins on their lapels.

Don't forget how they coined the awesome expression "freedom fries". Geniuses, the lot of them!

1 hour ago, placeholder said:

Abortion figured very strongly also. Thank you Justice Alito for your gratuitous nastiness. That was the cherry on top.

Sadly, the following years will have a disproportionate Catholic court deciphering, not what the Constitution means, but what god means. Suggests the SC should have term limits. Won't hold my breath.