Republicans take control of the U.S. House while Democrats keep the Senate

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Republicans take control of the U.S. House while Democrats keep the Senate

2010-11-03 11:28:24 GMT+7 (ICT)

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- Republicans won control of the U.S. House by a wide margin after Tuesday's mid-term elections, U.S. networks projected, while Democrats barely kept control of the U.S. Senate.

According to CNN and other networks, Republicans are expected to gain at least 50 seats in the House during the election, while Democrats will get at least 50 Senators. Republicans were needing 51 Senate seats to win the majority.

"Tonight, there's a Tea Party tidal wave," said Tea Party-backed Rand Paul after winning the U.S. Senate seat for Kentucky. Paul and former Senator Dan Coats in Indiana became the first candidates supported by the Tea Party movement to win Senate seats in the U.S. mid-term elections.

Marco Rubio, also a Tea Party-backed candidate, is projected to win the Florida Senate race.

Meanwhile, Democratic Senate Majority leader Harry Reid was ahead 7.5 points of the Tea Party-backed candidate, 51.5% against 44% with the 65% of the precincts counted in the Nevada Senate Race.

In California, Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer was projected to win the Senate Race, over former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.

Californians were also voting against the proposal to legalize marijuana under the state law. With the 18% of the votes counted, a majority of 56.5% rejected the proposal, and 43.5% voted in favor.

The surprise of the night was Republican Mark Kirk's win over Alexi Giannoulias in Illinois, capturing the seat previously held by President Barack Obama.

Among other results, Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy is projected to win in Vermont while Republican Senator Jim DeMint is projected to win in South Carolina.

In New Hampshire, Republican Kelly Ayotte is projected to win the Senate race while Democrat John Lynch was elected the state's new governor. In Delaware, Democratic candidate Chris Coons is projected to win over the controversial Tea Party-backed candidate Christine O'Donnels.

Democrat Barbara Mikulski was projected to win the Maryland Senate race and Republican Richard Shelby was projected to win the Alabama Senate race.

In Arkansas, Republican John Boozman defeated Democrat Blanche Lincoln; in Connecticut, Democrat Richard Blumenthal defeated Republican Linda McMahon; and in Georgia, Republican Johnny Isakson defeated Democrat Mike Thurmond and Libertarian Chuck Donovan

In North Carolina, Republican Richard Burr defeated Democrat Elaine Marshall and Libertarian Michael Michael Beitler, in Ohio, Republican Rob Portman defeated Democrat Lee Fisher; in Oklahoma, Republican Tom Coburn defeated defeats Democrat Jim Rogers, and in Vermont, Democrat Patrick Leahy defeated Republican Len Britton.

The Tea Party has endorsed 129 candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives and 9 for the Senate, all of whom are running as Republicans.

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