Control of Congress remains unclear as key races in both chambers too close to call in US midterm elections
US President Joe Biden smiles during a news conference in Washington, DC, the US, November 9 2022. Picture: TING SHEN/BLOOMBERG
Even a slim House majority would let Republicans hem in Democratic President Joe Biden during his next two years in office, blocking legislation and launching potentially politically damaging investigations. Biden had framed Tuesday’s election as a test of US democracy at a time when hundreds of Republican candidates embraced Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.
The White House seized on the lighter-than-expected losses. “Never underestimate how much Team Biden is underestimated,” White House chief of staff Ron Klain said on Twitter. Only 26 of the 53 most competitive races, based on a Reuters analysis of the leading non-partisan forecasters, had been decided as of Wednesday morning, raising the prospect that the final outcome may not be known for some time. Democrats won 20 of those 26 contests.
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