Each party has 49 out of 100 seats; in the event of a tie, Vice President Kamala Harris has the casting vote
Democratic Senator Mark Kelly was reelected in the state of Arizona (USA) on Friday night (11/11/2022). The victory left the Democratic and Republican parties within 1 seat to have 50% of the House of Representatives. Nevada will follow with the count and Georgia will make the 2nd round.
The US Senate has 100 members, but only 35 of them will be replaced in this election. As of 5 a.m. this Saturday (11/12), the score was 49 seats for each party.
In order to form a majority, the parties must secure 51 seats. In the event of a tie (5050), Vice President Kamala Harris has the Minerva vote.
With 94% of polls counted, Nevada has an undefined scenario. The score for Republican candidate Adam Laxalt is 48.5% to 48.4%, at the expense of Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto. Other candidates add up to 1.2%.
Georgia will hold the second round of the dispute between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker on December 6.
CHAMBER
In the House of Representatives, Republicans are only 7 seats away from a majority. As of 5 a.m. this Saturday (Nov. 12), former President Donald Trump’s party had 211 elected officials, versus 203 for President Joe Biden’s party.
218 seats are required for a majority. All 435 seats will be renewed.
The renewal of Congress will not only serve as a thermometer for approving Biden’s term, but will also define his governance over the next two years. A narrow majority in the House of Representatives would allow Republicans to block important agendas like abortion rights and aid to Ukraine from the president.
This year’s election also gives an idea of what to expect in the 2024 presidential election: the president says he should run for reelection.
Trump, who also wants to run for the White House, was overshadowed within the party by Ron DeSantis, who was easily reelected to the Florida governorship.
The former president said he would make a “big announcement” next Tuesday (November 15) but has been pressured to postpone his candidacy over the election results.
CONDITIONS
Americans also went to the polls to elect the governors of 36 states. The advantage currently lies with the other 14 states not electing new leaders this year with the Republican Party: 25 state governments are Republican and 23 are Democrats. Results for Arizona and Alaska are still pending.
According to Portal, Arizona law enforcement officials are on high alert over protests. Tempers are stirred up by the politicians themselves.
Kari Lake, the Republican nominee for Arizona governor, criticized those responsible for counting the votes in Maricopa, the state’s most populous county. THE FoxNewsThe Republican called them “incompetent” and accused them of deliberately delaying the count.
Bill Gates, chairman of Maricopa’s board of directors, countered Lake’s comments. “Everyone needs to calm down a little and resist the rhetoric [de fraude]🇧🇷 That’s the problem with what’s happening to our country right now,” he said in an interview with journalists.
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In addition to electing representatives in the state governments, the House of Representatives and the Senate, US voters voted on a variety of issues. The most important was cancellationwhich was allowed nationally until June, when the Supreme Court decision paved the way for states to legislate on the issue.
Read other topics voted on in the States:
- drugs According to forecasts, the people of Colorado have voted to legalize the cultivation and use of hallucinogenic mushrooms in stateregulated centers. Recreational marijuana use was also on the agenda: voters in Maryland and Missouri voted in favor of legalization, while Arkansas, North Dakota, and South Dakota voted against. California Banned the Sale of Flavored Cigarettes;
- slavery In Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont, citizens voted to ban forced labor by inmates. Louisiana, on the other hand, chose to keep the measure;
- vicinity California refused to levy taxes on the wealthiest to pay incentives to the electric car industry;
- sports betting California residents also vetoed online sports betting;
- Choose Connecticut followed most states and passed the early vote. Michigan, Arizona and Nebraska also changed voting rules. Changes were made in the deadline for submitting votes by mail and in the presentation of the certificate at the time of voting. Ohio has banned nonUS citizens from voting. Nevada wants to change the choice of the main candidates, but the result has not yet been released.