by Joseph Mackinnon at The Blaze
Although a red wave did not flood the nation as foretold, Republicans nevertheless made a significant splash Tuesday night. What follows is a rundown of the results as they stand early Wednesday morning.
Senate
In the Senate, 35 seats were up for grabs on Election Day: 13 Democrat-controlled seats and 21 Republican-controlled seats.
Democrats needed to keep 50 seats to maintain control (with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote).
Fox News presently has the parties tied at 48-48 (+12 D and +19 R).
It appears as though Alaska will go to one of two Republicans; Georgia is a toss-up between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) and Herschel Walker (R); Nevada and Wisconsin are leaning red; and Arizona is leaning blue, with Sen. Mark Kelly (D) leading Blake Masters (R) by a significant margin.
The New York Times indicated that the fight for Georgia’s Senate seat may be headed to a runoff election, to be held in December. Warnock (D) leads Walker (R) by less than 20,000 votes, 49.2% to 48.7%.
One of the bigger surprises of the night, particularly to politicos on PredictIt, was John Fetterman’s win in Pennsylvania. Despite being unable to complete a cogent sentence in his October debate, Fetterman nevertheless managed to complete his race, leading Mehmet Oz by three points and over 100,000 votes.
The best-selling author and populist Republican J.D. Vance crushed Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan for Ohio’s Senate seat by roughly 6.6 points.
House
The New York Times estimated…
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