AMERICASPOLITICS

Republicans win control of U.S. Senate: media

US CapitolRepublicans have picked up enough seats to gain majority in the U.S. Senate, according to U.S. media projections on Tuesday.

Citing exit polls, Fox News and CNN projected that Republicans, who currently hold 45 seats, took the Senate back from the Democrats eight years after losing the 100-member chamber by adding at least seven seats in the midterm elections.

Up to Tuesday midnight, Republican candidates picked up the key states previously held by Democrats in Iowa, Montana, Colorado, North Carolina, Arkansas, South Dakota and West Virginia to gain 52 seats in the Senate.

The victory will give Republicans full control of U.S. Congress, as they widen their dominance in the race in the House of Representative on Tuesday. The outcome is expected to deal a huge blow to President Barack Obama and cast shadows on his last two years in the White House.

Source: Xinhua

Show More

Foreign Policy News

Foreign Policy News is a self-financed initiative providing a venue and forum for political analysts and experts to disseminate analysis of major political and business-related events in the world, shed light on particulars of U.S. foreign policy from the perspective of foreign media and present alternative overview on current events affecting the international relations.

Related Articles

Back to top button

Adblock Detected

Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker