Fox News host says midterms are ‘searing indictment’ of the Republican party
With counting still underway after the 2022 midterms, control of Congress still hangs in the balance, leaving Democrats relieved while Republicans row with each other over their surprisingly weak performance.
The Democrats have so far not lost any seats, and have picked up a Republican-held one in Pennsylvania, which will now be represented by John Fetterman. The final makeup of the chamber rests on Nevada, Arizona and Georgia, all of them Democratic defences.
In the latter, Senator Raphael Warnock and GOP challenger Herschel Walker will now head to a 6 December runoff election as neither managed to net 50 per cent of the vote.
The House is still up for grabs, with Democrats holding many districts they were expected to lose and even picking some up unexpectedly. However, it remains likely that the Republicans will retake the chamber, albeit with a slim majority.
Elsewhere on the ballot, referendums in Vermont, Michigan and California have passed measures enshrining abortion rights into law – and in Kentucky, voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would have eliminated any right to terminate a pregnancy.
