Breaking: CBS News reports Democrats will continue to control the Senate with Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto's projected win in Nevada.
Her victory gives Democrats 50 seats in the 118th Congress. Vice President Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote, should it be needed, gives them the majority, regardless of the outcome of therunoff election in December between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.
But in the months before the general election, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed doubt that Republicans could take the Senate, which he blamed on"candidate quality." Many of the Republican candidates who lost were far-right and endorsed by former President Donald Trump, which gave them momentum during the primary season. But they failed to appeal to independents and moderates in the general election. by Democratic Lt. Gov.
Though he didn't identify him by name, Toomey referred to the far-right Republican candidate for governor Doug Mastriano as"a weak candidate who loses by 15 points, the most for an open seat since the 1950s."
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