A huge achievement for the Republicans: Trump’s party is on its way to taking over the Senate

According to the results of the initial polls in the American media published today (Wednesday), the Republicans managed to paint the upper house of the American Congress red, this after securing two seats in the Senate that were held by the Democrats until now.

The Republican majority in the Senate will complete a set with the Republican majority in the House of Representatives, the lower house in Congress, and assuming former President Donald Trump is re-elected president this morning, the Republican Party will have control, at least for the next two years, of the three branches of government (the House of Representatives, the Senate and the Presidency), which will allow them freedom of action extensive and endangers basic rights such as a woman’s right to her body and the rights of minorities are in danger.

In the election sector for the House of Representatives and the Senate, the governor Jim Justice The Republican won as expected the elections to the Senate, a position vacated by the retirement of Democratic Senator Joe Manchin from the position, which brings the Republican Party only one seat away from gaining a majority in the upper house of the US Congress.

The Republicans recorded an impressive achievement this election night when they managed to turn the Senate seat in West Virginia from blue to red, they are now only one seat away from taking control of the Senate that was held by the Democrats for the last four years.

Governor of West Virginia, Jim Justiceeasily won the seat vacated by the senator’s retirement Joe Manchin The third, who spent most of his career in the Senate as a Democrat before becoming an independent earlier this year. The win chipped away at the slim 51-49 majority held by Democrats, leaving Republicans within striking distance, although many races have yet to be decided. Governor Justice, a former Democrat, was considered a sure winner from the moment he decided to enter the race and Manchin announced that he would not run.

In Indiana, a member of the House of Representatives Jim Banksa Republican and former leader of the conservative caucus in the House of Representatives, was easily chosen to fill the vacuum created by the departure of the senator Mike Browna Republican who ran for governor and won. Banks was considered a rising star in the House of Representatives but decided to try to join the Senate after losing an internal Republican Party election for leadership. Republican Senator Rick Scott from Florida, who makes no secret of his ambitions to become the Republican Senate leader, was also re-elected after defeating his Democratic opponent, Debbie Mockersell-Powell.

In Vermont, Sen Bernie Sandersthe 83-year-old independent and former Democratic presidential candidate, was elected to a fourth term.

The Democrats knew they would have a hard time keeping most of the seats in the Senate blue, they had to defend many seats in red and swing states, but they held out hope that they could overcome their Republican opponents and protect the seat of the incumbent Democratic senators or even unseat one or two Republican senators.

Most of the attention has been directed to Ohio and Montana, two Democratic-controlled states that former President Donald Trump won in 2016 and 2020. In Ohio, Sen Survive Browna progressive Democrat with strong labor union ties, was trying to win a fourth term against the luxury car dealer Bernie Moreno. With every vote counted, Brown’s election headquarters issued a statement Tuesday evening urging voters who were in line when the polls closed at 7:30 p.m. to stay in line and assert their right to vote.

The senator John Testera Democrat from Montana, has his hand on the bottom even more than Brown, he is running in a state that has gradually become more and more Republican since he was first elected in 2006. The Republican candidate Donald Trump is indeed expected to win the state and pick off its four electors. His Republican opponent was Tim Sheehy, a former Sea Lions veteran and businessman who has come under fire for conflicting accounts of how he was shot in the arm.

Both Tester and Brown led by significant margins over the party’s presidential candidate in their states, but the question was whether that would be enough. Top Republicans were confident of winning at least the two seats they needed for a majority, but hoped for more through potential wins in other swing states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.