Midterm elections 2022: What’s happening?
It’s been two days since the US midterm elections polls closed, and the results still remain unclear, with control of Congress still hanging in the balance.
Control of the Senate will be determined by two wins two of three states: Arizona, Nevada and Georgia, where a run-off election will be held on 6 December.
The Republicans are getting closer to a 218-seat majority in the House of Representatives.
But the victory is set to be a much thinner margin than what was originally predicted.
President Biden said the results have been a “good day for America.”
The delays in announcing the final result were expected due to the thin margins between candidates, possible recounts and potentially contest elections.
How and when mail-in ballots are counted differs by state.
As of Friday morning, here is where we stand:
The House of Representatives
The House is leaning towards the Republicans, according to US media projections.
The GOP have secured 211 seats compared to 193 for the Democrats. A total of 218 seats are needed to gain a majority in the House, which has 435 members.
The Senate
Control of the Senate remains a toss-up, with the Democrats having secured 48 seats to the Republicans’ 49.
The three key races are – Arizona, Nevada and Georgia – winning two of the three would secure the win.
CBS has projected that Arizona is leaning Democrat, while Nevada could go either party.
Alaska – where three candidates were on the ballot in a ranked-choice voting system – has not been called, although CBS has projected it will remain Republican, with two Republicans – incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowski and challenger Kelly Tshibaka – in the lead.
In Georgia, the Senate race between incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker will head to a run-off in December. With a third-party candidate on the ballot in this week’s election, neither candidate secured the 50% of the votes needed for a winner to be declared.
In Arizona, there are still hundreds of thousands of ballots to be counted – including an estimated 400,000 in Maricopa County and approximately 159,000 in Pima County. The final count is unlikely until early next week.
In addition to the Senate race between Dem. Mark Kelly and Rep. Blake Masters, the state is also hosting a high-profile race for governor between Dem. Katie Hobbs and Rep. Kari Lake.
Nevada – Votes are still being counted, where nearly 60,000 still need to be processed.
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