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Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has announced her intention to vote for Donald Trump, her former opponent and former boss, in the upcoming 2024 US presidential election.
Haley, who previously served as Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, was the final major contender to withdraw from the Republican primary contest in early March.
At the time of her withdrawal, she refrained from endorsing Trump, instead encouraging him to earn the votes of her supporters.
In her first public statement since exiting the race, delivered on Wednesday, Haley acknowledged that Trump “has not been perfect,” but characterised President Joe Biden’s tenure as a “catastrophe.”
Earlier this year, a significant portion of anti-Trump Republican voters supported Haley’s campaign. Despite her departure from the race over two months ago, her candidacy continues to garner support. She achieved over 20% of the vote in at least two state primary elections in the past fortnight.
The Biden campaign is actively courting these Haley Republicans, a demographic that includes moderate and college-educated independent voters, who could potentially influence the election in favour of the Democratic candidate. President Biden contends that Trump has consistently indicated he does not value the support of those who backed Haley.
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 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.
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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Before Tuesday’s midterms kicked off, the polls and political experts expected a Republican red wave. Many, from all sides of politics, expected the GOP to sweep the board and wipe out Democrats.
Whilst the GOP is still on course to win control of the House of Representatives – it looks set to be a thinner margin than expected and predicted.
And the race for the Senate comes down to three key states – two days on from the election and it’s still too close to call.
But why did the ‘red wave’ fail to come about?
In Georga, the race for US Senate will be heading for a run-off on 6 December. But what is a run-off election?
Run-off elections are held when no candidate wins the required majority of votes.
Under Georgia state rules, if no candidate gets more than 50 per cent of the vote, there is a second tie-breaking election, known as a run-off, four weeks later between the top contenders.
The race between Dem. Raphael Warnock and Rep. Herschel Walker is tight – and there are other candidates vying for votes.
So – because neither of them reached the golden 50% in the Tuesday midterm elections – the Republican and Democrat candidates will be forced into a one-on-one battle in Dec.
The GOP is getting closer to taking the House of Representatives – although its likely to be a narrow majority.
Of the 435 seats in the House race, so far Republicans are ahead with 210 seats while Democrats have 192 seats.
Whilst it’s expected to cross the magic 218 number to take control of the House – it’s expected to be a much narrower win than expected.
Democrats have already secured nearly a dozen seats previously thought endangered.
There are still a fair few seats left where the results are too close to call or where counting may take a few more days.
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