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Republican hopes of taking control of the Senate was dashed Saturday following the defeat of Adam Laxalt by his Democratic challenger Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto in a closely fought race in Nevada.
Democrats
are expected to maintain control of the Senate with Vice President Kamala
Harris tie breaking vote irrespective of the outcome of Georgia runoff
scheduled for next month
Democrats
currently hold 204 seats as against the 211 seats held by Republicans in the
House even as vote counting continues in a number of districts in California
and a number of other states.
In the Republican
Party, the blame game has already started with many staunch supporters of
former President Donald Trump turning against him and calling him out for the
inability of the GOP to take sweeping control of Congress amid an economy in tatters,
inflation and the immigration crisis under the Democrats.
Several
candidates endorsed by Trump failed to win elections in several states, giving
Democrats the edge to retain control of the Senate.
On Friday Democratic
Sen. Mark Kelly defeated Trump endorsed Republican Blake Masters in Arizona
Senate race, pushing the Democrats to top spot and putting any sign of a red
wave in the dust.
Trump’s
support in the Republican Party is weaning following a string of losses which
the GOP blames on him.
Counting of
votes in Nevada continued for four days after Tuesday’s midterms.