Democrats will keep control of the Senate, CNN projects
Source: CNN
(CNN) Democrats will keep their narrow Senate majority for the next two years, CNN projects, after victories in close contests in Nevada and Arizona.
The party defied the historical trend of midterm elections breaking against parties in power and overcame anxiety over high inflation, cementing its majority as voters rejected Republican candidates who had aligned themselves with former President Donald Trump and in many cases parroted his lies about widespread election fraud.
Retaining Senate control is a huge boost to President Joe Biden over the remaining two years of his first term in the White House. It means Democrats will have the ability to confirm Biden's judicial nominees -- avoiding scenarios such as the one former President Barack Obama faced in 2016, when then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to hold a vote on his Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland. It also means that Senate Democrats can reject bills passed by the House and can set their own agenda.
Read more: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/11/12/politics/democrats-keep-senate/index.html
Joinfortmill
(14,481 posts)ananda
(28,885 posts)!
homegirl
(1,435 posts)Here is how I explained it to my 20 something yo daughters.
The Maga's aren't coming after me. I am 55, successful, I have money, I have attorneys, and ultimately I have guns and know how to use them
They are coming after you. They are coming after your freedom to make your own decisions. Whether it's reproductive decisions, who you marry decisions, who you vote for decisions, what your kids can read decisions
It looks like I didn't need to explain it. There generation saw it coming from a mile away
Linda Ed
(493 posts)we might get something done with ALL the issues in this USA
calimary
(81,527 posts)DAYUM!
SilasSouleII
(363 posts)how much love and financial support the R's give him now.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)nycbos
(6,039 posts)Now I can go back to the Rangers game.
Snarkoleptic
(6,002 posts)Count all the votes in the remaining races.
Looks like Az Governor's mansion and Nv Senate seat are going blue.
Just say no to fascism!
CountAllVotes
(20,878 posts)& recommend !!
Traildogbob
(8,834 posts)Crying, ranting rigged results, new election immediately in 3-2-1.
3825-87867
(855 posts)Buh Bye, Magats
iluvtennis
(19,882 posts)Progressive dog
(6,921 posts)Pluvious
(4,327 posts)blueseas
(11,575 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,264 posts)rpannier
(24,342 posts)PatSeg
(47,649 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(5,794 posts)Now when my wife and I take a crap, we can legitimately call it "taking a trump." She started it, not me.
AllyCat
(16,236 posts)DemocraticPatriot
(4,442 posts)AS I said before: The "RED WAVE" would be
the political blood of Mag-tard candidates being shed!!!
To a large extent that came true, in competitive jurisdictions.
LudwigPastorius
(9,195 posts)EndlessWire
(6,573 posts)KS Toronado
(17,372 posts)from everyone Der orange Fuhrer throws under the bus.
Iggo
(47,578 posts)(That gets us past that power-sharing bullshit from two years ago, right?)
mountain grammy
(26,659 posts)And my money's on Senator Warnock
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Lots and lots of liberal federal judges!
bucolic_frolic
(43,364 posts)To those who don't believe in karma, look!
If you work hard enough and long enough, you can make it happen!
Sugarcoated
(7,734 posts)just soared to new heights
question everything
(47,544 posts)FakeNoose
(32,823 posts)... we'll be looking at 51-49.
MyMission
(1,851 posts)thar WV senator we all know and don't love, starts acting up and voting wrong.
51/49 will give us a buffer.
Bluethroughu
(5,202 posts)VGNonly
(7,514 posts)Sort of TFGs worst week ever.
Enjoy the wedding!
democratsruletheday
(505 posts)Great news folks, I'm over the moon...but let's get Warnock elected over that worthless Walker clown. It's big because then it makes Sinema and Manchin obsolete.
rubbersole
(6,737 posts)Sinema is totally purchased. Going to be interesting. Damn sure better than the alternative.
Martin68
(22,913 posts)made. Appointments won't be blocked except by Dinos.
republianmushroom
(13,749 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,642 posts)GREAT!!!!!!
William769
(55,148 posts)orleans
(34,085 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,020 posts)Hekate
(90,865 posts)Shanti Shanti Shanti
(12,047 posts)Onama Biden Man
(26 posts)If Warnock wins the runoff, we will have actually gained a seat! Looks like the red wave was actually a red shart.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,755 posts)Owl
(3,645 posts)tonekat
(1,827 posts)Sure, I wish it was wider, and I'm still concerned about the House, but I'll take this Victory.
speak easy
(9,336 posts)Dems: the sky is falling up
onetexan
(13,071 posts)couldn't nod off & kept checking my fone. I was finally able to after news came thru. Thank Goodness for miracles
Bengus81
(6,936 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,026 posts)bdamomma
(63,931 posts)news, I can breathe again, but what about the House????
barbtries
(28,815 posts)no thanks to NC unfortunately.
Thank you to all who voted for democracy and human rights, you know, for the country. I wish it had been even more decisive. shoulda been...
Farmer-Rick
(10,216 posts)Back about 4 months ago this was the projected outcome. And after the Supreme Court ruling to take away a woman's control over her own body, then the House flipping/staying Democratic became possible too.
Why did we ever think the GOP and Trump could beat the projections? Why were conned into believing there was a red wave?
Paladin
(28,277 posts)Multiple "Democrats Doomed Because Trump Is God" stories, every single day. Give it a fucking rest, at least for a little while.
Hotler
(11,452 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,844 posts)takes no responsibility for those who lost.
Not made up. Anyone have the vid?
world wide wally
(21,757 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,859 posts)republianmushroom
(13,749 posts)Cha
(297,812 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,176 posts)and beyond.
Send them back to their holes so we'll never have to deal w/ these unpatriotic morons/trolls.
If they are so unhappy w/ the democratic government we have, where each vote does count, as they have for generations, then they are the ones that need to move to Russia (as they are so fond of telling us/democrats to do).
The GOP needs to do some serious introspection too, and just figure out what they are going to stand for. But they won't. Gluttons for punishment.
Are they so afraid of losing power that they'll do anything, say anything, etc. to retain the least iota of power that is slipping away?
Well, if so, it's disappearing awful fast with yet again, this latest election cycle of losses, where they actually managed to go against the historic norms and republicans still lost, when historic norms said that they should have won.
Will they ever realize that in order to be a national party that is seriously in contention w/ viable candidates? This whole scenario reminds me so much of when George Wallace ran as an independent candidate, and I'm wondering why djt hasn't thought of this scenario yet (undertaking such a path). I suspect that if cooler heads prevail in the repug party, and not allow tRUMP to run on their ticket or if tRUMP loses to some other GOP candidate, that he'll undertake a George Wallace path.
twodogsbarking
(9,844 posts)Not really.