

Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker is forced into a runoff in December. It could be weeks before control of the Senate is settled if the Georgia contest between Sen. Hours after polls closed, dozens of critical House and Senate races remained too close to call. WASHINGTON - A deeply divided American electorate delivered a Congress so evenly split that partisan control remained unknown Wednesday morning - and may for some time - after Republican hopes for a major “red wave” dissipated. Americans named inflation and abortion as the most important issues driving their votes Tuesday, edging out crime despite Republicans’ hammering the issue, according to the NBC News Exit Poll.Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said the midterm results were “ definitely not a Republican wave, that is for darn sure.” Citing Republican losses in New Hampshire and Colorado, Republican Sen.In Maryland, voters elected the state’s first Black governor, while Massachusetts voters elected the first lesbian to lead a state. Democrats won key governor's races in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to NBC News projections.Tim Ryan in Ohio’s Senate race, NBC News projects. Vance, the “Hillbilly Elegy” author who was a searing Donald Trump critic before he converted into one of his most loyal allies, has defeated Democratic Rep.
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