Joe Biden’s Democrats are just one seat away from securing a remarkable midterm election result by retaining control of the US Senate
Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly during a news conference at the Arizona Capitol on Monday. Image: Ross D. Franklin Updated 19 minutes ago
But the wave never got much beyond a ripple, and yesterday Democrat Mark Kelly was projected to win a tight Senate race in Arizona, putting the two parties neck-and-neck at 49 seats each. In Arizona, Kelly beat out a challenger backed by Donald Trump. The former president was omnipresent on the campaign trail and the Republicans’ poor national performance was a damaging political blow.Trump’s response to the Arizona result was to double down on unfounded claims of ballot rigging, posting on his Truth Social platform that the Democrat victory was a “scam” and the result of “voter fraud.
US media cited a letter circulated by three Republican senators calling for the postponement of party leadership elections currently scheduled for the middle of next week.“We are all disappointed that a Red Wave failed to materialise, and there are multiple reasons it did not,” the letter said.
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