In Georgia, Stacey Abrams, once a rising star in the Democratic Party, conceded to Gov. Vance defeated his Democratic challenger, Representative Tim Ryan, by seven percentage points, about the same margin by which Donald J. But in Ohio, the author and investor J.D. In the contest for the Senate, Maggie Hassan, a Democrat from New Hampshire, and Michael Bennet, the Democratic senator from Colorado, won re-election decisively, according to The Associated Press, ending two races that were seen as potential harbingers for a Republican blowout. Early Wednesday in New York, Republicans held one seat on Long Island and took an open seat there from the Democrats.

Only in Florida and New York were Republicans actually making early gains. They were outperforming expectations in South Texas, winning two of three contested House seats. Democrats were holding other seats in the upper Midwest, such as Representative Angie Craig’s Minnesota House seat, that they had feared losing. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, was re-elected in Michigan, as was Gov. Fears of a collapse in Democratic states proved unfounded as governors’ contests in New York and Pennsylvania, a House race in Rhode Island and Senate races in Colorado and Washington all went to the Democrats.Īnd in swing states, Democrats fared far better than expected.

Their choices will influence the rest of the Biden presidency, the future of legal abortion in several states, and even the shape of representative democracy itself.īut as election results flowed in, it became clear that the midterms of 2022 had jolted Republican expectations and surprised even the Democrats. Voters were determining which party would control not only the House and the Senate but also 36 governorships and an array of critical state positions, like secretaries of state and supreme court justices. Seth Magaziner won in deep-blue Rhode Island to keep an open seat in the Democrats’ column and chill Republicans’ pre-election boasts of a looming blowout.

But one veteran Republican, Representative Steve Chabot, also lost in Ohio.Īnd in other critical House races, endangered Democrats like Representatives Abigail Spanberger of Virginia and Chris Pappas of New Hampshire retained their seats, according to The Associated Press. So far, only one Democratic incumbent, Representative Elaine Luria of Virginia, had been defeated in the fight for the House.

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