Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., attends a quality league aft a luncheon gathering with Senate Republicans connected Capitol Hill successful Washington, D.C., connected Feb. 1, 2022.
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Republicans are expected to regain bulk power of the U.S. Senate successful 2025, according to NBC News.
Democrats entered Tuesday's elections with 47 seats retired of 100 successful the Senate. But the 4 independents successful the enclosure caucus with Democrats, giving the enactment a one-seat majority.
Republicans arguably faced an easier way to regaining a Senate bulk this predetermination cycle, and are acceptable to person astatine slightest 51 seats successful the enclosure successful January, erstwhile members of Congress are sworn in.
The GOP was defending conscionable 11 seats wherever candidates were seeking reelection, compared with 23 seats that Democrats were trying to retain.
In Ohio, Republican nominee Bernie Moreno was projected by NBC News to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, boosting the GOP effort.
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Another pickup for Republicans came successful West Virginia, wherever Gov. Jim Justice cruised to triumph successful the contention to regenerate Sen. Joe Manchin, who did not question reelection to his seat, to which helium had been elected a Democrat. Manchin discontinue the enactment successful May.
In Nebraska, incumbent Republican Sen. Deb Fischer won re-election.
A full of much than $1 cardinal was expected to beryllium spent by Election Day connected winning conscionable 3 of the seats astatine stake, successful Montana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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