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07:47 : The Democrats had placed the right to abortion at the heart of their campaign. And according to the washington postthe topic was the main concern of almost 30% of American voters yesterday.
07:34 : .@SpeakerPelosi nearly 6.5 hours ago to @JudyWoodruff: “So this is an election. We’ll take it in stride. We think we’ll do much better than anyone expects. We’ll see in a matter of hours. We may not have the results right away, they tell me.” @NewsHour
07:33 : Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi argued last night that her party “would come out much better than everyone predicted”recalls his spokesperson on Twitter.
07:30 : “It’s definitely not a Republican wave, that’s for sure.”
Donald Trump predicted a “giant red wave”, in reference to the color of the Republican Party, in the House of Representatives. On the basis of the first recounts, we do not really see it, recognized a close friend of the former president.
07:20 : Do you have questions about the results of the midterms? Don’t hesitate to send them to us now in the comments of this live! We will organize a chat in this live at midday to answer it.
07:24 : Let’s take another look at the number of seats obtained by each party in Congress, a little after 7 am. The Republicans, favorites to take control of the House of Representatives, already have 186 seats, against 150 for the Democrats. In the Senate, we are at 47 seats for the Democrats and 46 for the Republicans.
06:57 : Another race followed closely, in Georgia this time. Unsurprisingly, Republican Brian Kemp managed to keep his seat as governor. He beat Democratic frontrunner Stacey Abrams for the second time in four years, according to Associated Press projections.
07:01 : Several important results should be noted on the side of the gubernatorial elections. Democrat Josh Shapiro took victory in the key state of Pennsylvania, over Republican Doug Mastriano. The latter had taken up Donald Trump’s unfounded assertion that the 2020 presidential election had been “stolen”. The presidential party also managed to retain New York State, where Kathy Hochul becomes the first elected female governor.
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07:46 : On the side of the House of Representatives, the progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was re-elected without incident, as was the Democratic speaker of the assembly, Nancy Pelosi. Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, known for her racist and conspiratorial remarks, was also re-elected in Georgia.
06:55 : Voting for the midterm elections is not quite over in the United States: the first offices have just closed in Hawaii and Alaska, but some are still open for the moment. Everywhere else, offices have already closed.
06:33 : Another notable victory for the Republican camp: that of Ron de Santis, very largely re-elected governor of Florida. The conservative is tipped to be a presidential candidate in 2024.
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06:30 : The Republicans pocketed an important victory last night: JD Vance, colt of former President Donald Trump, was elected senator in Ohio. Control of the upper house will however be played out in several key states (such as Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona), where the duels promise to be very tight.
06:13 : On the side of the House of Representatives, the Republicans are one step ahead of the Democrats. They already have 173 seats, against 124 for their opponents, reports the New York Times. It takes 218 seats to obtain a majority in the lower house.
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06:12 : Let’s make a first point on these results. As expected, the battle for control of the Senate promises to be very close: the Democrats currently have 46 seats, as do the Republicans, according to the Associated Press and the New York Times.
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07:47 : Midnight has just passed on the east coast of the United States, and the first results of the midterm elections are beginning to fall. As a reminder, almost all of Congress is renewed during these midterms: the 435 seats in the House of Representatives (the equivalent of our National Assembly) and a third (35 seats) of the 100 seats in the Senate.
07:45 : We start with a point on the news:
• The first results are starting to come in in the United States. The battle promises to be very close for control of the Senate, while the Republicans have for the moment a head start on the Democrats in the House of Representatives. Follow our live.
• Hundreds of migrants are still stranded off Italy on humanitarian ships, in particular that of the NGO SOS Méditerranée, theocean viking, whose fate last night triggered a diplomatic bickering between France and Italy. The French government denounced the “unacceptable behavior” Italian authorities, who refuse to allow the ship to dock.
• The National Assembly adopted changes to the 2022 budget overnightwith new anti-inflation measures such as an energy check, this time without the government having to put its responsibility into play with the use of 49.3.
• Against all odds, 138 sailors set off today from Saint-Malo towards Guadeloupe for the 12th edition of the Route du Rhum, a solo race which should see the fastest sailboats cross the Atlantic in six days only.