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Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate in Tuesday's midterm elections, according to AP race calls; CBS News also projected both chambers for Democrats. As of 1:30 a.m. Eastern Wednesday, Democrats had flipped seven Senate seats and 16 House…
✔ Sources: Spectrum News, CBS News, CBS News live
Democrat James Talarico defeated Republican Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, becoming the state's first Democratic senator since 1993, per AP calls reported by Spectrum News; Fox News' Decision Desk also called the race. Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated…
✔ Sources: Spectrum News, Fox News, Texas Tribune via KSAT
Democrat Troy Jackson defeated Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, according to AP. Collins conceded, calling serving Maine "the honor of my life." Maine is one of seven Senate seats Democrats flipped, along with Texas, Kansas, Ohio, Iowa, North…
✔ Sources: Forbes, CBS News live, Spectrum News
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (DFL) won Minnesota's open governor's race over Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth and will be the state's first woman governor; Klobuchar said Demuth phoned to concede. Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (DFL) defeated Republican Michele…
✔ Sources: FOX 9, FOX 9, Pioneer Press
U.S. stock futures fell overnight after Democrats won both chambers of Congress, with Nasdaq-100 futures down as much as 2.4% and S&P 500 futures down 1.4%, then recovered, Reuters reports. At 3:13 a.m. Eastern, Dow futures were up 0.46%, S&P 500 futures…
✔ Sources: Reuters via Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Finance live
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