Democrat Gallego wins Arizona Senate race, defining Republican majority

The past pending Senate title of nan 2024 predetermination has been called, meaning Republicans will clasp a three-seat majority.

Democrat Reuben Gallego will beryllium heading backmost to Washington, albeit successful a caller capacity, aft his Senate title against Republican Kari Lake was yet called.

The Associated Press wished Gallego, who antecedently held a spot successful nan House of Representatives, to beryllium nan victor aft vote-count updates connected Monday closed disconnected immoderate remaining paths of triumph for Lake.

With nan closure of Arizona’s Senate race, nan past 1 outstanding, nan Republican majority successful nan assemblage is yet defined astatine 53 seats, pinch nan remaining 47 divided betwixt 43 Democrats and 4 independents.

This is nan first clip successful 4 years that nan Republicans will power nan Senate, apt giving them a cleanable expanse successful nan 2024 elections. Republican erstwhile President Donald Trump is nan caller president-elect aft he hit Vice President Kamala Harris. The Republicans are besides expected to clasp power of nan House of Representatives.

Democrats gained power of nan precocious enclosure of nan US legislature aft 2021 special elections successful Georgia by a slim 51-seat mostly which included 4 independent senators. They would person needed to take sides each imaginable spot to support it that way.

Gallego is simply a five-term House personnel and an Iraq War seasoned who will switch Kyrsten Sinema, a erstwhile Democrat who near nan statement and decided not to tally arsenic an independent.

Lake, a erstwhile newscaster and a beardown Trump state who still refuses to admit that she mislaid nan state’s 2022 governor’s race, mislaid successful a authorities that Trump won this year, further enforcing nan inclination of split-ticket voting successful nan 2024 election, successful which Democrats performed amended down-ballot than they did successful nan statesmanlike race.

The power complete nan Senate, successful which Republicans flipped 4 seats from bluish to red, will assistance them beardown power complete statesmanlike nominations, from ambassadorships and furniture posts, each nan measurement up to Supreme Court justices.

Republicans tin now move their attraction to nan much than a twelve races successful nan House of Representatives that person yet to beryllium decided.

If they win successful taking nan House, it would assistance them patient power complete nan legislative schedule of nan US until astatine slightest 2026, erstwhile nan adjacent legislature midterm elections are scheduled.

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