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Beyond the White House
The election on Tuesday determines who controls both houses of the US Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
There were 34 Senate seats up for grabs. The Democrats were hoping to hold onto their slim majority in the upper chamber of Congress, but the Republicans are projected by the Associated Press to win the Senate for the first time in four years.
They did so by flipping Senate seats in West Virginia – a seat that was vacated by Democrat-turned-independent Joe Manchin.
Republicans also flipped Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown’s seat with the car dealership owner and Colombian immigrant Bernie Moreno.
All 435 seats in the Republican-led House of Representatives are up for election as well. Trump’s party has the slimmest of majorities, and the Democrats have hopes of flipping the chamber their way.
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Overseas, there’s been less focus on the House and Senate races with all eyes on Harris and Trump, but the makeup of Congress will have a huge impact on the next presidency, no matter which candidate ends up in the Oval Office.
Americans are also voting on statewide ballot initiatives on issues such as abortion access to the legalisation of marijuana. So far, several states, such as New York and Maryland, have voted to enshrine abortion rights in their constitution.
A ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in Florida’s state constitution, however, was rejected by voters.
Find out our latest news and in-depth analysis about the US elections on our election hub.
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