Control of the Senate rests on the final tallies in three states
As votes continue to be counted, it’s clear that control of both the Senate and the House will come down to the wire.
The results will determine the fate of Capitol Hill for the remaining two years of the Biden administration.
The House looks set to flip to the Republicans, but only by a slim majority.
The Senate is a different story. Here, three key races remain too close to call.
Whichever party wins two out of the three remaining contests in the states of Arizona, Georgia and Nevada will ultimately control the Senate.
President Biden says the predicted “giant red wave” fell flat on in its face. Biden is relieved that his Democratic party performed better than expected, and hopes to work with the Republicans.
Residents in Georgia are heading back to the polls
In Georgia, Democrat Raphael Warnock has kicked off his runoff campaign against Republican Herschel Walker.
The second round of voting is taking place after neither party managed to secure more than 50 per cent of the total vote.
Under Georgia law, a candidate has to win at least 50 per cent of the vote to be declared the winner.
If no one gets the required votes, the election is run again, but this time with just two candidates.
Speaking in the city of Atlanta, Warnock says this next race is about “competence and character.”
On the other side of the coin, Walker is scheduled to kick off his runoff campaign in Canton. Here, he will be joined by prominent Texas Senator, Ted Cruz.
Warnock stood beneath a mural of late Civil Rights icon and Congressman John Lewis, urging voters to “get it done!”
