US Midterms: Republicans Take Over Senate
The conservatives net seven Senate seats to take over Congress and stun the Democrats in a string of governor races.
The US Republicans have swept to power in
both houses of Congress for the first time in eight years in midterm
elections shaped by President Barack Obama's unpopularity.
Results continue to trickle in across the US, but the conservatives won seven seats from Democrats, one more than they needed to take control of the 100-seat Senate.Tha takeover will limit Mr Obama's political influence and curb his legislative agenda in his last two years in office.
West Virginia, Arkansas, South Dakota, Montana, Colorado, North Carolina and Iowa all fell to the conservatives.
The Democrats are still battling to hold on to Senate seats in Virginia and Alaska, while Louisiana's race will go to a run-off next month.
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