Democrats retake US House of Representatives, Republicans retain Senate: Reports

November 07, 2018 09:19

Democrats picked up at least 10 Republican-held seats as they moved closer to winning control of the United States House of Representatives, but faced an uphill climb to wrest a majority from President Donald Trump's party in the US Senate.

Fox News projected that Democrats would win control of the House, although it did not predict the margin of victory or elaborate on how it made the call.

CNN has announced that the Republicans will continue to control the US Senate.

The majority or halfway mark needed for the Republicans is 50 as vice president Mike Pence has the tiebreak vote.

For the Democrats, they would need to secure 51 seats in the House which seems unlikely.

Final results are awaited.

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