The Democratic Party regains its majority in the House after eight years. The Republicans manage to maintain control of the Senate, but with a narrow majority. This is the verdict of mid-term elections stage Tuesday in the United States.
The President Donald Trump he speaks on Twitter of an "exceptional victory", but the truth is that two years after the presidential elections he has lost control of one of the two branches of Congress.
Tremendous success tonight. Thank you to all!
- Donald J. Trump (@ realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018
In the challenge for the Camera, Democrats won all 23 seats they needed to wrest from Republicans, while falling short in key games for the Senate.
In Texas Beto O'Rourke, the party's rising star, came close to winning but had to give way to Ted Cruz, losing in the photo finish, while Bill Nelson had to surrender to former Republican governor Rick Scott. In Florida Andrew Gillum, who could have become the state's first African-American governor, lost to hawkish Ron DeSantis. In Georgia Stacey Abrams, would-be first black governor in US history, was defeated by Republican Brian Kemp.
Between reconfirms them illustrious in the Senate, in addition to that of Cruz, that in Vermont of the former dem candidate for the White House Bernie Sanders, that in Massachusetts of the possible candidate in 2020 Elizabeth Warren, that in Virginia of Tim Kaine, former vice presidential candidate of Hillary Clinton.
Many new entries that make history, all among the dem: in New York Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez with her 29 years becomes the youngest to enter Congress, Rashida Tlaib in Michigan and Ilhan Omar in Minnesota become the first Muslim deputies, Sharice Davids in Kansas the first native American and Jared Polis in Colorado the first openly gay governor.
So archive them mid-term elections, the new, very long electoral campaign for the next presidential elections will start in the coming weeks. The appointment is for 2020.
