Category: Senate

First Challenger to Joe Manchin Announces Bid as Republicans Eye 2024 Senate Flip

A congressman formally announced a challenge to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Nov. 15 as Republicans eye 2024 for a Senate flip after falling short in the midterms. Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.), who just won re-election, said he’ll take on Manchin. “It’s been talked about a lot, but I’m going to announce. I’m announcing it…


Sen. Ron Johnson: ‘Preposterous’ to Move Quickly With Senate Leadership Vote

A Republican senator who recently won reelection said that the GOP needs to wait until the Senate runoff election in Georgia is completed before leadership elections are held. “The last two years we had a number of our colleagues join Democrats in spending like drunken sailors,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) told Fox News on Sunday. “We…


GOP Senator Calls for Major Change as Democrats Retake Senate

Republicans need to “build something new” after failing to retake the Senate majority following the 2022 midterm elections, a GOP senator said. Democrats picked up a key Senate seat in Nevada after Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) defeated Republican challenger Adam Laxalt after numerous news outlets called the race in Masto’s favor on Saturday. Days before…


GOP Senator Says ‘Old’ Republican Party Is ‘Dead,’ Calls for Major Changes

Republicans need to “build something new” after failing to retake the Senate majority following the 2022 midterm elections, a GOP senator said. Democrats picked up a key Senate seat in Nevada after Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) defeated Republican challenger Adam Laxalt after numerous news outlets called the race in Masto’s favor on Saturday. Days before…


Democrats Keep Control of Senate After Emerging Victorious in Key Races

Democrats are projected to maintain control of the Senate after emerging victorious in key races in battleground states, extinguishing Republican hopes of flipping both congressional chambers. Though the GOP was projected to gain control of the House of Representatives, the Democrats kept the Senate after winning battles in Arizona, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. Democrats will have…


COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Status Likely to Remain in Place

The United States may keep in place the public health emergency status of the COVID-19 pandemic until at least April of next year as the Biden administration gave no signal to states Friday that it would rescind the rule next year. Previously, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told states they would get…


Uncertainty Reigns as Dems, GOP Seek to Sort Out Midterm Election Results

Uncertainty about who will control the 118th Congress when it begins on Jan. 3, 2023, will still loom large when the lame-duck session of the current legislature convenes on Nov. 14 with Democrats in charge in the Senate and House of Representatives. As it was two years ago, when runoffs in Georgia for two Senate…


Uncertainty Reigns as Dems, GOPers Try to Sort Out Tuesday’s Midterm Election Results

Uncertainty about who will control the 118th Congress when it arrives on Jan. 3 will still loom large when the Lame Duck session of the current legislature convenes Nov. 14 with Democrats in charge in the Senate and House of Representatives. As it was two years ago, when runoffs for two Georgia Senate seats resulted…


US Consumers Expect Red Wave to Usher in GOP Control of House and Senate: Survey

U.S. consumers expect the Republican Party will win control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, a new survey has found. The survey of 1,201 consumers from the University of Michigan asked American consumers over the past two months which party they expect to win in the elections. Vote counting is currently underway after…


Full List: Results of US Senate Races

Elections across the United States are currently in full swing as Democrats and Republicans battle for control of Congress. The Senate is currently split, with 50 Republicans and 50 Democrats, although vice-president Kamala Harris can break tie votes, giving Democrats an effective majority. A total of 35 Senate seats are up for election this year, including a special election in…