Republicans projected to regain control of Senate
Just after midnight on Wednesday when the Associated Press called U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer’s (R-Neb.) victory over Independent challenger Dan Osborn, and Republican challenger Bernie Moreno’s victory over U.S.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), it became clear Republicans were projected to take control of the U.S. Senate. Democrats faced an uphill battle to maintain their one-seat majority, and their path narrowed in tandem with Vice President Kamala Harris’s prospects of winning the presidential race as votes were counted Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning.
Close races involving incumbent Senate Democrats in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, Arizona, and Nebraska had not yet been called.
Republican victories in those contests would give the party a bigger cushion in the chamber, which has been closely divided for the past four years.
