For the first time in four years, Republicans have regained control of the Senate.
Republicans retook control of the chamber on Tuesday after businessman Bernie Moreno flipped Ohio’s Senate seat and West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice secured the state’s open Senate seat. In Nebraska, the incumbent Republican senator, Deb Fischer, also fended off independent challenger Dan Osborn and held onto her seat.
With Moreno’s and Justice’s victories, Republicans will now command at least one chamber of Congress, giving them enormous sway and political leverage in the event of either a Harris or a Trump presidency.
In Ohio, Moreno secured 50.3 percent of the vote, defeating his Democratic opponent, incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown, who won 46.3 percent, with 95 percent of the votes counted, according to The Associated Press. Moreno is a Colombian immigrant who owns a number of car dealerships and was backed by Trump on the campaign trail.
For more on key congressional races, check out my colleague Lili Pike’s reporting.
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