Republican Jim Justice flips U.S. Senate seat from West Virginia after Joe Manchin’s retirement
Jim Justice won a U.S. Senate race from West Virginia on Tuesday, flipping a seat to the Republican Party after Joe Manchin decided not to seek reelection.
Justice, who boldly predicted victory long before the election, defeated Democrat Glenn Elliott, a lawyer and former mayor of the city of Wheeling who was endorsed by Manchin.
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Maryland frontrunner Alsobrooks sweats out challenge from Hogan in Senate race
An unusually competitive Senate race in Maryland went down to the wire Tuesday night with Democrat Angela Alsobrooks hoping her robust polling lead turned into victory against Republican Larry Hogan, a former two-term governor banking on his popularity to fuel an upset win in the deep-blue state.
Ms. Alsobrooks, the Prince George’s County executive, and Mr. Hogan spent heavily in the closely watched race that could determine whether the GOP takes control of the upper chamber.
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Republican Rep. Jim Banks wins Indiana’s open U.S. Senate seat, defeating Democrat Valerie McCray
Republican Jim Banks, an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump, won Indiana’s open U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, defeating political newcomer and Democrat Valerie McCray.
Banks, 45, was strongly favored to win the Senate race in the Hoosier state, which Trump won by large margins in 2016 and 2020.
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Senate control, with potential GOP majority, likely to emerge sooner than House election results
As election results began streaming in throughout the country Tuesday, the races that will determine control of the Senate were more likely to provide a clear picture sooner than the outcome of the hotly contested House majority.
Republicans are in a good position to flip the Senate, which Democrats currently control with a 51-49 split.
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