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The Republican tsunami does not materialize

The Republicans conjured up a Republican “wave”, even a Republican “tsunami” for these midterm elections in the USA.

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The Republican tsunami does not materialize

The Republicans conjured up a Republican “wave”, even a Republican “tsunami” for these midterm elections in the USA. Although the Republicans took a number of seats from the Democrats on Tuesday, the expected landslide victory for ex-President Donald Trump's party on Wednesday morning was not initially apparent. Although the Democrats recorded losses, an extremely bitter defeat for President Joe Biden did not materialize for the time being.

The future majority in Congress was still unclear on Wednesday morning. So far, the Democrats have held wafer-thin majorities in both chambers. Analysis of the first results.

In Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis scored a landslide victory. DeSantis, 44, was confirmed in office. He did significantly better than four years ago. DeSantis kept his state largely open during the Corona crisis. The graduate of the elite Yale University is considered a possible Republican presidential candidate. His relationship with Trump is considered extremely strained. Trump had mocked DeSantis as "Ron hypocritical" three days before the election. In his victory speech, DeSantis referred to the encouragement of former supporters of Democrats and independents.

The Democrats succeeded in taking the governorships in Massachusetts and Maryland from the Republicans. In Massachusetts, Attorney General Maura Healey prevailed over Republican Geoff Diehl, who was supported by Trump. Healey is the first woman and the first openly gay person to be the head of government in Massachusetts. In Maryland, author Wes Moore replaces Republican governor Larry Hogan. Moore will be Maryland's first African-American governor.

In Pennsylvania, a Trump follower suffered a sensitive defeat. The right-wing Republican Doug Mastriano clearly lost the gubernatorial race to Democrat Josh Shapiro. Mastriano supported Trump's efforts to contest the 2020 Pennsylvania election result. Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani later supported Mastriano in the Republican primary. In the race for the Senate, the Democrats were able to win a seat: John Fetterman defeated the Republican candidate and TV doctor Mehmet Oz - also known as Dr. known to Oz.

Best-selling author ("Hillybilly Elegy") and Trump supporter J.D. Vance won the Ohio Senate seat. The previous senator, Republican Bob Portman, had not run again. Vance defeated Democrat Tim Ryan.

Far-right conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene (“MTG”) has clearly defended her congressional seat in rural Georgia. It is likely to gain influence, especially in the event of a Republican majority in the House of Representatives.

The Democrats were able to defend some hard-fought congressional seats on Tuesday, such as that of Abigail Spanberger in Virginia. Republicans had targeted that constituency. Election experts see the victory of the Democrats here as proof that there will be no total Republican march through. In the 2010 midterm elections, two years after President Barack Obama took office, the Republicans gained 63 seats in the House of Representatives. It didn't look like such a sensational victory on Wednesday night.

The midterm elections went off without major problems. There didn't seem to be any widespread problems with ballots, long lines or voter intimidation at first, but there were isolated, minor problems that are common on election days.

In a CNN poll of thousands of voters, 63 percent of respondents said President Joe Biden legitimately won the election two years ago. One in three (34 percent) denied this. Trump claims to have won the 2020 election. Trump said it was a “stolen election” without presenting any evidence.

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