Democrats are holding their breath Saturday as they watch the vote count in Nevada, which is 97% complete, after Tuesday's midterm elections, as winning the state's Senate seat will enable them to retain a majority.
If current Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto can defend her seat against Republican Adam Laxalt in Nevada, her party would secure half of the Senate's 100 seats;
This will mean that the Democrats will take control of the House, given that the likely vote will go to Vice President Kamala Harris when the composition of the House is 50 for Democrats to 50 for Republicans.
The Democrats secured 49 seats in the House, compared to 49 for the Republicans, on Friday, after the race was decided in Arizona in favor of Democratic Senator Mark Kelly at the expense of his Republican challenger, Blake Masters.
In addition to Nevada, only Georgia will remain in the Senate elections, in which a run-off will be held after both Republican and Democratic candidates failed to pass the 50% mark.
Replay in Georgia
In the state, the election campaign for the run-off, scheduled for December 6, began, and if the Democrats win the Georgia elections, they will have an outright majority in the Senate by 51 to 49.
If the Republicans manage to win both the Nevada and Georgia elections in their favour, they will have control of the House.
According to Reuters, the Republican candidate Laxalt is ahead in Nevada by about 800 votes after counting about 97% of the total votes, but she indicated that the uncounted votes in the strongholds of Senator Cortez Masto may win her.
As for the results of the House of Representatives, the Republicans are still ahead with the vote counting continuing, although it may take a few more days to know who will prevail in the 435-seat House.
According to the latest results published by the Associated Press, the Republicans won 211 seats compared to 200 for the Democrats.
Midterm elections are held in the United States for all seats in the House of Representatives and only 35 seats in the Senate.
US President Joe Biden had confirmed that the Republicans could not achieve a "red wave".
In reference to the color that distinguishes their party, but he expressed his willingness to cooperate with them regardless of the election results.