Democratic leaders celebrated Sunday the party's maintenance of a simple majority in the US Senate, while US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi considered that the Democrats have a "chance to win" the majority of seats in the House.
According to the Associated Press, Democrats retained a simple majority in the US Senate, after party candidate Catherine Cortez Masto won the Senate seat from "Nevada" in the midterm elections.
The Democrats currently have 50 seats, in addition to the presence of the vote of US Vice President Kamala Harris, who heads the Senate, compared to 49 for the Republicans.
One seat remains undecided in the Senate elections pending the run-off in Georgia, scheduled for December 6, in which Democrats can also boost their majority.
The Senate oversees the ratification of the appointment of federal judges, ministers and other important positions, and the presence of the Council of 100 seats by the side of Biden is a gift to him as he seeks to follow the implementation of his programs.
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 find out 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 204 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.
Democrat Celebrations
On Sunday, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised her party's strong performance, noting on CNN that the red wave predicted by the Republican Party and experts ended up being a "small, emaciated torrent."
Pelosi said that the Republicans achieved lower results than expected, adding that the race between them and the Democrats is still ongoing over the House of Representatives.
Pelosi added, during two television interviews, that the Democrats have a "chance to win" the majority of seats in the Senate after they succeeded in maintaining their majority in the Senate.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the result was a "proof of" Democrats' accomplishments, and "a frank rejection of the anti-democratic, authoritarian, disgraceful and divisive trend presented by former President Donald Trump and his supporters."
In turn, US President Joe Biden said in a tweet on Twitter that he was not surprised that the Democrats won the majority in the Senate.
Working together, Biden added, Democrats have made historic progress for families, and that Americans have chosen that progress.
Earlier, the US President considered that the results of the midterm elections "reinforced" his political position.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit, Biden said the Democrats' unexpected success in the midterm elections "has put him in a stronger position" ahead of crucial talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
And last Tuesday, Biden revealed that he intends to run in the 2024 elections, but he will wait for the right time to announce his final decision regarding his re-run for a second term.
The US President indicated that he will work, in accordance with the dictates of the US Constitution, to ensure that former President Donald Trump does not return to the White House.
Republican split
After the Senate outcome was decided, Republican Missouri Senator Josh Hawley called on his party to "build something new", tweeting: "The old party is dead. Time to bury it."
And former President Donald Trump's response was to further narrate baseless allegations about election fraud, and wrote on his social networking platform, "Truth Social" that the results were a "hoax", blaming Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell for what happened.
"It's Mitch McConnell's fault," he wrote, noting that the Kentucky senator misspent campaign money.
But Republicans still have an advantage in taking control of the House of Representatives, but by a much smaller majority than they had envisioned before Tuesday.
Trump was among the worst affected in the election, with the loss of several candidates he personally supported.
On Tuesday, Trump is expected to announce his candidacy for the presidential elections in 2024, an announcement he planned before the elections to be a continuation of the red wave that he expected.
Although prominent Republican voices suggest it is time to move away from Trump's approach to leadership that is based on hard-right ideas and conspiracy theories, the former president still enjoys significant popular support and his competition for the Republican presidential nomination is extremely risky.
One of Trump's potential rivals in the 2024 election, outgoing Maryland Republican Governor Larry Hogan said the party should change direction and move forward.
Hogan, who openly criticizes Trump on CNN's "State of the Union" program on Sunday, said that it is the third election in a row that we lost because of Donald Trump, and after 3 setbacks, it should come out.
He added that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. "Donald Trump kept saying we're going to win so hard that he's tired of winning. Well, I'm sick of losing."