China News Service, November 17 (Xinhua) According to CNN statistics, on November 16 local time, in the US mid-term elections, the Republican Party took the lead in winning 218 seats in the House of Representatives and became the majority party, which means that the Republican Party won The Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives.
On the 8th, the US mid-term elections were held as scheduled. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives were re-elected, while about one-third of the 100 seats in the Senate, that is, 35 seats, faced re-election.
Democrats currently hold 50 of the 100 seats in the Senate, while Republicans hold 49.
With the vote of Vice President and Senate Speaker Harris, the Democrats have locked in control of the Senate in advance.
In addition, the remaining Georgia Senate seat will be held in a runoff election in December.
Mid-term elections in the United States refer to regular elections that take place in November of the second year of a president's term, and occur every four years.
The 2022 midterm elections are the first federal-level elections to be held in the United States after the riots on Capitol Hill.
Unlike the presidential election, the key to the mid-term elections is the competition for congressional seats between the two parties in the United States.
This also means that voters' intuitive feelings about the economy and local affairs in the constituency can better determine the direction of the election.