The gubernatorial races have arguably been most successful for the GOP, with Ron DeSantis strengthening his stranglehold on Florida and Democrat rising stars Stacey Abrams and Beto O’Rourke failing to win their respective bids to become the new governors of Georgia and Texas by unseating Brian Kemp and Greg Abbott. There have been plenty of Republican success stories, however, notably author JD Vance securing a crucial Senate win in Ohio, incumbent Marco Rubio seeing off a well-funded challenge from Democrat Val Demings in Florida and Tedd Budd beating Cheri Beasley in the battle to succeed Richard Burr in North Carolina. In New Hampshire too, Democrat Maggie Hassan held firm against the Trump-backed Don Bolduc, an ex-army general and conspiracy theorist. Four days after tens of millions of Americans went to the polls. Democrats have retained control of the US Senate. Election Results 2022: Live Map Midterm Races by State Search Last updated: Feb. Arizona has yet to count all of its votes but the Republicans could find themselves frustrated there too, with incumbent Democratic senator Mark Kelly looking set to see off a challenge from Republican venture capitalist Blake Masters. The Republican midterm flameout is now official. Ron Johnson, who questioned the results of the 2020 presidential election, has won a third term as senator of Midwestern swing state Wisconsin, according to the Associated Press.
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