Democrat Tim Ryan concedes defeat in Ohio with call to 'leave age of stupidity behind' – video

Democratic candidate Tim Ryan concedes the Ohio US Senate race to Republican JD Vance in the midterm elections, telling his supporters it was a privilege to do so. 'We can't have a system where if you win, it's a legitimate election and if you lose, someone stole it. That is not how we can move forward in the United States,' Ryan said.

With polls closed across the country, Republicans were still favoured to wrest control of the US House of Representatives from President Joe Biden's Democrats based on early returns, though the prospects of a 'red wave' in which they picked up dozens of seats appeared to have dimmed

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