US midterm elections: Democrats retain control of Senate as House race still undecided – as it happened
by Richard Luscombe from US news | The Guardian on (#65S8B)
Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer hail achievement after Nevada victory, while Georgia Senate heads to runoff
Analysts say victory by Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada, which secured her party's control of the Senate for two more years, will be of massive importance to Joe Biden's plans for filling judicial vacancies.
Retaining the majority in the chamber gives the president the opportunity to keep getting his picks confirmed, something for which the incumbent senator was a key ally even before the midterms.
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