Midterm election results updates: Dems keep control of Senate with Nevada win

Catherine Cortez Masto’s victory in Nevada clinched the chamber for Democrats.

ByAlexandra Hutzler, Tal Axelrod, Emily Shapiro, Morgan Winsor, Isabella Murray, Meredith Deliso, Nadine El-Bawab, Julia Jacobo, and Stephanie Guerilus
Last Updated: November 15, 2022, 5:21 AM EST

The 2022 midterm elections shaped up to be some of the most consequential in the nation's recent history, with control of Congress at stake.

All 435 seats in the House and 35 of 100 seats in the Senate were on the ballot, as well as several influential gubernatorial elections in battleground states like Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Democrats were defending their narrow majorities in both chambers and retained control of the Senate, though control of the House isn't yet clear. But a Republican flip of the lower chamber would be enough to curtail most of President Joe Biden's legislative agenda and would likely result in investigations against his administration and even his family.

Key updates:

Here is how the news is developing. All times Eastern.
Nov 08, 2022, 7:30 PM EST

Polls close in 3 more states

Polls have now closed in North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia.

Nov 08, 2022, 7:16 PM EST

House minority leader planning speech for tonight: Sources

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is planning a victory speech for Tuesday night if control of the House shifts to Republicans, several sources told ABC News. His top advisers seem pretty certain that it will be clear before midnight, so they are preparing for a speech, the sources said.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders

Nov 08, 2022, 7:14 PM EST

Trump hasn't yet declared 2024 bid but now insists VP pick may come 'soon'

Former President Donald Trump spent part of Election Day stoking unfounded fears of "fraud" in the midterms -- with voting still underway -- and continued to hint at a future bid for the White House himself.

Trump said Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida that he will announce his vice president pick "very soon," though he has yet to officially announce he is running in 2024.

A reporter asked Trump who he would pick for a vice president.

"Oooh," he replied. "I'll let you know very soon."

Those comments come one day after he teased on Monday that he will make a "very big announcement" on Nov. 15.

Sources told ABC News last week that Trump could announce a 2024 presidential run as early as next week -- though the sources cautioned that discussions about the specifics, including a date, were still fluid.

On Tuesday, Trump also disparaged Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and praised Florida's Rick Scott, the GOP Senate campaign chief, when asked about whom he would support for majority leader if his party retakes the chamber in the midterms.

-ABC News' Miles Cohen, Will Steakin and Laura Romero

Nov 08, 2022, 7:04 PM EST

Polls start to close in some states

Polls have now closed in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia.

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