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, 9:48 PM EST

Bennet projected to win Colorado Senate race

ABC News can project that Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet will win Colorado's Senate race against Republican nominee Joe O'Dea.

"This was a moderate Republican trying to win in a state that has become increasingly more Democratic," ABC chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl said of O'Dea on ABC News Live.

O'Dea was "very critical" of former President Donald Trump, "and Donald Trump right back at him," Karl said. "In fact, [Florida Gov.] Ron DeSantis endorsed Joe O'Dea just a few days ago and Trump criticized [DeSantis], saying it was a big mistake."

ABC News projects that Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet will win a third term to Colorado's Senate race against Republican nominee Joe O'Dea.
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Democrat Michael Bennet projected to win reelection to Colorado Senate ABC News projects that Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet will win a third term to Colorado's Senate race against Republican nominee Joe O'Dea.
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Nov 08, 2022, 9:42 PM EST

Wes Moore projected to become Maryland's first Black governor

ABC News can project that Democratic nominee Wes Moore will win Maryland's gubernatorial race, which would make him the first Black person elected governor of Maryland.

Democrat Wes Moore, his wife Dawn, and their children, react after Moore was declared the winner of the Maryland gubernatorial race, in Baltimore, on Nov. 8, 2022.
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Moore, an author and former nonprofit leader, is projected to defeat Republican Dan Cox, an election denier who was backed by former President Trump.

He will become the state's first Black governor and only the third Black governor elected in the country.
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Democrat Wes Moore elected governor in historic Maryland raceHe will become the state's first Black governor and only the third Black governor elected in the country.
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Nov 08, 2022, 9:41 PM EST

Incumbents projected to win in Colorado, Vermont governor races

ABC News can project that Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will win against Republican challenger Heidi Ganahl, and Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott will win against Democratic challenger Brenda Siegel, in their respective bids for reelection.

Nov 08, 2022, 9:41 PM EST

FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver says early results suggest good night for polling

FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver notes that early results are largely in line with what surveys had indicated, suggesting the polling industry may be in for a desperately needed reprieve after three consecutive cycles of results that were far off the mark.

Polls significantly underestimated Republicans' support by varying degrees in 2016, 2018 and 2020. Yet early results Tuesday line up well with what polls had forecasted.

"We aren’t seeing too many crazy, out-of-bounds outcomes so far. There are a lot of uncertain races, and there’s a fair bit of regional variation, and Democrats clearly have a Florida problem. But nothing too wild yet," Silver wrote in FiveThirtyEight's blog.

Click here to read more of FiveThirtyEight's ongoing midterm analysis.

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