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, 10:50 PM EST

Herschel Walker addresses supporters: 'Just hang in there'

Coming out to "Bad to the Bone" Herschel Walker took the stage at his election night party as votes continue to be counted in Georgia.

"If you can hang in, hang in there a little bit longer, just hang in there a little bit longer. Because something good it takes a while for it get better. And it's gonna get better. So I wanted to thank you guys for hanging in . If some of you have to go home. You can wake up tomorrow morning and see that the new senator from the great State of Georgia is Herschel Walker," Walker said to cheers.

Republican Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks next to his wife Julie during his 2022 U.S. midterm elections night party in Atlanta, on Nov. 8, 2022.
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Walker acknowledged he was in a tight battle with Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. Walker told supporters "we're here to win this election."

"I'm telling you right now. I'm like Ricky Bobby. I don't come to lose," Walker said, referring to a fictional race car driver. " And I told you he's gonna be tough to beat. He's gonna be tough to beat but let me tell you what. He got the wrong Georgian here don't he."

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa

Nov 08, 2022, 10:55 PM EST

Grassley projected to win reelection to Senate

ABC News can project that Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, R, will win against Democratic challenger Michael Franken in his reelection bid, clinching an eighth term.

Nov 08, 2022, 10:33 PM EST

Gov. Abbott projected to keep seat against O'Rourke

ABC News can project that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will win against Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke in the race for governor.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a 'Get Out The Vote' rally at the Fuzzy's Pizza & Italian Cafe, on Oct. 27, 2022, in Katy, Texas.
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Nov 08, 2022, 11:05 PM EST

Maura Healey's message for LGBTQ community after historic win

Democrat Maura Healey, projected to win the gubernatorial race in Massachusetts, addressed the LGBTQ community in her acceptance speech.

"Tonight, I want to say something to every little girl and every young LGBTQ person out there," Healey said. "I hope tonight shows you that you can be whatever, whoever you want to be."

Healey, currently Massachusetts attorney general, will make history as the nation's first openly lesbian governor.

"Nothing and no one can ever get in your way except your own imagination, and that's not going to happen," she said.

Healey, currently Massachusetts attorney general, will make history as the nation's first openly lesbian governor.
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Maura Healey's message for LGBTQ community after historic winHealey, currently Massachusetts attorney general, will make history as the nation's first openly lesbian governor.
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