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, 11:42 PM EST

Abortion rights ballot measures projected to pass in California, Vermont

ABC News can project that California's Proposition 1 -- a ballot measure to enshrine the right to abortion within the California state constitution -- will pass. That means the state constitution will be changed so that no future laws can deny or interfere with a person’s choice to have an abortion or use contraceptives.

Abortion rights will also be enshrined in Vermont's state constitution, ABC News can project. The ballot measure, Proposal 5, will create a constitutional right to personal reproductive autonomy.

Nov 08, 2022, 11:25 PM EST

Budd projected to win NC Senate seat

ABC News can project that Republican Ted Budd will win the North Carolina Senate seat against Democrat Cheri Beasley.

Read more about the race here.

The race in swing state North Carolina is one of several that will determine which party holds control of Congress.
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Republican Ted Budd projected to win North Carolina Senate seatThe race in swing state North Carolina is one of several that will determine which party holds control of Congress.
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Nov 08, 2022, 11:19 PM EST

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp projected to defeat Stacey Abrams

ABC News can project Gov. Brian Kemp will win reelection, the second time he would defeat Democrat Stacey Abrams for the state's top position.

"Brian Kemp signed Joe Biden's election victory in the state of Georgia and then he defied Donald Trump and told him flat no when Trump tried tried to put pressure on him to call a special session of the Georgia Legislature to overturn those results," ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jon Karl said on ABC News Live.

Republican candidate for Georgia Governor Gov. Brian Kemp arrives to vote on Nov. 8, 2022, in Winterville, Ga.
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"Donald Trump was so angry about that that he actually recruited a former Senator, David Perdue, to run against Brian Kemp in the Republican primary and Kemp just destroyed him, he beat him decisively, and Trump actually went to Georgia earlier this year during the primary and he said that Georgia would be better off if Stacey Abrams won," Karl added.

Read more about their race here.

Georgia's incumbent governor, Republican Brian Kemp, is projected to win against his Democratic opponent, Stacey Abrams.
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Brian Kemp projected to win reelection in GeorgiaGeorgia's incumbent governor, Republican Brian Kemp, is projected to win against his Democratic opponent, Stacey Abrams.
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Nov 08, 2022, 11:15 PM EST

Hochul projected to win reelection as New York governor

ABC News can project that Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will win against GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin, becoming the first woman elected to the role in New York..

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