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 09, 2022, 6:12 PM EST

Iowa House Democrat Axne concedes in bid for reelection

Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, has conceded in her bid for reelection, flipping the state's 3rd Congressional District.

"Even though the numbers weren't in our favor this year, I encourage you all to continue to have the hard conversations with your friends and your neighbors about the issues that matter," she wrote on Twitter, shortly before ABC News projected that Republican state Sen. Zach Nunn will win the seat.

With Axne out, there will be no Democrats representing Iowa in Congress next year.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

Nov 09, 2022, 5:23 PM EST

Biden addresses reelection plans

President Joe Biden said he intends to run for reelection, though he said he doesn't plan to make a formal decision with first lady Jill Biden until early next year.

"Our intention is to run again," Biden told reporters Wednesday during remarks on the midterms. "That's been our intention, regardless of what the outcome of this election was."

Though President Joe Biden said he has every intention of running again, he said he'll officially announce some time early next year.
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President Biden discusses seeking 2nd termThough President Joe Biden said he has every intention of running again, he said he'll officially announce some time early next year.
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Biden said he and his family are going to have "discussions" about it over the next few weeks.

"My intention is that I will run again, but I'm a great respecter of fate, and this is ultimately a family decision," he said.

"I don't feel in any hurry one way or another to make that judgment. Today, tomorrow, whenever, no matter what my predecessor does," he added, not referring to former President Donald Trump by name.

Sources told ABC News that Trump, who has been teasing a "big announcement," could potentially announce a 2024 presidential run as early as the week of Nov. 14.

Nov 09, 2022, 4:31 PM EST

Biden: 'It was a good day for democracy'

Even as some key races are still outstanding, President Joe Biden addressed Democrats' stronger-than-expected midterms results.

"It was a good day, I think, for democracy. And I think it was a good day for America," Biden told reporters during an address from the White House on Wednesday.

President Joe Biden arrives to speak in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022.
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Biden said that "any seat lost is painful" while acknowledging that some Democrats didn't win their elections. But overall he said the party "had a strong night."

"We lost fewer seats in the House of Representatives than any Democratic president's first midterm election in the last 40 years," he said.

Read more about Biden's address here.

Nov 09, 2022, 3:28 PM EST

Georgia Senate race heading to a runoff

In the Georgia Senate race, ABC News reports no candidate will receive more than 50% of the vote.

There will be a runoff election between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker on Dec. 6.

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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Warnock and Walker were tied Wednesday morning at 49% with 96% of the expected vote reported.

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks during an election night watch party in Atlanta, Nov. 8, 2022.
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The Georgia Senate race is one of the most competitive in the country and will likely determine which party will control the Senate. Read more about the race here.

Neither incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock or Herschel Walker will receive more than 50% of the vote.
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Georgia S​enate race heading to runoffNeither incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock or Herschel Walker will receive more than 50% of the vote.
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Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said voters can request absentee ballots now through Nov. 28. Early voting must begin no later than Nov. 28.

"I'll ask the voters to come out and vote one last time,” he said. "We hope that the voters don't have fatigue because this is where you get to exercise your priceless franchise: the right to vote.”

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