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, 10:52 PM EST

Boebert trailing by 73 votes with 95% reporting

In her bid for reelection, Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert is trailing by a meager 73 votes with 95% of the expected vote reporting.

The Trump loyalist is vying for a second term in the state's 3rd Congressional District in the tight race against Democratic challenger Adam Frisch, a former Aspen City councilman.

Attorneys from each side have been in various county election offices talking to officials about the procedure of a recount, according to campaign and party sources.

-ABC News' Jeffrey Cook

Nov 09, 2022, 7:23 PM EST

Alaska Senate race heads to next round of ranked-choice voting

ABC News can project that no candidate in the Alaska Senate race will receive 50% of the first-choice votes. Incumbent Rep. Lisa Murkowski and Kelly Tshibaka, both Republicans, have advanced to the next round of ranked-choice voting, with the winner to be announced on Nov. 23.

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.

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