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 10, 2022, 11:00 PM EST

McCarthy confident he has votes for majority, speaker

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy expressed confidence that he has the votes for both the majority and the speakership in response to reporters' questions while leaving the Capitol Wednesday evening.

McCarthy said he has also spoken to President Joe Biden. The White House confirmed they spoke Wednesday evening, though it did not share any further details.

McCarthy spent the day behind closed doors, meeting with some of his allies and whip team. His aides and outside advisers could be seen working the phones all day.

A short time ago, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was seen entering his office for a meeting. She did not answer any questions upon leaving.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders and Trish Turner

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

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