NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
A predicted rout of Democratic candidates in the US midterm elections failed to materialise, with the ruling party maintaining control of the Senate.
President Joe Biden had been braced for big losses, as is often the case for the party in power.
But the ‘red wave’ crashed before reaching shore, with results today showing that the Senate will remain controlled by the Democrats in the best performance of a sitting party in 20 years – though the fate of the House of Representatives is still uncertain.
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto’s victory in Nevada gave Democrats the 50 seats they needed to keep the Senate for two more years.