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Republicans win US Senate majority after flipping 2 seats

The two losses reversed the 51-to-49 majority held by Democrats. Republicans stood to gain more seats given very tight races in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

The Republicans have seized control of the Senate after 4 years. (Photo: AP)

The Republicans have won a majority in the US Senate, taking control of the House after four years as they managed to flip at least two seats on Tuesday.

Senator Sherrod Brown, the Ohio Democrat, was defeated in his bid for a fourth term by the luxury car dealer Bernie Moreno. Brown’s loss came after Governor Jim Justice of West Virginia easily won the slot opened up by the retirement of Senator Joe Manchin III, who served most of his career in the Senate as a Democrat before becoming an independent earlier this year.

The two losses reversed the 51-to-49 majority held by Democrats. Republicans stood to gain more seats given very tight races in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

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Earlier in the night, Republicans flipped one seat in West Virginia, with the election of Jim Justice. Democratic efforts to oust firebrand Republicans Ted Cruz of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida collapsed.

While Texas hasn’t elected a Democrat statewide in almost 30 years, Colin Allred, a Dallas-area congressman and former NFL linebacker, positioned himself as a moderate and leaned into his support for reproductive rights amid Texas’ abortion ban, which is one of the strictest in the nation.

With control of Congress at stake, the contests for the House and Senate will determine which party holds the majority and the power to boost or block a president’s agenda, or if the White House confronts a divided Capitol Hill.

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