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Dems win the house - US Midterm Elections
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12/8/2024
Dems win the house - US Midterm Elections
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Good morning, everybody, and welcome back to Gulf News coverage of the 2018 midterm
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elections.
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All right, this will probably be our last video for the morning.
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It looks like we have the vote counts come through, which will help to determine who
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will have control of the U.S. government.
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Looks like the Senate is going to go to the Republicans and the House is going to go to
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the Democrats.
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Yeah, the Senate has officially been controlled by the Republicans.
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They've retained their majority there.
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Almost all of the seats there have been called so far.
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Just a handful left remaining out there to be called.
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But as I've said, Republicans will continue to retain their majority in the Senate.
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In the House, it's getting called a little bit early.
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We still have voting going on in California, Oregon, and Washington, but right now Democrats
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are predicted to pick up about 36 votes, which will give them a majority.
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We're looking at a 231-seat Democrats and about 204 seats for Republicans, so a sizable
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majority for them.
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That could change before the end of the night, but more than likely Democrats will walk away
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with control of the House.
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It's also worth pointing out that whilst the blue wave came under some scrutiny sort of
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halfway through the night, there has been a sort of discernible women wave among the
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Democrats.
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Yes, women candidates have done extremely well, so perhaps some sign there for looking
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ahead to the 2020 presidential elections that the Democrats would be well-placed to put
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a woman at the front.
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Yeah, and a couple of women winning from interesting positions.
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We have our first two Muslim women entering the U.S. House, and just coming across looks
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like two Native American women for the first time, too.
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So some interesting wins out there tonight for the House.
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All right, so you can keep following us at gulfnews.com.
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We will update with various numbers and new results as they come through until we're all
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finished, which probably won't be until around noon Dubai time.
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So thank you for watching this evening.
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We appreciate it.
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This evening and well into this morning, and talk to you soon.
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