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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: US midterms have Senate too close to call; Warhol painting targeted; and oldest sentence discovered

Democratic party supporters in Pennsylvania
Democratic party supporters in Pennsylvania. Democrats are seeing glimmers of hope but Republicans are favoured to gain control of the House in the US midterms. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

The Republican “red wave” in the US midterm elections is so far looking more like a ripple. The Republicans are on track to take control of the House of Representatives, but their chances of gaining a majority in the Senate were dealt a blow with the Democrats hanging on in the battleground state of New Hampshire. The blue team might also keep Pennsylvania by a razor thin margin, with the New York Times tipping Democrat John Fetterman will edge out Republican Mehmet Oz for the Senate seat.

In the governorship races, Sarah Huckabee Sanders – Donald Trump’s former White House press secretary who admitted to lying on the job – is now the governor-elect of Arkansas.

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