Senate control remained a jump ball into the early morning hours Wednesday, with winners in several key contests potentially not known for days.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer was far from knowing whether he would retain that title in the next Congress when he appeared to give a victory speech Tuesday evening in his own Senate race, which was called by The Associated Press when the polls closed at 9 p.m.
The New York Democrat showed no sign of a leader looking for what went wrong, speaking of accomplishments in the current Congress, including bipartisan legislation to boost microchip manufacturing — including in upstate New York — before pivoting to a potential agenda for next year, assuming Democrats control it.
