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US midterm election results: Georgia heads to a runoff as Senate hangs in the balance

Republicans are likely to take back control of the House of Representatives, while control of the Senate still hangs in the balance.

Here's the current state of play: 

  • Republicans need a net gain of five seats to control the House of Representatives and just one seat to win back the Senate
  • The remaining undecided senate races include Alaska, Nevada and Arizona
  • Exactly who will win in Alaska's US Senate contest isn’t clear, but it will be a Republican, with Trump-backed Kelly Tshibaka and incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowski in a tight race with neither on track to win a majority. It means the race will proceed to ranked choice voting later this month.
  • In Georgia, Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker will face a runoff in December after neither reached a majority. A runoff means they run the election again but with just two people in the race
  • Abortion rights supporters have won in four states where access was on the ballot, in Michigan, California, Vermont and Kentucky
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