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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

Who were the big winners and losers of the US midterm elections?

Joe and Jill Biden with supporters in front of an American flag.
Joe Biden’s unpopularity didn’t hinder his party. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

After months of campaigning and billions of dollars spent on advertising, the message from America’s midterm elections could essentially be boiled down to: “Not as bad as Democrats feared.”

There were big wins for Republicans in Florida, and the party still seems likely to take the House, but elsewhere candidates endorsed by former president Donald Trump flopped, and there were key victories for supporters of reproductive rights.

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