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Who won control of Congress? A visual guide to Senate and House elections

Who won control of Congress? A visual guide to Senate and House elections

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The 2024 elections saw decisive victories in select states that shifted the power of party control in Congress.

Republicans took control of the Senate and the race for control of the House continues.

Here are the latest balance of power results:

2024 election campaign for the Senate

Republicans took control of the upper chamber with victories in Ohio, Florida and Texas.

In Texas, Senator Ted Cruz (R) defeated his challenger Colin Allred (D). In Ohio, Bernie Moreno (R) defeated Sen. Sherrod Brown (D). In Florida, Rick Scott (R) defeated Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D).

A total of 34 seats were up for election. This is how the seats are distributed so far:

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For the first time, the Senate will have two Black women: Senator-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester representing Delaware and Senator-elect Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland.

2024 election campaign for the House of Representatives

All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs in midterm and presidential elections each year.

Similar to the Senate, control over the will of the House was limited to a handful of close races.

Before the election, Republicans only controlled the lower chamber with two seats.

This is how the seats are distributed so far:

It could be days before the election results are announced, experts warn.

Some states, such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, cannot begin processing absentee and absentee ballots until Election Day.

The results of the 2020 election, won by President Joe Biden, took four days, while it took 35 days for George W. Bush to announce that he had won the White House in 2000.

Find out more about this year's election at vote.usatoday.com.

Contributor: Riley Beggin, USA TODAY

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