The second chamber, that of representatives, is still in play this Wednesday morning, neither party seeming to have a decisive advantage while the counting of ballots continues on Wednesday in the 50 states.
The Senate swing was made possible thanks to two electoral successes, in West Virginia and Ohio.
In the first state, Governor Jim Justice, supported by Donald Trump, came first against Democrat Glenn Elliott.
In the second state, Republican Bernie Moreno won on the wire against Democrat Sherrod Brown, in office since 2007.
– Supported by Trump –
Mr. Justice will fill the seat of Joe Manchin, a former Democrat who did not run for reelection. A Republican victory was expected in West Virginia, a mountainous and rural state once known for its coal mines and marked to the right.
Mr. Moreno is a 57-year-old former car dealer born in Colombia. He will become the first senator of Hispanic origin to represent Ohio in the Senate.
This Midwestern state also voted mainly for Donald Trump in the presidential election. The former president also supported Bernie Moreno.
The US Senate has 100 seats – two per state – and 34 of them were put to the vote during the November 5 election. The Democrats had the daunting task of having to defend two-thirds of them, a real challenge given their narrow majority of 51 seats to 49.
Note that for the first time in its 235 years of existence, the Senate will include two black women: Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester, two Democrats, will represent Maryland and Delaware respectively in this male-dominated chamber.
Upper house of Congress, the Senate votes on federal laws, just like the House of Representatives, but also has very important exclusive powers, notably in the appointment or dismissal of key figures of the executive, or in the confirmation of federal magistrates.
The 435 seats in the House of Representatives were also up for renewal on November 5, but the count could take days.
– First transgender person in Congress –
The verdict of the polls will determine whether the winner of the presidential election will be able to implement his program in good agreement with Parliament, or whether he will have to expect blockages or even dead ends. In his duel against Kamala Harris, Donald Trump seemed well placed on Wednesday, after winning two decisive states.
Democrat Sarah McBride on Tuesday became the first transgender person elected to Congress, where she will represent her state of Delaware.
The 34-year-old woman, who sat in the local Senate of this small state in the northeast of the United States, will enter the House of Representatives.
The rights of transgender people were among the hot topics of this American presidential and legislative election campaign.
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