The republicans recover the House and democrats hold the Senate
Tom Corbett (R) celebrates his victory in the race for governor of Pennsylvania. Photo: Washington Post
United States, November 3, 2010
The Republican Party had a significant recovery in the mid-term elections held on Tuesday, getting the majority of the House of Representatives, and so being able to move the Democrats who controlled it since 2006.
The Republicans will get about 240 of the 435 seats. In the Senate, Democrats maintain control even though loosing many sits at the hands of the Republicans.
In a symbolically important victory, the current leader of the Democratic majority in the Senate, Harry Reid, was able to defeat Sharron Angle, a favorite of the so-called Tea Party.
But Democrats lost several districts under their control, including the one under the control of President Barack Obama before his election as president in 2008.
The veteran Democratic senators Russell Feingold of Wisconsin and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas failed to win reelection.
This is the first time in decades that the House of Representatives changes hands without the Senate doing so, which pose new strategies for political negotiations between the White House and the legislature.
Republican John McCain, former candidate for U.S. president, was reelected senator from Arizona in the mid-term elections held Tuesday.
McCain, who defeated Democrat Rodney Glassman, had to overcome a tough primary against JD Hayworth Arizona, a candidate who had the backing of the ultraconservative movement Tea Party.
With his victory, McCain, who was defeated by current President Barack Obama in the 2008 election, renewed his seat by Arizona for the fifth time.
Republican Jan Brewer was re-elected as governor of the state of Arizona, according to exit polls.
Brewer, promoter of the controversial law against illegal immigration, won against Democrat Terry Goddard.
California elections this November 2 represent the final stage of Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of a state burdened by debt and unemployment.
Attempts to legalize the use and sale of small amounts of marijuana in California faded on Tuesday when the Proposition 19 was defeated at the polls with 55% of the vote against the measure.
The “initiative to regulate, control and tax the cannabis” had the support of young people and Democrats, but it was not enough to make California the first U.S. state to allow use of this drug.
The White House convened a press conference for Wednesday afternoon, during which it is expected that President Barack Obama will make his first assessment of the election results and may announce some changes in strategy before the new political landscape.
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