Democrats win US Senate in midterms; outlets differ on whether the House has been called

Democrats have retaken control of the US Senate after Tuesday's midterm elections, ending Republican control of the chamber, per Gulf News and Hindustan Times, which cites AP. This piece is as of the evening of 4 November; outlets published at different hours on 4 November, so their counts differ.

The Senate results

Gulf News lists these Democratic Senate results: Josh Turek defeated Rep. Ashley Hinson in Iowa, Adam Hamilton ousted Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas, James Talarico defeated Ken Paxton in Texas, Annie Andrews defeated Darline Graham in South Carolina, Sherrod Brown beat Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio and Roy Cooper won an open seat in North Carolina. It adds that Sen. Jon Ossoff won re-election in Georgia and Rep. Chris Pappas won in New Hampshire.

Hindustan Times says the Texas win is the first for a Democrat in a US Senate race in that state since 1988, the Kansas win the first since 1932 and the Iowa win the first since 2008. WION separately reports a Democratic win over Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, citing media projections, and says Alaska was still a close call. Gulf News, at 10:30 IST, still lists Maine, with Iowa and Kansas, among seats Republicans hope to hold, although it also reports Democratic wins in Iowa and Kansas.

Seat counts and the House

The outlets give different counts. WION, published at 09:32 IST, says Democrats had flipped seven seats, pushing their tally to 54, based on race calls it attributes to Decision Desk HQ, AP, NBC and CBS. Hindustan Times says Democrats reached the 51-seat majority mark, according to AP.

On the House, Gulf News said at 10:30 IST that it was too early to call, though Democrats had already flipped seven seats. National Herald, at 13:12 IST, says the Associated Press reported that Democrats secured the House alongside the Senate. Hindustan Times reports Democratic wins in Senate, House and governor races without a final House call. It also reports that in Ohio Democrat Amy Acton defeated Republican Vivek Ramaswamy for governor.

Reasons and what comes next

Gulf News says voters expressed frustration with high prices, the war in Iran and concerns about government corruption, and that Trump has promised to use his veto to block Democrats' agenda, raising the prospect of gridlock. National Herald lists the same three concerns and says the results give Democrats more power to challenge legislation, investigate the administration and influence federal spending.