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Results for the US midterm elections are being counted with candidates racing for seats in the House of Representatives and US Senate. Republicans look set to take control of the House but the Senate race looks much harder to call and it may come down to a couple of seats - as it did when Democrats gained control in 2020.

All 435 seats in the House of Representatives and a third of the Senate were up for grabs.

Joseph C Sternberg, a Member of the Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal is looking at the results that have come in.

He told Newsday: "Certainly, if you're a party in power, you never want to loose either chamber of Congress and I think that the Senate in the US is particularly important because it is the Senate's responsibility to confirm executive appointments for a lot of leadership positions within the administration. So I think if the Democrats hold onto the Senate, it will make it easier for the Biden administration to exercise its authority through appointments, even if you have an uncooperative Republican house of representatives."

(Photo: Supporters of Pennsylvania Democratic Senatorial candidate John Fetterman as he wins the party's first seat in the upper chamber of Congress. Credit: AFP)

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